xint

4.3 for Windows

Fernando Ortega

A feature-packed alternative to Windows notepad.

Free and open source text editing software download, reviewed by Fernando Ortega
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Xint is a cool little freeware utility that makes the lives of developers and normal users alike easier. When I tested xint, I quickly realized one of the coolest features, the code highlighting under (Format > Highlighting). The highlighting feature supports several scripting languages and the most popular would probably be PHP, HTML, C and XML for me, of course, any developer who's familiar with a language will find each option equally useful.

Xint, like the program it's designed to replace (namely Windows Notepad) also features Search and Replace. It can also insert HEX colour codes for those coding HTML.

Overall, it's small and not at all complicated software. 10x better than notepad, so there's no reason why you shouldn't install it and associate text files with it.

Features of xint

  • Access Character Map
  • Code completion
  • Drag and Drop
  • Encrypt/Decrypt sensitive files with Twofish – a military strength 160 bit algorithm.
  • Evaluate expressions
  • Fast find & replace which uses Boyer Moore Algorithm.
  • Find in files
  • Go To End Of File
  • Go To Line
  • Has "most recent documents".
  • Opens up to 10MB files
  • Prints header and footers
  • User-defined snippets via textfile.
  • Uses fairy low memory/resources.
  • View Clipboard

Compatibility and License

xint is available for free and released under the open source GPLv2 license on Windows from text editors. The license provides the options to freely download, install, run and share this program without any restrictions. The source code for xint should be freely available and modifications are certainly permitted as well as the option to inspect the software.

What version of Windows can xint run on?

xint can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.


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xint has been tested for viruses and malware.
We have tested xint 4.3 against malware with several different programs. We certify that this program is clean of viruses, malware and trojans.