--- title: Leafpad Reviews meta_title: 'Leafpad Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 16 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Leafpad works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.7 review_count: 16 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-05-05' parent_category: name: Editor url: https://www.g2.com/categories/editor --- # Leafpad Reviews **Vendor:** Leafpad **Category:** [Text Editor Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/text-editor) **Average Rating:** 3.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 16 ## About Leafpad Leafpad is a GTK+ text editor that has implemented features in the editor such as Codeset option, auto codeset detection, undo/redo, auto/multi-line indent, drag and drop, and more. ## Leafpad Reviews ### 1. Simple yet elegant **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Devang S. | Content Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Simple and light weight to use. It loads files very qucikly. Better search options. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** It does not provide file structure view in the side bar, that's the only negative point I can see. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Yes, I recommend the leafpad for the users, who prefer simple and light weight text editor **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** I write simple code using leafpad, a few minor notes. Content writing. ### 2. Text Editor. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Praveen S. | Marketing Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 25, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** For Editing small text files Leafpad is a good option, it doesn't have lots of features which makes it very easy to use, It has some tools that we can use like find, replace and also an option to move to a specific line, and I like that I can so that by pressing Ctrl+J, Leafpad also let us change its font size and font style. And we also get an option to see the preview of note that we gonna print. Line Number option is also useful when we work with large text files. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** There could be more tools, the tools that we get with Leafpad is very basic. It doesn't support multiple tabs, there is no option to change its font color or background color. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Installation of Leafpad is very easy, and You can use it on Ubuntu and all other Linux operating systems. If you are a windows user, then there are lots of other text editors are available. So for editing text files on Linux Computer Leafpad is a decent choice. and it's free. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating simple notes using Leafpad was really helpful. We will get a preview if we want to print the note, and that has been really helpful. ### 3. Note pad for basic uses. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ashik P. | Marketing Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Installing Leafdpad was so easy, it got installed in less than 30 secs, It works fine. Its a nice option for taking notes and editing text files on my Ubuntu PC. Line Numbers and option to jump to a line is also available. And all other options like font size,style and find-replace options are also available in Leafpad. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** Leafpad still need to improve when it comes to its tools, It works perfectly ,but its user interface has kinda old look to it. Other than changing the style and the size of the font there aren't any more customisation available. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** For editing text files Leafpad is enough, It opens most of the text files very quickly. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Leafpad mostly to edit small text files on my laptop, and I use Leafpad as the default text editor on my pc. So when I open a text files it opens very quickly using Leafpad which made me edit file faster. ### 4. Simple Text Editor, Only for Linux. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Arjun A. | Marketing Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Text editor with very simple user interface, we can edit small text files easily, we can jump to a specific line with a shortcut, and some basic text editor options like find and replace is also available in Leafpad Editor. We can enable the Line Numbers option ,which is very helpful when we open a slightly larger text files with multiple lines. We can also change the font size and the style of the fonts. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** Its a text editor,but lots of features are missing, like split window, changing the background color and changing the color of the fonts. We won't be able to install Leafpad on any other Operating system because Leafpad now only support on Linux. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Its a nice basic text editor, and one important thing is , as for now Leafpad is only support on Linux , So if you are a Ubuntu user or if you are using any other Linux Operating System then you can choose Leafpad as a text editor. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mostly helpful when we have to edit some text files, I use Leafpad to take little notes time to time, or i use Leafpad to keep some list of texts that I will need to copy paste later. ### 5. Simple Text Editor for Basic Text Editing jobs. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ajay V. | Designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Simple Text Editor, Easy to install and use, It has minimal functionality for text editing jobs. We can change font size and font style in settings. Word Wrap , Auto Intent , and Line Numbering are also included in Leafpad which is really helpful, And One other thing we really notice is that the option to Jump to a Line using the Ctrl+J shortcut which also been very helpful and I really like that. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** Customisation of Leafpad is very limited, we can only change font style and size in settings , there is no option to change the background or font colour. And Leafpad can be only installed on Linux Operating systems. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** It has all the basic functions for a text editor, but not many customisation available for Leafpad. So it can be used for taking quick notes and editing other text files. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Taking notes with Leafpad is very simple, we just click on Leafpad and it opens very fast. Editing other text files using Leafpad has been very easy. ### 6. Simple and Easy to use Text Editor for Linux. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jayesh P. | Designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 19, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** There aren't any advanced options just the normal basic text editor functions which makes Leafpad very simple and lightweight. It can be installed on any of our Linux Operating System very easily. I really like the fact that it never consume lots of system memory and its super fast, it opens very quickly , which is really helpful when I need to take quick notes. I can also change font style and font size in settings. And Word Wrap and auto intent is also available. While I use Leafpad the option to Jump to a specific line by pressing Ctrl+J has been very convenient . **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** There aren't much customisation options other than changing the font style and size. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Its a very simple and lightweight text editor, and if you are a Linux user then this is a good text editor for quick edits and taking notes. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Taking notes or doing a quick edit in text files using Leafpad has been very easy. it opens very fast because its lightweight, which makes me edit notes, text files very easily. ### 7. A Lightweight Text Editor For Linux. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ajith R. | Hardware Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Leafpad is very lightweight, it doesn't use up much system resources. It opens really fast and we can take notes instantly. Leafpad has Word Wrap, Jump to line, Line numbers and also the Find and Replace option. To Jump to a specific line we can also use the shortcut Ctrl+J which is really convenient. We can change Fonts size and style. We can also take prints of the notes that we typed. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** Leafpad don't have much options for customisation. We can't change the colour of the font, or background colour of the editor. and there is no syntax highlighting option, so when I open some codes in Leafpad it doesn't look well as on other text editors. Leafpad can be only installed on Linux Operating Systems, so if we are using windows or any other Operating system than Linux we wont be able to install Leafpad on that system. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** This is a simple text editor, so if you are looking for a lightweight simple text editor for Linux, then Leafpad is a good choice , it has enough tools for a text editor. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its a simple text editor. its really easy to take notes quickly. It open really fast which makes note taking very fast. ### 8. Text Editor, It works , but need more tools. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Saneesh N. | Marketing Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 26, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** I like it because its easy to open and use, it don't need that much system memory to work , which is really good. It has basic functionalities that we get in other text editors , we get find and replace option, line numbering, and a jump to line option. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** Leafpad does not have lots of features like multiple tabs option or changing the colour of the fonts and background. and its user interface is very simple and sometimes that is also a con of Leafpad. because the user interface looks really old when it compares to other text editors. There is no option to update the Leafpad from the Leafpad menu. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** You can use it to edit text files, there is nothing exciting about this editor. You can install it on your Linux PC. It works fine without any errors. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Taking notes were easy, there is nothing interesting about it, but it gets the job done. I used it on my Laptop to edit text files. ### 9. Leafpad, Just a Text Editor Nothing More. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shinoj K. | Report Analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Taking notes with Leafpad is just easy, its just a text editor , It has a very simple looking user interface, It has options like, Jump to a line, find and replace and also we can enable Line Numbers. We can search in a note using the shortcut Ctrl+F and from there we can use Ctrl+G to goto the next matching word , and I really like the option to jump to a line using an another shortcut with Ctrl+J **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** Leafpad lacks lots of customisation options, that is the main thing that I noticed first and also it doesn't have lots of tools or features like, there is no option for using Leafpad with multiple tabs, which is a really good options that other note editors have. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Installation of Leafpad is very easy, and it comes with pre-installed on some Linux OS, Its a lightweight text editor that can be used for simple text editing purposes. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** To remember something I always create a Leafpad note and just leave it on the desktop, and as i am working I add more notes and numbers to it, I never close leafpad, because taking a simple notes with Leafpad has been very easy and I really liked it. ### 10. Just a Text Editor, Nothing More. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jithin D. | Web Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 02, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Its so simple that we can only take quick notes and I really like that about Leafpad. It can be installed easily on my computer. And It opens really wast ,no lag at all. And we get options like Print,Word Wrap and Line Numbers. When I open multiple notes at the same its not gonna affect my overall system performance. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** when I try to replace a work its not gonna show the match while we type like some other text editors. Leafpad is for Linux only so I cant install it on windows. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Leafpad is so simple and its just a basic text editor and it works as it supposed to. So If you are a Linux user then you can try Leafpad as a text editor. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its really useful to take quick notes while I work, I open multiple notepad and I take notes there. ### 11. Text Editor. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sreejith S. | System Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** What makes Leafpad great is that its simplicity, It only has the basic functionalities. we can take notes easily with Leafpad. It has some simple tools, like jump to a line by using Ctrl+J shortcut is really useful, and it also support Word Wrap and Line Numbers. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** No Syntax highlighting for coding, We cant customise the colour of the editor. I liked all other options and features of Leafpad. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Its a really nice text editor for people who uses Linux, It does its job well and I never had any problems while using it. So Leafpad is a good text editor for you ,if you are looking for a simple text editor app. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Taking notes using Leafpad is really easy, I use leafpad to take notes while I work, its really easy to install and it opens fast. ### 12. Simple,Normal Text Editor. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sathyajith P. | Designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** There is nothing complicated about Leafpad Text Editor. What I really liked about it is its simplicity. While using Leafpad we get options like text wrap and line numbers, and also we get an Auto Intent option. It can be installed very easily, can edit any text files , opens really fast and there is an option to jump to a specific line number with a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+J), which always comes in very useful. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** It lacks customisation options , like changing colours of background and the colours of the font. When I search for a word in Leafpad, it will highlight all the matching words , but the highlighted background will just stay there forever until we close and reopen the file. Leafpad is only for Linux OS at the moment. so you won't be able to install it on any other OS than Linux. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Its only for Linux Operating System. For creating and editing small text files Leafpad is a good choice. It doesn't require lots of storage, installing Leafpad is also very easy. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its a basic text editor , It has been useful for taking notes and editing other text files , It has a very fast response time when it compares to other text editors ,so that makes it easier to take new notes. ### 13. Text Editor For Linux. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jayakrishnan K. | PHP Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Leafpad is just a text editor so simple and it works really well and I like that about leafpad. It has some basic tools like Word Wrap,Jump to, Line Numbers and Find and Replace. We can also change the font size and style. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** There isn't that many options or tools that we can work with for advanced editing. Leafpad is only available for Linux. No tab option. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** A simple text editor for Linux. works very well. And If anyone is looking for a just a text editor for linux then leafpad is the one. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its really helpful when we need to take a simple note , just open Leafpad ,type and save. And Leafpad opens so quickly so taking notes can be done very easily. ### 14. Linux Text Editor. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thushara S. | Software Tester, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** A Basic Text Editor with options like Word Wrap, Line Numbers,Find and Replace and Jump to options. And nothing more , and that makes it so simpler and its so easy to use. Leafpad got keyboard shortcuts for most of its tools/options so that is really convenient , and I like it. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** We cant change colours of the font or background, no multiple tab option, Other than that there is nothing else that i dislike about leafpad. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Leafpad is better for taking notes easily, because its just a text editor. And I have been using it for a long time, so I can recommend Leafpad to everyone. Its a good text editor. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** Leafpad is the best when it comes to taking faster notes. when u click on it , it opens really fast so that makes its so easier to take notes while working. ### 15. This is a Simple Text Editor. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shiju P. | Web Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2019 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** Leafpad is so easy to use, because its just a simple Text Editor with some basic functions like find and replace, jump to, word wrap and we can also see the line number too. It doesn't take much system resources because its a simple text editor for Linux. We can also change its font size and style too. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** They should have added some basic theme options. **Recommendations to others considering Leafpad:** Its a simple text editor with minimum options for editing or creating a new text file. And its only for Linux so if you are a Linux user you should check this one out. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** while working we use leafpad to take notes , Leafpad made it easy to take faster notes because it opens so fast. ### 16. Very basic text editor, comparable to notepad **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jake E. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 12, 2016 **What do you like best about Leafpad?** This is an excellent platform to write quick notes, or to paste something you don't want to lose. **What do you dislike about Leafpad?** I wouldn't say that I really dislike this as I understand what this program is offering, but it doesn't have any of the types of formatting features that a program like Word or Libre does. **What problems is Leafpad solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use this program on my Raspberry Pi which runs the Raspbian OS. 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