CutePad FOR LINUX

CutePad is a cross-platform, free, simple, modern, easy-to-use and open source graphical software implemented in Qt and designed from the offset to act as a text editor utility or a basic word processor application.

Key Features:

• Clean and simple GUI (Graphical User Interface)


• Fast startup times


• Support for reading and writing any text document


• Support for exporting documents to the PDF file format


• Support for inserting images, dates, tables, and times in the documents


• Full keyboard navigation support

Another interesting feature is the built-in support for several languages, including English, Catalan, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Czech, Hungarian, German, Italian, Dutch, Lithuanian, Polish, Spanish, and Russian.

Platform Support:

Being a cross-platform software, CutePad is fully supported on all GNU/Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Fedora, or Slitaz, as well as on the Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is distributed as pre-built binaries supporting 64-bit and 32-bit installations of the aforementioned OSes.

Installation Instructions:

To use CutePad on your GNU/Linux operating system, download the pre-built binary package that corresponds to your computer's hardware architecture (64-bit or 32-bit). Save the file on your Home folder, right-click on it, go to Properties, and check the "Allow executing file as a program" option. Double-click on the executable to install it.

Launching the Application:

If you've chosen to create a desktop shortcut during installation, double-click the respective icon on your desktop to launch the application. Alternatively, access the installation folder and double-click on the 'CutePad' or 'CutePad.sh' executable files.