Code Pad Text Editor

An multi-language code text-editor crafted for the Chrome OS. Completely free to use and to modify under the GPL!

As of June 2026, Code Pad Text Editor has 20,000 users and a 4.37/5 rating from 663 reviews in the Developer Tools category.

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Version
1.0.96
Manifest V2

History

3 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Permissions & access

Permissions
syncFileSystemstorageclipboardReadfullscreennotifications
Host access
https://www.google-analytics.com/

Screenshots

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About

The editor supports a variety of programming languages!

# Currently supported:
Apache, Bash, C/C++, CoffeeScript, CSS3, Dockerfile, GitIgnore, GoLang, HTML5, Java, JavaScript, JSON, Less, Lua, Markdown, MS SQL, Perl, PHP, PHTML, Plain text, PostgreSQL SQL Python, Ruby, Rust, Sass, Scala, SQL, TypeScript, XML, XHTML, and a few more..

Code Pad Text Editor is a free, lightweight text editor for code crafted for Chrome OS. Code Pad allows you to write simple code snippets or build complete programming applications and projects easily, straight on your Chromebook.

P.S. You can also use Code Pad Text Editor as a simple text editor (notepad), if that's all you need (duh)...

# Some nifty features: 
 - Full project browsing & management
 - Over 20 familiar themes (Monokai, etc...)
 - Choice of crisp mono-spaced editor fonts
 - Ready-made code snippets
 - Syntax error & bug detection/alerts
 - Syntax highlighting
 - Code auto-completion & hinting
 - Code folding
 - Works with Google Drive or Local storage
 - Centralized clipboard with Chrome OS
 - Automatic in-dent and out-dent
 - Tweak-able interface
 - Key bindings
 - Drag & drop files with your mouse
 - Toggle between soft tabs & real tabs
 - Line wrapping
 - Runs in full screen
 - Cut, copy & paste functionality

Code Pad IDE matches the features and performance of native editors such as Sublime, Vim and TextMate.

# GitHub page: 
https://github.com/andrewbrg/codepad-chrome-app

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Technical

Version
1.0.96
Manifest
V2
Size
2.83MiB
Min Chrome
51
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
ub372afcc6a030a3b85ab9347974e8e4e
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Nov 12, 2017
Last Updated (Store)
Nov 21, 2020
Last Scraped
Jun 1, 2026
Website
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