Key Features
Technical Specifications
| Current Version | 0.70 |
| Release Date | 12 May 2021 |
| License | Freeware |
| Operating System | Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (32, 64 bit) |
| Filesize | 1,8 Mb (Installer) |
Why choose Hekapad over Notepad?
While Windows Notepad is limited to basic text entry, Hekapad is designed to be a complete workstation for your daily notes and coding snippets. It stays lightweight but adds the professional features you actually need.
Security First: Built-in Encryption
Standard Notepad files are readable by anyone who accesses your PC. Hekapad allows you to encrypt your text files making them unreadable. Your sensitive data stays private, protected by integrated security tools.
Peace of Mind: Advanced Autosave
Forget the “Do you want to save changes?” panic. Hekapad features a smart Autosave system that keeps your work safe in real-time. If your PC shuts down unexpectedly, your words are still there.
| Feature | Notepad | Hekapad |
| Text Editing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Autosave | ❌(only in Windows 11) | ✅ |
| File Encryption | ❌ | ✅ |
| Transparency Control | ❌ | ✅ |
| Word/Chars Count | ❌ (only chars) | ✅ |
| Drag & Drop Text | ❌ | ✅ |
| Merge Documents | ❌ | ✅ |
| Favorites | ❌ | ✅ |
| Advanced Clipboard | ❌ | ✅ |
Combine and Merge Documents Effortlessly
Why copy and paste multiple times when you can do it in a click? Hekapad goes beyond simple text editing by offering a powerful Document Merging Tool designed to streamline your workflow.
With the Import Tool, you can instantly append any plain text file directly into your active workspace. Whether you are assembling a long report from several notes or combining multiple code snippets, Hekapad handles the heavy lifting for you.
Military-Grade Text Encryption
Don’t leave your sensitive notes exposed. Hekapad integrates a robust cryptography engine that allows you to protect any text file, keeping it in a standard .txt format but making it unreadable to anyone without the key.
Three Layers of Protection
Choose the level of security that fits your needs. Hekapad offers three distinct encryption algorithms:
Simple Encryption: A fast, lightweight layer of protection for non-critical notes.
Standard Encryption (AES-256): Industry-standard security. Uses the Advanced Encryption Standard with 256-bit keys, the same level used by banks and governments.
Advanced Encryption (Ultra Secure): Our maximum security tier. It combines AES-256 with a custom user-defined password, ensuring that only you can unlock the content.
Your Desktop organized: Favorite Documents Hub
Stop digging through endless folders. Hekapad features a dedicated Favorites Manager that keeps your most important files exactly where they should be: one click away.
Why waste precious minutes navigating your file system? Whether it’s a project to-do list, a coding snippet, or your daily journal, the Favorites Tool allows you to pin your go-to documents for immediate access every time you open Hekapad.
Hekasoft Dual Clipboard: Multi-Stream Copy & Paste
Break the limits of the standard Windows clipboard. Hekapad introduces a revolutionary Dual Clipboard System, giving you multiple independent memory slots to handle your text snippets with surgical precision.
The Standard History (10 Slots) automatically remembers the last 10 text items you cut or copied.
The Custom Clipboard (5 Vaults) Unlike the standard clipboard, these slots won’t change unless you want them to.
Beyond Text: The Ultimate Feature Set
Hekapad isn’t just about writing; it’s about total control. We’ve packed dozens of specialized utilities into a single, lightweight interface to handle every aspect of your digital workflow.
Run Command
You can write a few commands in Hekapad, then highlight them and press F5 (or right-click then choose Run Command.
The actual command list is:
LOREM_IPSUM: Write the first lorem ipsum paragraph.
LOREM_IPSUM_EXT: Write the first 5 lorem ipsum paragraphs
HTML_START: Write the basic tags for an HTML page
PHP_START: Write the basic tags for a PHP page
XML_START: Write the basic tags for a XML page
BAT_START: Write the basic tags for a bat script
START_CSS: Write the basic tags for a CSS page
RESET_CSS: Write the tags to reset all CSS settings
Others will be added in future updates, along with a way to manage them.
Supported Languages
Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (PT), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish
Release Notes
Version 0.70 [2021-05-12]
- Add: 6 editor color schemes
- Add: “Close current tab” to File menu
- Add: Tabs now can be closed pressing CTRL + F4
- Add: Shortcut keys for all the text case changes
- Add: Double click on a tab to add a new one
- Changed: Moved to Framework 4.5 (Windows XP is not supported anymore)
- Changed: Zoom method from % to x (before was 100%, 200%, 300%, now is 1x, 2x, 3x)
- Changed: Rewritten Find and Replace
- Removed: ScintillaNET Core
- Removed: Code Syntax Highlight
- Removed: Line numbers
- Removed: File Associations from Options
- Fixed: Hekapad keep ask to save the document even if is not modified
- Fixed: issue that doesn’t show some windows when Hekapad is set as always on top
- Fixed: Minor bugs
Version 0.60 [2017-09-08]
- Add: ScintillaNET core
- Add: GoTo “Line, Character and Word” toolbar
- Add: Find and Replace toolbar
- Add: Code Syntax Highlight for HTML, CSS, PHP and XML
- Add: Line number
- Add: Zoom-In and Zoom-Out
- Add: .1st, .htm, .sub, .srt extensions support
- Add: Croatian, Hungarian, Polish and Turkish translations
- Changed: icons from toolbar
- Changed: file types order in open/save dialogs
- Changed: Big Theme as default theme
- Removed: Text Alignment
- Removed: GoTo Line window
- Removed: Find And Replace window
Version 0.50 [2017-03-13]
- Add: Hekasoft Dual Clipboard
- Add: Full Screen view
- Add: Copy/Cut and append to Clipboard
- Add: Arabic, Romanian and Slovenian translations
- Add: Remember last window position and size
- Fixed: installer txt file association issue
- Fixed: Minor bugs
Version 0.41
- Add: Store settings for “Opacity” and “Always On Top”
- Add: First 50 characters of document will be the filename suggestion
- Updated: New website www.Hekasoft.com
- Fixed: Minor bugs
Version 0.40
- Add: Open documents in tabs
- Add: Deselect All
- Add: New text conversions (iNVERTED cASE, Sentence case, Capitalized Case and AlTeRnAtE cAsE)
- Add: Search on Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, IMDB
- Add: Click on a link to open it
- Add: Opening multiple files simultaneously
- Add: Cent symbol
- Add: Word Wrap
- Add: Themes
- Fixed: Hekapad now startup faster
- Removed: Dll and fonts preview
- Updated: Translations
Version 0.30
- Added: Favorites management
- Added: “Go to line…” menu
- Added: Encryption
- Added: “File information…” menu
- Added: 64-bit version
- Removed: Windows registry links
- Fixed: Minor bugs
Version 0.23
- Now changing font and color no longer requires a restart
- Changed icon
- Removed: Notifications screen
- Added: Quick font and color change button
- Added: Align left, align center, and align right buttons
Version 0.22
- Reduced the executable file size by 50%
- Added: Word counts
- Added: New save formats
- Added: New opening formats
- Added: UPPERCASE/LOWERCASE text conversion
- Added: Import files into an already open document
- Added: Recent documents
- Added: Change font size in the menu
- Font size can now be changed using the “CTRL +” and “CTRL -” key combination
- Fixed translation issues
- Fixed an issue with copying and pasting text that was not formatted correctly
- Now, if a document is open and not saved, opening a new instance of Hekapad will not prompt you to open the document
- Fixed: Minor bugs