PyWordpad

A clone of classic (pre Win 7) MS Wordpad written in pure Python (no third-party modules), based on native Windows controls and ctypes/libffi

Differences to original Wordpad

• No tab stop ruler (but tab stops can be edited per paragraph via tabs dialog)
• No print preview
• No support for embedded OLE objects (pointless), only images. Images can be embedded either by dropping them into the editor, via menu or via clipboard.
• Dropping a document into the editor loads the document (instead of embedding it).
• No editing of colors, it's meant for b/w documents (otherwise dark mode would't work)
• Natively supported document formats: .rtf and .txt. If pandoc.exe is found in the system path, the following document formats are also supported: .docx .odt .md .htm .epub
• Natively supported image format: .bmp. If magick.exe (ImageMagick) is found in the system path, the following image formats are also supported: .jpg .png .gif .tif
• Localized only for english and german (more languages can be added by duplicating and editing .json files in the resources folder)
• PyWordpad supports dark mode.

Screenshots

PyWordpad in Windows 11

PyWordpad in Windows 11 (Dark Mode)