# XML Notepad

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XML editor developed by Microsoft

XML Notepad XML Notepad 2007 Original authors Chris Lovett, Michael Corning, Dan Doris[1] Developer Microsoft Release 1 September 2006; 19 years ago (2006-09-01) Stable release 2.9.0.22[2] / 8 June 2026; 17 days ago (8 June 2026) Written in C#[1] Operating system Windows 2000 and later[3][4] Platform .NET Framework[1] Available in English Type XML editor License MIT License[5] Website microsoft.github.io/XmlNotepad/ Repository github.com/microsoft/xmlnotepad

**XML Notepad** is an [open-source](/source/Open-source_software) [XML editor](/source/XML_editor) written by Chris Lovett and published by [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft).[1] The editor features [incremental search](/source/Incremental_search) in both tree and text views, drag/drop support, [IntelliSense](/source/IntelliSense), find/replace with [regular expressions](/source/Regular_expression) and [XPath](/source/XPath) expressions, and support for XInclude.[1][3] The editor has good performance on large XML documents and has real time XML schema validation.[1] The editor also features an HTML viewer for displaying [XSLT](/source/XSLT) transformation results and a built-in XML comparison tool.[6]

The program's source code was made available on [CodePlex](/source/CodePlex) on 20 April 2007, and moved to [GitHub](/source/GitHub) in April 2016.[7][8]

## History

The original XML Notepad was written in 1998 by Murray Low in C++, but was eventually removed from [Microsoft Developer Network](/source/Microsoft_Developer_Network) (MSDN) due to its lack of support for modern XML standards and no maintenance. However, because of high demand, a replacement was written in C# by Chris Lovett using the System.Xml library of the [.NET Framework 2.0](/source/.NET_Framework_2.0).[1]

XML Notepad 2007 was released eight months after the release of XML Notepad 2006. The new version featured several bug fixes, [Windows Vista](/source/Windows_Vista) compatibility and updated [Aero-style](/source/Windows_Aero) [computer icons](/source/Computer_icon).[9]

XML Notepad 2.6 was released in 2014 containing various bug fixes reported by community on codeplex. It was also updated to use [.NET Framework 4.0](/source/.NET_Framework_4.0). According to the Codeplex Web site it moved in 2016 to [GitHub](/source/GitHub).[8][10]

## See also

- [Free and open-source software portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_and_open-source_software)

- [HTML editor](/source/HTML_editor)

- [XMLSpy](/source/XMLSpy)

- [Microsoft Notepad](/source/Microsoft_Notepad)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-design_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-design_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-design_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-design_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-design_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-design_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-design_1-6) Lovett, Chris (August 2006). ["XML Notepad 2007 Design"](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx). *[MSDN](/source/MSDN)*. [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft). Retrieved 16 July 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-3057911b7f658810a8ef0884f0d872e917b53cfd-v20_2-0)** ["Release 2.9.0.22"](https://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad/releases/tag/2.9.0.22). 8 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-download_details_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-download_details_3-1) ["XML Notepad 2007"](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973). [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft). 5 September 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["XML Notepad 2007 2.5"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224027/http://download.cnet.com/XML-Notepad-2007/3000-10248_4-428209.html). [Download.com](/source/Download.com). 18 September 2007. Archived from [the original](https://download.cnet.com/XML-Notepad-2007/3000-10248_4-428209.html) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["XmlNotepad/LICENSE at master · microsoft/XmlNotepad · GitHub"](https://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad/blob/master/LICENSE). *[GitHub](/source/GitHub)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Lovett, Chris (5 September 2006). ["XML Notepad 2006"](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2006/09/05/741251.aspx). *Microsoft XML Team Blog*. [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft). Retrieved 16 July 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Lovett, Chris (20 April 2007). ["XML Notepad Source Code on CodePlex"](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2007/04/20/xml-notepad-source-code-on-codeplex.aspx). *Microsoft XML Team Blog*. [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft). Retrieved 16 July 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Microsoft_pages_of_github_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Microsoft_pages_of_github_8-1) ["Chris Lovett (2014) "XML Notepad Wiki""](https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad/wiki). *[GitHub](/source/GitHub)*. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Oiaga, Marius (23 November 2006). ["Microsoft Unveils XML Notepad 2007"](http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Unveils-XML-Notepad-2007-40839.shtml). *[Softpedia](/source/Softpedia)*. SoftNews. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Microsoft XML Notepad page at github](https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad)

## Further reading

- Purdy, Kevin (24 February 2009). ["XML Notepad 2007 is a Simple, Smart Editor for Web Code"](https://lifehacker.com/5159257/xml-notepad-2007-is-a-simple-smart-editor-for-web-code). *[Lifehacker](/source/Lifehacker)*. [Gawker Media](/source/Gawker_Media).

- ["Microsoft XML Notepad 2006"](http://www.techiequest.com/microsoft-xml-notepad-2006/). *TechieQuest*.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

- ["Download Microsoft XML Notepad 2007"](http://www.techiequest.com/download-microsoft-xml-notepad-2007/). *TechieQuest*.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

- Opris, Elena (8 April 2013). ["Softpedia Editor's Review for Microsoft XML Notepad"](http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/Microsoft-XML-Notepad.shtml). *[Softpedia](/source/Softpedia)*. SoftNews.

- ["Chris Lovett Interview"](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2007/11/16/chris-lovett-interview.aspx). *Microsoft XML Team Blog*. [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft). 16 November 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

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