Leafpad is a free and open-source graphical text editor for Linux, BSD, and Maemo that is similar to the Microsoft Windows program Notepad. Created with the focus of being a lightweight text editor with minimal dependencies, it is designed to be simple-to-use and easy-to-compile. Leafpad has a small install size compared to other graphical text editors and has minimal features such as codeset options, undo/redo, and the ability to choose fonts. Leafpad is the default text editor for the LXDE lightweight desktop environment, and thus Leafpad is found on Linux distributions that use LXDE as their desktop environment such as Bodhi Linux and Raspberry Pi OS, as well as on some embedded systems. The program has been forked into Mousepad and l3afpad, and parts of Leafpad's code have been used in other text editors. Leafpad is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. History Leafpad was created by Tarot Osuji, who remains its only author and maintainer. The first published version of Leafpad was version 0.5.x on GitHub in 2004. The first full release to the public was version 0.7.6 on November 11, 2004. Leafpad has not received an update since December 2010 with the release of version 0.8.18.1. Though it is part of the LXDE desktop package, it is not maintained by the LXDE development team. When first released, Leafpad had no printing capabilities. This led to members of the Xfce team creating a fork of Leafpad called Mousepad, specifically to address the lack of printing support. The ability to print was later added to Leafpad in 2005, with further improvements to the printing capabilities in 2006 and 2007. Language translations for Leafpad were provided through TranslationProject.org, a translation project dedicated to providing language translation for open-source software. In 2020, the translation listing for Leafpad was removed from their database. Features Leafpad has a small footprint compared to other graphical text editors such as gedit or Kate. It is similar in visuals and functionality to the Microsoft Windows program Notepad. Depending on the architecture of the computer installed on, the program takes up between 417 kB and 486 kB on Debian after installation, with 457 kB being the installed size on an i386 computer, compared to 5,462 kB for the text editor Kate. On Arch Linux, Leafpad's size after installation is only 301 kB. Specific software features include a codeset option, auto codeset detection, an unlimited