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PSPad unicode 5.5.3 (891) English

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:23:16 +0000

Download links, 32b version is suggested:
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b891.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspad-editor/files/Developer%20builds/
PSPad 64 bit version doesn't contains scripting. In case of any problem use 32bb version.
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b891x64.zip

SHA1 hash:

250b451063e55ef3d1c55aefe521ab8b43339d21      pspad553b891.zip

fc6918d036cc0cf343dc0755412b86c41726020a      pspad553b891x64.zip

This archive contains modified files only. The correct way how to get full functionality:
1. Download and install latest full version first!
2. Replace existing files with content of archive

Changes to 5.5.3 (883)

News:
Backup - new backup style: file.ext.date-time with 10 versions. Backup into the designated folder was separated from the backup styles
64b version - IDE style support + added new styles
%ProjectRoot% - new variable contains Project Default directory value
Program settings / System integration - new button reregister Windows context menu integration
PowerShell, Go - new internal highlighters including code folding and code parser
DockerFile - new user highlighter definition
Minimap - show minimap from the menu View

Removed:
TopStyle - hasn't been developed over 10 years

Fixes:
Project load with active WordWrap
LOG with dark style has black font
Exception after program close when IDE style is switched off in settings
Other fixes reported by users

PSPad unicode 5.5.3 (883) English

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:57:51 +0000

Download links, 32b version is suggested:
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b883.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspad-editor/files/Developer%20builds/
PSPad 64 bit version doesn't contains scripting. In case of any problem use 32bb version.
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b883x64.zip

SHA1 hash:

38b68e82e7ae3b6f672509f53f03bc41e0a248f8      pspad553b883.zip

48e7132f610e0a5475c6b38f44868959bf5ceaa8      pspad553b883x64.zip

This archive contains modified files only. The correct way how to get full functionality:
1. Download and install latest full version first!
2. Replace existing files with content of archive

Changes to 5.5.3 (881)

News:
Minimap - show minimap from the menu View

Fixes:
WordWrap mode
Other fixes reported by users

PSPad unicode 5.5.3 (881) English

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:01:09 +0000

Download links, 32b version is suggested:
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b881.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspad-editor/files/Developer%20builds/
PSPad 64 bit version is EXPERIMENTAL. It doesn't contains scripting. In case of any problem use 32bb version.
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b881x64.zip

SHA1 hash:

c3c78ffac10cee151a201cc9e25b97c3d53880d8      pspad553b881.zip

d4982b1e47a2256a5d858c6ea3e80a10ab20b7df      pspad553b881x64.zip

This archive contains modified files only. The correct way how to get full functionality:
1. Download and install latest full version first!
2. Replace existing files with content of archive

Changes to 5.5.3 (875)

News:
AI support - new user highlighter specification and user scripting (PSPad 32b) for AI in the new subfolder Docs. Attach it to prompt and instruct AI to create new syntax or new script based on the attached specification
User settings - in case PSpad is installed into system protected folder (e.g. Program files), changed files like color schemes, scripts, syntax definitions... will be stored in user profile %appdata%\PSpad. Files in this folder and will be loaded with higher priority than Default ones.
Updater - removed dependance of the OpenSSL, clearer update instruction
AviSynth - new user highlighter definition added nested comments [* ... *] in the user highlighter definition
Autocomplete logic changed - automatical start (after delay) will occur after 2 chars. It will always show list even there is one item. It will never rewrite your text automatically
FTP - possibility to define File tab color based on FTP server in the edit FTP connection settings dialog
Shellextension - to Unregister/Register it use CMD schripts from the .\Docs subfolder. For more informations how the Windows explorer shell extension works read the .\Docs\PSpad shell extension alchemy.txt
Optimalization and speed up application start - highlighters are created on demand, not all at PSPad start
WebView (Edge) is set as default preview browser for HTML

Fixes:
HTML, XHTML highlighter - entities on the start of the line or entities right behind each other
SpellCheck, Add accent marks function works with words starts with accented char too
File list - click on the modified column header
Bookmark icon size in the Search menu or in the Bookmark list window coresponds to the menu icon set size
Other fixes reported by users

PSPad unicode 5.5.3 (875) English

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:18:41 +0000

Download links, 32b version is suggested:
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b875.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspad-editor/files/Developer%20builds/
PSPad 64 bit version is EXPERIMENTAL. It doesn't contains scripting. In case of any problem use 32bb version.
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b875x64.zip

SHA1 hash:

d46df8ef532c432285139009a982280a477bec76      pspad553b875.zip

23afc241e2b68c1aeb8d3a3edb75f7e1d42c3b7a      pspad553b875x64.zip

This archive contains modified files only. The correct way how to get full functionality:
1. Download and install latest full version first!
2. Replace existing files with content of archive

Changes to 5.5.3 (873)

News:
Windows Explorer context menu integration directly in menu, for Windows 11 26h2 registration in the APP extension. Steps: in the Program settings / System integration switch to Registry integration and Apply. Rewrite pspShellx64.dll with the one from ZIP, in Program settings switch back to DLL registration and confirm.

Fixes:
Windows Shell Script highlighter - escaped brackets highlighting + many other reports
Macro and assigned shortcuts
* char with Delete Word (Ctrl+Del) function
Other fixes reported by users

PSPad unicode 5.5.3 (873) English

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:03:09 +0000

Download links, 32b version is suggested:
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b873.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspad-editor/files/Developer%20builds/
PSPad 64 bit version is EXPERIMENTAL. It doesn't contains scripting. In case of any problem use 32bb version.
https://pspad.poradna.net/devel/pspad553b873x64.zip

SHA1 hash:

6863210bc8f6cd297522b12e42e05bc90fcc955c      pspad553b873.zip

97db83f88870c80b2894d16990ce3340ebebba83      pspad553b873x64.zip

This archive contains modified files only. The correct way how to get full functionality:
1. Download and install latest full version first!
2. Replace existing files with content of archive

Changes to 5.5.3 (869)

News:
FTP - communication library - OpenSSL was replaced with CryptLib. Delete libcrypto*.dll and libssl*.dll. Please test your FTP connections.
FTP - SFTP support added - choose FTP/FTPS or SFTP in FTP connection settings
Sort function - possibility to store/load sort profile. Stored in the Recent.ini file
64b version - system dialogs localization
UTF-8 no BOM - changed detection to prevent false positive detections
Join Lines, Split Lines now offer posibility to enter delimiter string with history. \t means real tab

Fixes:
WordWrap symbol - symbol background is the same as line numbers
Problem with select word with double click in some highlighters
Running action dialog was displayed over other dialogs
Program exit or file close - exceptions joined to code folding
Other fixes reported by users