Case study

RE:Notepad: rebuilding Windows 10 Notepad behavior in Rust

RE:Notepad reconstructs Windows 10 Notepad behavior in a Rust and Win32 editor with a Windows 11-style interface. The author reports using REA and Ghidra to inspect notepad.exe and records function-linked findings on encoding detection, line endings and editing behavior in a separate specification.

Targets: App · Binary
Category: Community REA investigations
Relationship: Author-reported mixed workflow
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 14
Last commit: 2026-10-13
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, to run the app.
Prerequisites: Rust MSVC toolchain and Windows SDK to build from source.
Scope: The specification uses Windows 10 22H2 notepad.exe version 10.0.19041.5856 as its reference.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{renotepad-case,
  title = {{RE:Notepad: rebuilding Windows 10 Notepad behavior in Rust}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/nikkoxgonzales/RENotepad}},
  url = {https://github.com/nikkoxgonzales/RENotepad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/renotepad-case/}}
}

Plain text

RE:Notepad: rebuilding Windows 10 Notepad behavior in Rust. https://github.com/nikkoxgonzales/RENotepad (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/renotepad-case/

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README.md GitHub · nikkoxgonzales/RENotepad · Revision bcd157e
docs/WIN10-NOTEPAD-SPEC.md GitHub · nikkoxgonzales/RENotepad · Revision bcd157e