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Rainy Day Message !!better!! -

Native Windows app. Dark by default. Remembers everything you had open. No telemetry, no login, no nonsense.

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v1.2.0 · ~2 MB · Windows 10/11 · GPL-3.0

Program.cs
config.json
notes.md
1using System;
2
3namespace Caret;
4
5class Program
6{
7 static void Main(string[] args)
8 {
9 // just opens. no splash screen. no tip of the day.
10 Console.WriteLine("hello, world");
11 }
12}
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Background

Why build another text editor?

In 2025 the Notepad++ update infrastructure was compromised. That was the push to finally write something from scratch — something small, something we could read top to bottom and actually trust.

Caret is built with C# and WPF. It's a single executable. No plugins, no extension marketplace, no auto-updater phoning home. You download it, you run it, you edit text. That's the whole deal.

It won't replace your IDE. It's not trying to. It's the thing you open when you need to look at a log file, tweak a config, jot something down, or write a quick script. It should open before you finish clicking.

A gentle reminder to stay safe and dry can be a "comforting embrace amid the drizzle". Creative Rainy Day Message Ideas

On the surface level, the rainy day message celebrates sensory pleasure. It taps into the Danish concept of hygge —a mood of coziness and contentment.

In a digital landscape dominated by the hyper-curated highlight reels of social media, the "rainy day message" stands out as a peculiar and enduring genre of communication. It is a specific type of sentiment—usually shared via text, social media captions, or greeting cards—that uses the imagery of rain not to signal gloom, but to evoke introspection, coziness, and hope.

The Rain Knows

Rainy days are not lost days. They are the world’s way of saying: Rest now. Grow quietly. You don’t have to be everything today.

Rainy Day Message !!better!! -

A gentle reminder to stay safe and dry can be a "comforting embrace amid the drizzle". Creative Rainy Day Message Ideas

On the surface level, the rainy day message celebrates sensory pleasure. It taps into the Danish concept of hygge —a mood of coziness and contentment. rainy day message

In a digital landscape dominated by the hyper-curated highlight reels of social media, the "rainy day message" stands out as a peculiar and enduring genre of communication. It is a specific type of sentiment—usually shared via text, social media captions, or greeting cards—that uses the imagery of rain not to signal gloom, but to evoke introspection, coziness, and hope. A gentle reminder to stay safe and dry

The Rain Knows

Rainy days are not lost days. They are the world’s way of saying: Rest now. Grow quietly. You don’t have to be everything today. In a digital landscape dominated by the hyper-curated

Languages

Syntax highlighting for the languages you actually use.

Detected automatically from file extension or content.

C# C C++ Python JavaScript TypeScript Java HTML CSS XML JSON SQL PHP PowerShell Markdown Rust Go Kotlin Swift Shell / Bash YAML TOML Dockerfile Diff / Patch + more
Keyboard

Shortcuts you already know.

Standard keybindings. No custom chord system to memorize.

FindCtrl+F
ReplaceCtrl+H
Go to lineCtrl+G
Duplicate lineCtrl+D
Move line upAlt+Up
Move line downAlt+Down
Toggle commentCtrl+/
Zoom inCtrl+Scroll
New tabCtrl+N
Close tabCtrl+W
Backup ManagerCtrl+B
Get it

Download Caret

Windows 10/11 · x64 · Free and open source.

Installer

Desktop shortcut + right-click integration

Download .exe

Build from source

Requires .NET 10 SDK

dotnet build