WikidPad Features On the fly WikiWord linking, as you type WikiWord auto-completion Easy WikiWord navigation Wiki text styling WikiWord History Wiki document attributes Dynamic views Tree/Outline view with over 100 icons Todo lists Incremental search Search and Replace Autosave Export to HTML All your data is stored in plain text URL and file linking Intuitive keybindings Help Wiki included

IDE for your thoughts
Software developers have grown accustomed to certain features from their integrated development environment that make their jobs easier. Features like auto-completion, outline views, incremental search, easy source code navigation. IDE's that provide these features can greatly increase developer productivity. wikidPad attempts to utilize some of these features to address the problem of personal information management.

Personal Information Management
How do you manage all of the random bits of information in your personal and professional life? Word documents, text files, Microsoft Outlook folders/notes. If you're an expert user maybe you have a weblog, or a personal database, or possibly an outlining application. Where do you track your wifes favorite food, your bosses kids names, your personal todo list, the name of the movie you just read a review of, the name of the book a friend recommended. wikidPad was created to address this issue of personal information management. It provides a place to manage the massive amounts of information you have stuffed in your head, on stickies, or on your computer.

Help
A complete online documentation for beginners and advanced users is here: Help and First Steps (thanks to Jan Stegehuis)

To search all available documentation resources: Meta search

Installation
Windows: Use of a binary installer is recommended. Users of Windows 98/ME should read the hint below before downloading.

Linux: See page InstallLinux in WikidPad's wiki.

MacOS: See page InstallMacosx in WikidPad's wiki.

Download
Multiple versions of WikidPad are available for download here.

1.8 final
WikidPad-1.8final.exe.zip	Windows binary installer unicode
WikidPad-1.8final-src.zip	Source code
1.9 release candidate 06 (nearly stable)
WikidPad-1.9rc06.exe.zip	Windows binary installer unicode
WikidPad-1.9rc06-src.zip	Source code
2.0 beta 05 (not so stable)
WikidPad-2.0beta05_1.exe	Windows binary installer unicode
WikidPad-2.0beta05_1-src.zip	Source code
Free Icons 1.1 (free icon set to replace commercial ones)
WP-FreeIcons-1.1.exe.zip	Windows binary installer
WP-FreeIcons-1.1.zip	ZIP file
Spell check add-on 2.0 (works with 2.0alpha01 or later). To use this add-on, install first an appropriate WikidPad version, then install the add-on in the same directory. The add-on is based on the enchant and pyEnchant libraries.
WP-SpellAddon-2.0.exe	Windows binary installer
Spell check add-on 1.0 beta 1 (works with 1.7beta3 or later). To use this add-on, install first an appropriate WikidPad version, then install the add-on in the same directory. The add-on is based on the enchant and pyEnchant libraries.
WP-SpellAddon-1.0beta1.exe.zip	Windows binary installer
Help and first steps 1.1 (additional help wiki) Applies to WikidPad 1.9beta20 up to 1.9rc01 You need an installed WikidPad 1.9beta20 or later to see the wiki properly.
WP-HelpAnd1stSteps-1.1.exe.zip	Windows binary installer
WP-HelpAnd1stSteps-1.1.zip	ZIP file

Troubleshooting Tips

For users of WikidPad 2.0 or later with Windows binary
If WikidPad refuses to start, e.g. with message "CreateProcess failed; code 14001" try to download and install vcredist_x86.exe from Microsoft.

For users of Windows 98/ME
WikidPad 2.0 or later does not support these systems.
WikidPad version 1.6 and later needs a file named "unicows.dll" which must be placed either in the installation directory of the binary version of WikidPad (where "WikidPad.exe" is) or in the "\Windows\System" directory.
You can find the file either here or download an installer for it from Microsoft.

You should also download the file msvcp71.dll if you do not have it. It is not absolutely necessary, but allows to use an external HTML preview renderer (since 1.8beta6).

Important remark
Please install WikidPad only in a path which consists completely of ASCII-characters, this means only 'a' to 'z' letters, lower or upper case, digits and punctuation characters like underscore, dot and comma.

wikidPad is mentioned on mind-mapping.org.