Native Windows app. Dark by default. Remembers everything you had open. No telemetry, no login, no nonsense.
v1.2.0 · ~2 MB · Windows 10/11 · GPL-3.0
using System;namespace Caret;class Program{ static void Main(string[] args) { // just opens. no splash screen. no tip of the day. Console.WriteLine("hello, world"); }}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.
An alien warlord named Vilgax (voiced by Mark Hamill) has arrived on Earth with an army of robots and aliens. Vilgax is determined to destroy Ben and the Omnitrix, which he believes is the key to unlocking ultimate power.
If you’d like a more granular summary of any specific portion (e.g., the exact dialogue Ben says when turning into a particular alien), just let me know the timestamp, and I’ll expand that section for you! ben 10 destroy all aliens transcript link
Whether you're hunting down the transcript or the movie file, patience is key. The transcript is easily accessible via the Ben 10 Wiki link at the top of this article—perfect for writing fan fiction, doing an animation study, or simply reliving Ben's final adventure. An alien warlord named Vilgax (voiced by Mark
The Omnitrix’s design—a wrist‑worn alien DNA repository—makes it both a source of power and a symbol of stewardship. Its original purpose is to foster understanding between species; it encourages Ben to experience life through alien perspectives, thereby promoting empathy. Reversing that purpose—using the same device to eliminate those very species—creates a powerful irony that deepens narrative tension. The device itself could become a character: a sentient, perhaps corrupted, artifact that influences Ben’s choices, echoing themes from other media (e.g., The One Ring in Tolkien, the Infinity Gauntlet in Marvel). Whether you're hunting down the transcript or the
Since its debut in 2005, Ben 10 has become one of the most recognizable franchises in contemporary children’s animation. At its core lies a simple yet endlessly versatile premise: a ten‑year‑old boy named Ben Tennyson discovers an alien‑like device—the Omnitrix—that allows him to transform into a wide array of extraterrestrial beings, each with its own powers and personalities. Over the course of four television series, several movies, comic books, video games, and a massive amount of fan‑generated content, the show has built a universe populated by dozens of distinct alien species, heroic allies, and nefarious villains.
Caret lets you back up any open document to a local MongoDB instance. Before anything is written to the database, your file content is encrypted on your machine using AES-256-GCM — the same authenticated encryption standard used by governments and financial institutions.
Your password never touches the database. It's fed through PBKDF2-SHA512 with 600,000 iterations and a random salt to derive the encryption key. Each backup gets its own salt and nonce, so even identical files produce completely different ciphertext.
Everything happens locally. No cloud, no third-party service, no network calls. You own the database, you own the password, you own the data. If you lose the password, the backups are unrecoverable by design.
Open the Backup Manager with Ctrl+B to create, browse, restore, or delete backups. It's built into the editor — no external tools required.
MongoDB is only needed if you want encrypted backups. Caret works perfectly fine without it.
Detected automatically from file extension or content.
Standard keybindings. No custom chord system to memorize.
Windows 10/11 · x64 · Free and open source.