.README File Overview

File Extension:	README
File Type Description:	Readme Text Document File
File Type Developer:	The Document Foundation
Primary Associated Software:	LibreOffice
Primary Software Developer:	The Document Foundation

Open your files with FileViewPro File Viewer

Download File Opener

README

Optional Offer for FileViewPro by Solvusoft | EULA | Privacy Policy | Terms | Uninstall

Home File Types Text Files README

What is File Extension README?

Release of the Microsoft WordPad software program prompted the development of the Readme Text Document File file type by Microsoft Corporation. Commonly, Readme Text Document File files are found on user computers from United States, and on PCs running the Windows 10 operating system. Google Chrome is the predominant internet browser used by this population.

Associated Developers and Software

	Notepad2 by Open Source
	BBEdit by Bare Bones Software
	Pico by Open Source
	Geany by Geany Authors
	ES-Computing Edit Plus by ES-Computing
	NoteTab by Fookes Software
	ConTEXT by ConTEXT Project
	Bean by James Hoover
	Microsoft Notepad by Microsoft Corporation
	Microsoft Word by Microsoft Corporation
	Corel WordPerfect X8 by Corel
	Kate by KDE
	Vim by Bram Moolenaar
	Gedit by GNOME
	Apple Pages by Apple
	Write! by HamsterCoders
	Atom by GitHub, Inc.
	Microsoft WordPad by Microsoft Corporation
	Vi by SourceForge
	UltraEdit by IDM Computer Solutions
	Sublime Text by Sublime HQ Pty Ltd
	Apple TextEdit by Apple
	OpenOffice Writer by Apache Software Foundation
	LibreOffice by The Document Foundation
	Leafpad by Freeshell.org
	Notepad++ by Don Ho

Desktop Friendly?

Mobile Friendly?

Top User Operating Systems


Windows 10	Windows 11	Windows 6	Windows 8.1

Associated Operating Systems

	Windows
	Mac
	iOS
	Linux
	Unix

Other File Types Related to README Files

Extension	File Type Developer	File Category	File Type Description
.ME	Unknown Developer	Uncommon Files	Temporary Delete Me File
.NOW	The Document Foundation	Text Files	Readme Text Document File
.WRI	Microsoft Corporation	Text Files	Microsoft Write Document
.PDF	Adobe Systems Incorporated	Page Layout Files	Portable Document Format File
.PSW	Microsoft Corporation	Uncommon Files	Windows Password Reset Disk File
.ODT	Oracle Corporation	Text Files	OpenDocument Text Document
.SXC	Sun Microsystems	Spreadsheet Files	StarOffice Calc Spreadsheet
.STW	Oracle Corporation	Text Files	StarOffice Document Template
.AXD	Microsoft Corporation	Web Files	ASP.NET Web Handler File
.9	Ubisoft	Game Files	Salt Lake Winter Olympics 2002 Game Music File