Notepad++ is a free text editor that provides additional features not found in the standard Windows text editor. It is specially designed for editing source code.

Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL, which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world's carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.

What is the difference between Notepad and Notepad++?

Notepad++ is an advanced version of Notepad, aimed at programmers, web designers, and IT professionals. It has basic IDE features but retains the familiarity of Notepad which is Windows' built-in text editor and very simple word processor.

What programming languages does Notepad++ support?

Notepad++ supports programming languages such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, XML, Python, CSS, HTML, Ruby, Pascal, Visual Basic, and more.

Is Notepad++ better than Sublime Text?

Both applications are powerful text editors, but the main difference is that Notepad++ is open source and free. Sublime Text offers a trial version but it costs $99 per license. Another important difference is that Notepad++ is only available on Windows, while Sublime Text is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is worth mentioning that Sublime Text offers an evaluation version that you can use for free, but it will constantly ask you to purchase the license.

Features

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

This project is mature. However, there may be still some bugs and missing features that are being worked on. If you have any questions or suggestions about this project, please post them in the forums. Also, if you wish to make a feature request, you can post it there as well. But there's no guarantee that I'll implement your request.

You're encouraged to translate Notepad++ into your native tongue if there's not already a translation present in the Binary Translations page. And if you want, help translating Notepad++ official site into your native tongue would be greatly appreciated.

  • Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
  • WYSIWYG
  • User Defined Syntax Highlighting
  • Auto-completion
  • Multi-Document
  • Multi-View
  • Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
  • Full Drag 'N' Drop supported
  • Dynamic position of Views
  • File Status Auto-detection
  • Zoom in and zoom out
  • Multi-Language environment supported
  • Bookmark
  • Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
  • Macro recording and playback

What's New

  • Fix a crash in Column Editor caused by an arithmetic overflow. (Fix #15144)
  • Fix the issue where any negative repeat value in Column Editor causes a hang. (Fix #15153)
  • Fix an extra space being inserted in HEX mode issue in Column Editor. (Fix #15168)
  • Fix a visual glitch of the toolbar pressed buttons in dark mode. (Fix #15225)
  • Add auto-indent feature for Python. (Fix #15122)
  • Fix the issue where "show control characters" settings not remembered when switching to another tab. (Fix #13988)
  • Fix the missing monitoring disabled state icon from the fluent icon set on the toolbar. (Fix #15217)
  • Adjusted the inaccurate naming of indent settings in thee Preferences dialog. (Fix issue)
  • Fix the issue where the customized color of active tab in inactive view is missing. (Fix #15140)
  • Introduce a new plugin command "NPPM_GETTABCOLORID" to retrieve the current tab color ID. (Fix #15115)
  • Allow the tree view dark mode customization for plugins. (Fix #15077)
  • Fix the popup dialog for updating not metioning 'Notepad++'. (Fix #14668)