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Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port

https://notepad-plus-plus-mac.org/
44•jonbaer•2h ago

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manbart•1h ago
Wish there was a Linux port too
yjftsjthsd-h•1h ago
I thought it runs well in WINE? Not that a native port wouldn't be better, but that's pretty good.
jeffnash•7m ago
After seeing how quickly those hooligans re-wrote Claude Code in Rust from the leaked sourcemap, I actually made a spec-driven Linux port using Claude Code, Kimi, and Codex just to see if it was possible.

Frankly, I thought I was the only human being on earth who used Arch but missed the comforting embrace of Notepad++, so I'm happy to share the fruits of my ~$200 worth of tokens if there's interest!

p_ing•1h ago
> This project is an independent open-source community port of Notepad++ to macOS

Import note.

MBCook•1h ago
Why? I get it’s popular on Windows. But it’s so incredibly Windows-y, not Mac like at all. And we already have BBEdit and Nova.

Perhaps the site answers past “you like it here it is”, but at the moment we appear to have slashdotted them.

brandonmenc•1h ago
Why do anything?
j45•1h ago
It doesn’t have to be for everyone.

Lots of people use both operating systems, or stretched from one to the other.

Socrates is about choice, just because I might not see the understanding in something doesn’t mean there isn’t any understanding in it.

MBCook•17m ago
I use both operating systems. I hate using things that don’t follow platform standards. It makes them more confusing and causes extra cognitive load.

I simply see no benefit of a copy of very Windows-y app. It’s pure MDI with buttons in a toolbar. It’s a perfect example of a 3.1/95 style app.

It’s not like it has special features missing from the great many editors on Mac. If you want a “same everywhere” experience I’d think you’d want something that sort of lives in its own world like VSCode. It’s not native style anywhere, exactly. But it’s very powerful and popular.

In many cases I get “I want the app I like over here”. I really do. Especially if there is something really special about its design or feature set. In my experience with Notepad++, I have never wished to have it on my Mac once.

NautilusWave•58m ago
It's FREEEEEE!
vict7•51m ago
First I've heard of Nova. I have used Transmit--also made by Panic--and was impressed with the UX there. I'll have to give Nova a spin.
krackers•29m ago
Don't forget TextMate, CotEditor, Chocolat. There are so many mac-native text editors that it's a crowded space for a new entrant sporting a distinctively un-mac-like UX.
internet2000•24m ago
New switcher on his brand new MacBook Neo who doesn't want to learn Mac apps and conventions? Guaranteed this person uses a Windows "Alt-tab" style switcher app too.
ulfw•58m ago
I like how it's a native Mac app and looks 0% like a Mac app whatsoever. Also the scaling is off on my Macbook Pro. Everything looks half as big as it should be. Tiny fonts, tiny tiny icon bar.

Wow.

b3ing•57m ago
I think there are like 4 or 5 apps like this but only 2 or 3 are using a fork
r00t-•57m ago
This was definitely vibe coded, even the landing page.
ziml77•40m ago
Oh for sure. Just look at the "Author" page. It says he started in March 2026 on this. Which means last month he pointed Claude to the Notepad++ repo and said "make a native port of this to macOS".
Tomte•25m ago
You can simply look at the GitHub repo where most of the commits say $Name and Claude
NOTpadpp•52m ago
There is a crippling lack of note on the fact this is unofficial
phpdave11•52m ago
I’ve been using Notepad Next on Mac: https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
luckydata•45m ago
the ui is fugly
zaps•41m ago
Those icons… I just, I can’t
vunderba•40m ago
I know that the original Notepad++ is under GPLv2 so creating an open-source port is perfectly acceptable, but the Notepad++ name itself is trademarked by Don Ho, so calling itself "Notepad++" (for Mac) along with using an almost identical icon feels like it's crossing some boundaries.
eurleif•33m ago
>Notepad++ name itself is trademarked by Don Ho

Is it? I can't find a trademark registration on the USPTO site.

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