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A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++

20 mentions on Hacker News by 18 people: 4 stories, 16 comments · first 2022-04-08 · latest 2026-05-04

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  1. …Mac, I thought I’d drop a link to a previous attempt at a “port” that I’d heard of. Notepad Next: https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext It’s a (still work in progress) cross platform re-implementation of Notepad++. It also predates…
    comment by netruk44 · 2026-05-04 · in Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac
  2. My "Notepad++ for Mac" so far has been NotepadNext ( https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext ). I will give this one a try as well, and wish them best of luck. I hope they release the Linux version as well.
    comment by theanonymousone · 2026-04-27 · in Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port
  3. Look at https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
    comment by qalmakka · 2026-04-27 · in Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port
  4. I’ve been using Notepad Next on Mac: https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
    comment by phpdave11 · 2026-04-27 · in Notepad++ for Mac – Independent community port
  5. There is also NotepadNext which is oddly similar, sans the Lua: https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
    comment by rationably · 2026-03-04 · in Textadept
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  8. https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext for a reimplementation
    comment by sabas_ge · 2025-11-18 · in Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders
  9. Readers might be interested in notepad-next, which is under active development and cross platform: https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
    comment by nichos · 2025-01-23 · in Show HN: NotepadJs – A cross-platform love letter to Notepad
  10. Check out NotepadNext ( https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext ) and Notepadqq ( https://notepadqq.com/s/ ), albeit last one is not maintained anymore. SublimeText is of course the most lightweight alternative, if you don't mind…
    comment by butz · 2024-11-01 · in Notepad++ is 21 years old
  11. There is this https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
    comment by netcraft · 2024-11-01 · in Notepad++ is 21 years old
  12. Notepad++ will work with wine, and there's https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext Google says there are options for autohotkey too, although some are works in progress: https://github.com/Paris/IronAHK /…
    comment by autoexec · 2024-05-23 · in WinDirStat – Windows Directory Statistics
  13. …too much. I believe Qt C++ with QML is the best combo for most people, for most applications. [1] https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext [2] https://diskvoyager.com/ [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/103b9fy/disk_v...
    comment by rubymamis · 2024-04-09 · in How might software development have unfolded if CPU speeds were 20x slower?
  14. :*( > Plugin compatibility between NN and N++ is not possible. https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/issues/422 Shame, since N++'s plugin ecosystem holds quite the treasure trove of functionality. https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/nppP…
    comment by RunSet · 2024-03-28 · in NotepadNext – a cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++
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    story by Brajeshwar · 2024-03-28 · 308 comments
  16. there is another OpenSource - Cross-Platform (Windows, Linux, etc) - Notepad/Notepad++ Alternative: https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
    comment by maverick74 · 2024-02-08 · in Open Source Windows Notepad on the Web
  17. Notepad next seems to have taken it's place. It has active development. https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
    comment by nichos · 2023-01-25 · in Wine 8.0
  18. …is no Notepad++ on Linux... Notepad Next, is a cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++. https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext > And finally, it's always great to see Lazarus software, it's one of the nicer ways to create GUI…
    comment by Tozen · 2022-08-08 · in CudaText: Open-source, cross-platform text editor, written in Lazarus
  19. …for Linux x64 are available in the releases. Linux version is apparently packaged as an AppImage. https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/releases/
    comment by AnIdiotOnTheNet · 2022-04-08 · in NotepadNext: A cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++
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