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.
by p_ing
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> This project is an independent open-source community port of Notepad++ to macOS
Import note.
by theanonymousone
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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.
by vunderba
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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.
by NOTpadpp
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There is a crippling lack of note on the fact this is unofficial
This was definitely vibe coded, even the landing page.
by elheffe80
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At home I have a MacBook, but everything else I use is Linux. At work, I am stuck on windows 99% of the time for most work. I manage Linux systems, but mostly through the windows desktop. I use notepad++ every single day. I lamented not having it on my Mac, but every replacement is not... right? comfortable? implemented right? I don't know. Still haven't found something that does what little I use in notepad++ and I can tell you now this app's ui is not what I am looking for.
by manbart
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Wish there was a Linux port too
by ulfw
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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.
by johnturk
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We can ask the guy to fix the toolbar icons which I'm sure he can easily do but then it may loose the authentic look. Need to vote.
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by b3ing
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I think there are like 4 or 5 apps like this but only 2 or 3 are using a fork
by Hard_Space
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Not really understanding the negative trend of comments. As someone who accesses multiple Windows machines on a LAN via a MacBook Air, I'm glad to have as many common GUIs as possible. I found it a bit hard to get used to BBEdit when I started using a Mac again, and have been a Notepad++ lover for many years. So, thanks to the dev for this.
by Detrytus
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It is kind of ironic that the two Windows applications I missed the most in both Linux and Mac are good text editor and terminal emulator: Notepad++ and MobaXTerm
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