Notepad++ is an excellent plain text editor with all of the features you miss from your traditional Notepad. In addition to working with plain text, it can be used as a source code editor by programmers, and it's compatible with more than 50 languages.
Its features include syntax for different programming languages, which you can completely personalize. In addition, you can personalize the style for each supported language, selecting the color, typeface, font size and style for the key words.
You can visualize and work with a number of documents at the same time using different tabs and even modify different views of the same file at the same time. The changes that you make in one visualization of the document will also appear in the others. It also allows you to search for words or phrases using regular expressions.
The supported languages include C, Java, XML, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, RC resource files, makefile, ASCII art files, doxygen, ini files, ASP, VB/VBS files, SQL, Objective-C, CSS, Pascal, Perl and Python. Each of these has its own visualization system that the program will use to suggest autocomplete options or allow you to compress lines of code between brackets.
Frequent questions
Is Notepad++ free?
Yes, Notepad++ is completely free open-source software for both personal and professional use. To be exact, the program is distributed under the terms of the GPLv3 license.
What languages does Notepad++ support?
Notepad++ supports more than 70 different programming languages, including C, C++, CSS, Java, JSON, JSP, Pascal, PHP, Powershell, Python, SQL, Swift, Visual Basic and others.
Is Notepad++ safe?
Yes, Notepad++ is safe software. VirusTotal tests show that it has zero positives. Added to this is an impeccable track record since the first version of the program was released in 2003.
Is Notepad++ compatible with Windows 11?
Yes, Notepad++ is compatible with the following operating systems: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
What is the difference between Notepad++ and Notepad++ Portable?
The main difference between Notepad++ and Notepad++ Portable is that the former requires installation and the latter does not. In the case of the Portable version, you just have to unzip the file in a folder.
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Comments
Great program for taking notes and many other things! I use it to organize all the texts I copy; the use of tabs is excellent, and auto save is indispensable. It is regrettable that it's not available...See more
Excellent
Thank you for your Application.
Excellent to some extent
Excellent program, I recommend it.