Notepad++ for Mac

The first native port of Notepad++ to macOS. A full port of the original Notepad++ codebase — not a rewrite, not an alternative, not Wine.

Notepad++ for macOS brings the beloved Windows code editor to Apple's desktop platform as a fully native Mac application. This is the actual Notepad++ codebase ported to run natively on macOS — built from source in Objective-C++, using platform-native APIs, with no compatibility layer in between.

• Native macOS app — no Wine, Porting Kit, CrossOver, or emulation
• Universal Binary — runs natively on Apple Silicon (M1–M5) and Intel
• Apple-notarized — ships signed and approved for macOS Gatekeeper
• Free and open source — GPL-3.0, no ads, no subscriptions, no telemetry
• Full feature parity — syntax highlighting, plugins, macros, find-in-files, regex, split view, document map, and more

The goal is not just to make Notepad++ "run" on Mac — it's to make it feel like it belongs there, with native menus, shortcuts, file dialogs, dark mode, and system integration.

Features:

• Syntax highlighting for 80+ programming languages, with customizable color themes and user-defined languages
• Plugin system with a native Plugin Admin — ~50 plugins already ported, with all ~140 expected by end of April 2026
• Scintilla-based editing component with code folding
• Multi-document tabbed editing
• Split view — view and edit two documents side by side or two parts of the same document
• Powerful search: regular expressions, find-in-files, bookmark lines, incremental search
• Macro recording to automate repetitive editing tasks
• Native macOS UI: menus, dialogs, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode following system preferences
• 137-language UI out of the box
• Document map, character panel, clipboard history, column editor, command palette
• Scintilla as the editing engine — battle-tested, high-performance, the same component powering the Windows version