Overview

What is Notepad++?

Notepad++ is a free source editor (c/c++/java/html/xml/php/javascript/asp/vb/vbs/SQL/CSS/Perl/Python/Pascal...) with syntax highlighting syntax folding and auto-completion.

In depth

A closer look at Notepad++

You can print your source code in color (or whatever you want) if you have a color printer(WYSIWYG). Furthermore, Notepad++ have the multi-view feature, that allows user to edit the different document in the same time, and even to edit the same document synchronizely in 2 different views. Notepad++ support the fully drag and drop : not only you can drop the file from explorer to open it, but also you can drag and drop a document from a view to another. With all the functionalities, Notepad++ runs as fast as Notepad provided by MS Windows.

Notepad++ 8.5.8

Notepad is an excellent plain text editor with all the features you miss from your notepad. It can be used by programmers as a source code editor and is compatible with more than 50 languages. It includes syntax for various programming languages which you can completely personalize. A further feature is the ability to personalize the style for each supported language by selecting the color typeface font size and style for key words. Ppyou can view 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. If you make a change in one visualization of the document it will also appear in the other visualizations. In addition it allows you to search using regular expressions for words and phrases. Ini files asp vbvbs sql objective-c css pascal perl and python are supported languages. Each of these has its own visualization system that the program will use to suggest autocomplete options or to compress lines of code between brackets.

Verdict

Should you download Notepad++?

Notepad++ runs on 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Windows 10/11 and is available under the GNU Public License license — the installer is 516 KB. We’ve catalogued it under Source Code.

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Notepad++ specifications

Category: Source Code
Publisher: One-man-Project
Last updated: Nov 20, 2025
License: GNU Public License
Operating system: 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Windows 10/11
File size: 516 KB
Price: Free
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