As its name implies, the venerable Notepad++ text editor began as a more capable version of the classic Windows Notepad, with features such as line numbering and syntax highlighting. It was created in ...

You can install Notepad++ on Linux using an unofficial Snap package with the command "sudo snap install notepad-plus-plus". The Snap package uses the Wine ...

The first time Notepad++ let me down was when I tried to open a server log that had grown to a few hundred megabytes. The window came up fast enough, but the moment I tried to scroll or search through ...

Using Notepadd++ as a source code editor makes writing, editing and comparing code simple. The software supports several languages, and works in both the Microsoft Windows and the Mac iOS environments ...

The popular Notepad++ coding editor is now available as a native macOS app, following an unofficial open-source community port of the original Windows codebase. The Notepad replacement runs as a ...

The developer of the popular Windows app Notepad++ has warned users not to be fooled by a copycat site that is ranking highly on Google. Notepad++ is a text and code editor that’s been available for ...

Notepad++ is in the news again, though it's more of a mixed bag than its last report. In short, an unlicensed Mac OS port was released for Notepad++, which is usually Windows and Linux-exclusive. In ...

PCWorld reports that Notepad++’s WinGUp update system was compromised between June and December 2025, delivering malware through corrupted executables to targeted users. While the popular text editor ...

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...

This is not a drill! The makers of the popular text editor Notepad++ are warning that the Notepad++ updater, which goes by the name WinGUp, links to malware servers. This is a case of traffic ...

The Notepad++ project is seeking the public's help in taking down a copycat website that closely impersonates Notepad++ but is not affiliated with the project. Although, at the time of writing, the ...