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NotepadNext-MacOS

Native macOS reimplementation of Notepad++ built with Qt 6. Fast, lightweight code editor with 470+ syntax formats, tabbed editing, and full Indonesian & English localization.

  • Completely free
  • macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

NotepadNext-MacOS is a code editor, available on macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: tabbed interface, syntax highlighting and Markdown support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Fast, lightweight code editor with 470+ syntax formats, tabbed editing, and full Indonesian & English localization.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Fast, lightweight code editor with 470+ syntax formats, tabbed editing, and full Indonesian & English localization.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “In addition to first-class macOS builds (Apple Silicon & Intel DMG), it officially provides production-ready Linux CPack distribution packages (.deb for Debian/Ubuntu and .rpm for Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE), native…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “📑 Markdown-It Live Preview & 30 Isolated Themes ( PreviewTabWidget & MarkdownSafePreviewDock ) : Compliant with CommonMark & GFM specifications.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of NotepadNext-MacOS is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
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  • Last technical check: 9 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub alsyundawy/NotepadNext-MacOS (GPL-3.0-only)

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