Discover Notepad Next: The Open‑Source Notepad++ Alternative for Linux, Windows, and macOS

Notepad Next Overview

Notepad Next is an open‑source, cross‑platform alternative to Notepad++ that runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS. It is written in C++ using the Qt5 toolkit and mimics the look and feel of Notepad++ while still being actively developed (currently version 0.5).

GitHub project: https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext

Key Features

Folder as workspace

Support for many languages such as C++, YAML, XML, LaTeX, PHP, Python, R, Rust, etc.

Toggle UI components on or off

Macro recording, playback, and saving

Find and replace within files

Line operations

Editor inspector for detailed document information

Indent guides

Undo/redo buttons

Zoom in/out

Lua console

EOL handling

Case conversion (upper ↔ lower)

Cross‑platform support

The macOS version is currently experimental, but the application works on Windows and Linux and aims to become a fully cross‑platform open‑source text editor.

Installation on Linux

Notepad Next is distributed for Linux as a Flatpak and an AppImage. Download the latest release from the GitHub releases page:

https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/releases

For AppImage, make the file executable and run it. For Flatpak, use the following command:

flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.github.dail8859.NotepadNext.flatpakref

Author: 民工哥技术之路 Reference: https://itsfoss.com/notepad-next/