Notepad++ now available on the Mac
AppleVis [Unofficial]
May 3, 2026
Notepad++ the extremely popular open source text/code editor that was previously only available for Windows has now been released on the Mac!
I saw some blind folks on Mastodon commenting on this so thought I would give it a try and so far it all seems quite accessible with VoiceOver. I'm on holiday for the next couple of weeks so might not use it a great deal until I am back at work, but I am curious to know how it stacks up so will be certainly using it for some things.
My main editor of choice these days is BBEdit which seems quite good, and I use Smultron sometimes, and TextMate for very specific things. I do like having a selection of text editors available. It didn't seem that long ago that I couldn't find a decent editor on the Mac and now we seem to be getting some choice at long last.
I used to use it all the time on Windows in the days I wasn't thinking about things like screen readers. It was a touch ugly but otherwise a very fast, simple and capable tool and was my raw text editor of choice for many years.
If anyone on here gives it a go, please share your thoughts.
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