Notepad++ imposter now available on the Mac
AppleVis [Unofficial]
May 3, 2026
I'm editing this post in view of some of the comments below.
There had been reports that Notepad++ had been released on MacOs. I'd seen posts on this on Mastodon from respected blind folk who had probably got excited like me at the thought.
However, it seems that this is a vibe coded rip-off of Notepad++ and is in no way associated with the text editor that has been around on Windows for so long, and was my text editor of choice for many years in my seeing days on Windows.
Notepad++ is open source, but I think the problem is that the brand has been stolen and use of it is unauthorised. Given this, I think it's probably a good idea o give this one a miss, and I wouldn't be surprised if it suddenly disappeared.
It's a pity - I did install it and played with it briefly and it seemed quite accessible with VoiceOver. But I have now uninstalled it.
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