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 ...

Following last month's coverage of an unofficial Mac port of Notepad++ that the original developer called out for trademark violation, the dispute has now been resolved with a rebrand. The site for ...

The developer of NotePad++, Don Ho, is going out of his way to slam the Mac edition with a post titled “Trademark Violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac.” A software engineer in New York named Andrey Letov ...

Not really sure Ho gets to scold people about risks of downloading malware, since, you know, he's the one who relied on a supply chain for his updater that was compromised for the better part of a ...

The hate for AI is strong in these comments, so much so that the commenters can’t be bothered to read. Notepad++ is open source and the AI was used to port that source to macOS with some GUI changes.

Last week, it looked like Windows-based text editor NotePad++ had finally arrived on macOS. But it turns out the Mac version is an unauthorized copy of the original. The developer of NotePad++, Don Ho ...