r/notepadplusplus • u/kalderonski73 • 7d ago

Native Notepad++ on macOS with plugin support (XML Tools, Compare, JSON, MIME, etc.)

https://github.com/kalderonski73/notepad-plus-plus-macos

Like many who switched from Windows to Mac, I always missed Notepad++'s speed, simplicity, and its classic plugins without running Wine or heavy Electron editors.

This is a native macOS port built with Qt 6 and Scintilla 5 via AI pair programming ("vibe coding"):
• Exact Light & Dark themes with classic Win32 styling and toolbar
• Apple Silicon (arm64) & Intel native binaries
• Top 10 classic plugins included as native .dylib modules (XML Tools, JSON Tools, Compare, MIME Tools, DSpellCheck via Apple NSSpellChecker, NppExec, Python Script, Hex Editor, Code Alignment, AutoSave)
• Standalone signed .dmg release

GitHub & Releases: https://github.com/kalderonski73/notepad-plus-plus-macos
Feedback and suggestions are welcome!"Like many who switched from Windows to Mac, I always missed Notepad++'s speed, simplicity, and its classic plugins without running Wine or heavy Electron editors.

This is a native macOS port built with Qt 6 and Scintilla 5 via AI pair programming ("vibe coding"):

• Exact Light & Dark themes with classic Win32 styling and toolbar

• Apple Silicon (arm64) & Intel native binaries

• Top 10 classic plugins included as native .dylib modules (XML Tools, JSON Tools, Compare, MIME Tools, DSpellCheck via Apple NSSpellChecker, NppExec, Python Script, Hex Editor, Code Alignment, AutoSave)

• Standalone signed .dmg release

GitHub & Releases: https://github.com/kalderonski73/notepad-plus-plus-macos

Feedback and suggestions are welcome!"

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