Discover Notepad Next: The Open‑Source Notepad++ Alternative for Linux, Windows, and macOS
Notepad Next is a cross‑platform, open‑source code editor built with Qt5 that offers many of Notepad++'s features on Linux, Windows, and macOS, and can be installed via Flatpak or AppImage with simple commands.
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.flatpakrefAuthor: 民工哥技术之路 Reference: https://itsfoss.com/notepad-next/
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