Notepad Next: Open-Source Notepad++ Alternative for Linux, Windows, and macOS
This article introduces Notepad Next, an open‑source, cross‑platform Notepad++ replacement built with Qt5, outlines its key features such as folder workspaces, macro support, and language syntax highlighting, and provides Linux installation instructions via Flatpak or AppImage.
Notepad++ is a popular source code editor for Windows, but it lacks native support for Linux.
Notepad Next is an open‑source, cross‑platform alternative built with C++ and Qt5, offering a UI very similar to Notepad++ and running on Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Key Features
Folder as workspace
Support for many languages (C++, YAML, XML, LaTeX, PHP, Python, R, Rust, etc.)
Toggle UI components
Macro recording, playback and saving
Find and replace in files
Line operations
Document inspector
Indent guides
Undo/redo
Zoom in/out
Lua console
EOL handling
Case conversion
Cross‑platform support
The macOS build is currently experimental, while the Windows and Linux versions are stable.
Installation on Linux
Notepad Next is distributed as a Flatpak and an AppImage. Download the AppImage, make it executable, and run it.
flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.github.dail8859.NotepadNext.flatpakrefOpen Source Linux
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