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CudaText vs Notepadng: catalog facts
CudaText	Notepadng
Free Free of charge, including for business use.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Fast startup even with many plugins More than 300 syntax lexers	Familiar Notepad++-like editing on Linux Uses the Scintilla editing component
Configuration through JSON files may take getting used to Many features depend on installing plugins	Early release, version 0.1.0 Not Notepad++ itself, so plugins and features may differ
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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