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Notepadng vs Notepad Next: catalog facts
Notepadng	Notepad Next
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Familiar Notepad++-like editing on Linux Uses the Scintilla editing component	Familiar Notepad++ style editing on more platforms Open source with an active community
Early release, version 0.1.0 Not Notepad++ itself, so plugins and features may differ	Developer warns against using it for critically important work Some features are buggy or only partly implemented
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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