NotepadNext
Shares rank 47 of 56 text editors by recommenders
Free Notepad++-style text editor for macOS, recommended as a Notepad++ alternative that works fine and keeps tabs open when the window closes.
Free Notepad++-style text editor for macOS, recommended as a Notepad++ alternative that works fine and keeps tabs open when the window closes.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Notepad++-like experience on Mac
“My "Notepad++ for Mac" so far has been NotepadNext”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Notepad++ for Mac” “for Notepad++-like experience on macOS”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Notepad++ for Mac” Keeps tabs open when window closes
“it supports leaving all your tabs open when you close the window”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Notepad++ Code Editor Comes to Mac After 20-Year Wait” Works fine in everyday use
“I have been using NotepadNext. Works fine.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Trademark Violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac”
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The four most recommended other text editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zed | 700 | 430 | 62% | 13 | 6 mo57 owners | — |
| GNU Emacs | 648 | 207 | 76% | 13 | 20 yrs158 owners | Approved |
| Vim | 513 | 127 | 80% | 13 | 20 yrs55 owners | Approved |
| Visual Studio Code | 485 | 547 | 47% | 12 | 2 yrs13 owners | — |
| NotepadNextThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I have been using NotepadNext. Works fine.”
“it supports leaving all your tabs open when you close the window”
“My "Notepad++ for Mac" so far has been NotepadNext”
“for Notepad++-like experience on macOS”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.