Notepad++ is a [[source code editor]]. It features [[syntax highlighting]], [[code folding]] and limited [[autocompletion]] for [[Programming language|programming]], [[Scripting language|scripting]], and [[markup language]]s, but not [[intelligent code completion]] or syntax checking. As such, it may properly highlight code written in a supported schemascheme, but whether the syntax is internally sound or compilable, cannot be verified.<ref name="so2015ds"/><ref name="udf">{{cite web |url= http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php?title=User_Defined_Language_Files |title=User Defined Language Files |work=notepad-plus-plus.org |access-date=10 November 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161223212433/http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php?title=User_Defined_Language_Files |archive-date=23 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=DeCarlo |first=Matthew |title=Download of the Week: Notepad++ |website=TechSpot |date=26 May 2009 |url= http://www.techspot.com/news/34846-Download-of-the-Week-Notepad.html |access-date=1 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="Features">{{cite web |url=https://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/ |title=Notepad++ Features |publisher=notepad-plus-plus.org |access-date=10 November 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130624005854/http://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/ |archive-date=24 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As of version 7.6.3, Notepad++ can highlight the elements of 78 syntaxes:
