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{{distinguish|Notepad+|Windows Notepad}}'''Notepad++''' (sometimes '''npp''' or '''NPP''') is a [[text editor|text]] and [[source code editor]] for use with [[Microsoft Windows]]. It supports [[Tab (GUI)|tabbed]] editing, which allows working with multiple open files in one window. The program's name comes from the [[C (programming language)|C]] postfix [[increment operator]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Notepad++the most useful plugins for developer (npp) |website=Dirask.com |date=30 March 2021<!--from page source--> |url=https://dirask.com/posts/Notepad-the-most-useful-plugins-for-developer-npp-jEL2rp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web

Notepad++ is released as [[free and open-source software]] under a [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL) 3.0 or later. At first, the project was [[Web hosting service|hosted]] on the [[SourceForge]] [[software repository]] (2003–2010), from where it was downloaded over 28 million times,<ref>{{cite web |title=SourceForge.net: Project Statistics for Notepad++ |work=[[SourceForge.net]] |url=http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=95717&ugn=notepad-plus&type=prdownload&mode=alltime&package_id=0 |access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web

|url= http://sourceforge.net/top/topalltime.php?type=downloads

|title= Top Downloads - For all time, updated daily

|access-date= 18 April 2011

|publisher= [[SourceForge]]

}}</ref> and twice won the SourceForge Community Choice Award for Best Developer Tool.<ref>{{cite web

|url= http://sourceforge.net/community/cca09/winners/

|title= SourceForge's 4th Annual Community Choice Awards

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}}</ref> Then, the project moved to TuxFamily (2010–2015), and then to [[GitHub]] (2015–present).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-plus-plus-on-github.html|title=Notepad++ on GitHub|website=notepad-plus-plus.org|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-date=1 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701052506/https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-plus-plus-on-github.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Notepad++ uses the [[Scintilla (software)|Scintilla editor component]].

Notepad++ is released as [[free and open-source software]] under a [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL) 3.0 or later. At first, the project was [[Web hosting service|hosted]] on the [[SourceForge]] [[software repository]] (2003–2010), from where it was downloaded over 28 million times,<ref>{{cite web |title=SourceForge.net: Project Statistics for Notepad++ |work=[[SourceForge.net]] |url=http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=95717&ugn=notepad-plus&type=prdownload&mode=alltime&package_id=0 |access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web

|url= http://sourceforge.net/top/topalltime.php?type=downloads

|title= Top Downloads - For all time, updated daily

|access-date= 18 April 2011

|publisher= [[SourceForge]]

}}</ref> and twice won the SourceForge Community Choice Award for Best Developer Tool.<ref>{{cite webCh1

==History==