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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>

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=httphttps://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= httphttps://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= httphttps://sourceforge.net/community/cca09/winners/

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

|access-date= 1 October 2009

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719155339/http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2196837/notepad

|archive-date=19 July 2009

}}</ref> and has been remarked for its robust plugin architecture which enabled various new features to be integrated into the program.<ref>{{cite news |url=httphttps://www.itworld.com/article/2833295/open-source-tools/tools-we-love--notepad--.html |title=Tools we love: Notepad++ |first=Matthew |last=Mombrea |publisher=ITWorld Magazine |date=15 November 2013 |access-date=18 February 2016 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233407/https://www.itworld.com/article/2833295/open-source-tools/tools-we-love--notepad--.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Currently, over 140 compatible plugins are developed for Notepad++, 10 of which are included by default in the program.<ref name="download">{{cite web |url=http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php |title=Notepad++ |publisher=sourceforge.net}}</ref> The first plugin to be included in the program was ''"TextFX"'', which includes W3C validation for HTML and CSS, text sorting, character case alteration and quote handling.<ref name="textfx">{{cite web |title=TextFX's_Future |url=http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/TextFX's_Future |work=SourceForge |access-date=8 March 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127001612/http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/TextFX%27s_Future |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Internationalization ===

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Notepad++ is notable for being vocal in politics, particularly in [[human rights]] and [[opposition to war]].

In March 2008, the "[[Concerns and controversies over the 2008 Summer Olympics#Boycotts|Boycott Beijing 2008]]" banner was placed on Notepad++'s SourceForge.net homepage.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm |title=About Notepad++ |access-date=20 October 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326203742/http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm |archive-date=26 March 2008}}</ref> A few months later most users in China were unable to reach the SourceForge.net website from 26 June to 24 July 2008. This led to the widespread belief that China had banned SourceForge.net in retaliation for the Boycott banner.<ref name="moonblog">[http://www.moon-blog.com/2008/06/sourceforge-blocked-in-china.html SourceForge Blocked In China]. Moonlight Blog. 26 June 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.moon-blog.com/2008/07/sourceforge-unblocked-in-china.html SourceForge Unblocked in China]. Moonlight Blog. 24 July 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=500647|title=Sourceforge.net was blocked in China|work=GameDev.net}}</ref>

In January 2015, the Notepad++ website was [[Hacker|hacked]] by activists from the Fallaga Team who objected to an Easter egg endorsing [[Je suis Charlie]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kovacs |first=Eduard |date=15 January 2015 |title=Notepad++ Site Hacked in Response to "Je suis Charlie" Edition |url=http://www.securityweek.com/notepad-site-hacked-response-%E2%80%9Cje-suis-charlie%E2%80%9D-edition |newspaper=SecurityWeek |access-date=24 March 2017 |archive-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121063445/http://www.securityweek.com/notepad-site-hacked-response-%E2%80%9Cje-suis-charlie%E2%80%9D-edition |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Fallaga Team has been linked to [[Islamic State|ISIL]] and is also believed to be responsible for the 2017 hacking of websites of the British [[National Health Service]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/isis-islamist-hackers-nhs-websites-cyber-attack-syrian-civil-war-images-islamic-state-a7567236.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/isis-islamist-hackers-nhs-websites-cyber-attack-syrian-civil-war-images-islamic-state-a7567236.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Isis-linked hackers attack NHS websites to show gruesome Syrian civil war images |first=Kim |last=Sengupta |date=7 February 2017 |work=The Independent |___location=London |access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref>