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{{short description|Text editor and source code editor for Windows}}

{{distinguish|Notepad+|Windows Notepad}}

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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=https://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