It's Windows-only — Tab.Noted is the native Mac alternative.
Notepad++ never shipped for macOS. Tab.Noted brings the same fast, tabbed, no-nonsense editing to your Mac — syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, powerful search, fully offline, and yours for a one-time purchase.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon · One-time purchase
Notepad++ is a Windows-only application — there's no Mac build, and there never has been. You can force it to run through Wine or a virtual machine, or install an unofficial clone, but both are clunky or unvetted. The cleaner path is a native Mac editor built in the same spirit: light, fast, and out of your way. That's what Tab.Noted is.
Tabbed editing that resizes as you open more files. Instant syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, detected straight from the file extension — no plugins to hunt down. Find and Replace with full regex, whole-word, and case options across every open tab. Macro recording, snippet expansion, column selection, and multi-cursor editing. It's the lightweight, keyboard-driven workflow you're used to, running natively on Apple silicon.
The free "Notepad++ for Mac" ports circulating online are unofficial and unvetted — some have already been flagged as unauthorized clones. Tab.Noted is a real, purpose-built Mac app: notarized by Apple, fully sandboxed, distributed through the Mac App Store, and a one-time purchase with no subscription. Your files stay on your device, and the app works completely offline.
No. Notepad++ is a Windows-only application with no official macOS version. Tab.Noted is a native Mac editor built in the same lightweight spirit.
Only indirectly — through a compatibility layer like Wine or a Windows virtual machine, which is slow and awkward. A native Mac editor like Tab.Noted avoids all of that.
Tab.Noted matches the features Notepad++ users rely on — tabbed editing, syntax highlighting for 50+ languages, powerful regex search, macros, and snippets — as a fast, native macOS app.
Tab.Noted is a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store — no subscription and no account required. You own it.
A native Mac editor in the spirit of Notepad++. A one-time purchase on the Mac App Store — no subscription, no account required.
Tab.Noted is an independent application and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Notepad++ or its developers. "Notepad++" is a trademark of its respective owner, referenced here only to describe a comparable editing workflow.