notePad++++ · Notepad++ alternative for Mac
Edit text on your Mac with document tabs, column editing, regex find and replace, and workspace search. notePad++++ is an independent macOS app inspired by familiar Notepad++ workflows.
Free to download. Optional Pro features are available through in-app purchases. See the App Store for current pricing, trial details, and macOS requirements.
4.8 out of 5 · 556 ratings worldwide · App StoreThe original Notepad++ is a Windows application. notePad++++ is a separate Mac editor and does not run Windows Notepad++ plugins.
Actual App screenshot: related documents in tabs, a folder at the left, and JSON source beside its optional tree preview.
All App interface images on this page are actual screenshots, captured with fictional demonstration files.
Real Mac app demo
See tabs, column editing and multi-keyword search in action, then take a quick look at Markdown, JSON, YAML, SQL and HTML previews, reusable scripts and folder processing.
Some advanced features require Pro or an eligible trial. See the App Store for current pricing and requirements.
Everyday text editing
Keep related files in tabs, read structured text with syntax highlighting, and check the following operations on your own files. These screenshots show real controls and small examples.
Select a rectangle across aligned rows, then type once. In this example, replacing OLD with NEW changed five prefixes while leaving the identifiers and status text in place.
Actual selection before editing. A character column is different from a parsed CSV field.
Find customer_id=([0-9]+) and replace it with client_id=$1. The four matching records keep their numbers; account_id and invoice_id stay unchanged in the demonstration.
Actual Search / Replace panel before applying the change.
Search beyond the active document. Choose the folder scope and file types, then look for a field across related notes, logs, and configuration files. This five-file example reports 14 matching lines.
Actual search controls and sample match summary. Counts describe this fictional workspace.
Start with a copy of your TXT, log, or configuration file. Keep the operations you need, then explore the optional tools.
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Write notes and documentation while checking headings, task lists, tables, and code blocks beside your Markdown source.
Actual App screenshot with a fictional Markdown checklist, table, and code block.
Built-in scripts. Your own rules. A preview before writing.
Start with a ready-made cleanup rule in notePad++++. When your task needs something different, save a custom script and reuse it on one document or a folder of text files. Inspect the proposed changes before applying them.
Trim trailing spaces, remove blank lines, deduplicate, sort, extract links or email addresses, and format JSON. Combine steps into a reusable sequence, called a pipeline in the App. The Pipeline Gallery includes a roster cleanup that trims, removes blank lines, deduplicates and sorts.
Actual built-in Extract URLs demo, showing the sample text, extracted links and a line-by-line preview of the changes.
Need to keep the original order? Choose the individual operations that fit your task. See the list cleanup example.
Write a small JavaScript rule or choose Copy as My Script to adapt a built-in script. For example, change only the OLD- prefix at the beginning of each line to NEW-, leaving the rest of the text alone. Preview its result, then save the rule for the next file.
Actual custom script: change OLD- to NEW- only at the start of a line. Save the rule under My Scripts to use it again.
Prefer to describe the change? Configure your own AI provider and API access, then use AI Script Assistant to help create or modify a script. Review the code and test its output first. This pictured rule was written manually; it is not a claimed AI-generated result.
Open a workspace folder, choose file types and filters, and select a script or pipeline. Check the target files and use Preview mode (no disk writes), then inspect each file’s differences. In this real demonstration, three TXT files, including one in a subfolder, were selected; README.md was excluded.
Before applying: the preview removes blank lines and duplicates, trims trailing spaces and sorts the IDs. The files on disk are still unchanged.
Preview calculates the result without changing the original files. Apply and Apply All are separate actions that write the reviewed changes to disk. This workflow edits file contents; it does not rename files.
Actual batch writes create backups before modifying the files. Open Operation History to review the operation and its per-file backups. A backup failure is reported rather than silently applying an unbacked change.
After applying: Operation History lists three available backups for the demonstration TXT files.
Open the same workspace and choose Restore this operation while its backups are available. In our demonstration, all three TXT files were restored to their original bytes, including duplicates, blank lines and trailing spaces.
After restoring: all three files say Restored. Their bytes matched the originals, including the blank lines and trailing spaces.
Batch backups are retained for seven days. Files changed since the operation, or open with unsaved edits, are skipped during restoration; missing or expired backups cannot be restored. Check the result for errors or skipped files, and keep your normal backups for important work. Folder batch processing, its history and AI assistance require Pro access or an eligible trial.
These real screenshots are reused from our script tutorial and show fictional sample files. Built-in and custom scripts can run locally without AI; scripts process text supplied by the App rather than accessing arbitrary files or the network. Optional AI requests go to the provider you configure, whose terms and possible charges apply.
Reduce surrounding controls when you want to concentrate on the current document.
Actual Zen Mode screenshot reused from our lightweight-editor guide.
Use a simpler editing view for plain text notes and quick changes.
Actual Minimal Mode screenshot reused from our lightweight-editor guide.
notePad++++ is local-first. No account required to edit files. File access is granted by macOS, scripts run in a local sandbox, and AI features only fire when you say so.
Works around your local files by default. No requirement to store documents in an unknown cloud account. Your files stay on your disk, always accessible.
File access is granted through macOS system permissions. Edit local documents without signing in — fully App Sandbox compliant.
Scripts run in an isolated local sandbox. No network access, no file writes beyond the current document, automatic rollback on timeout.
See exactly what will change before any batch edit is applied. Know which files and lines are affected — then confirm.
Backups are saved automatically during batch processing. Restore to the previous state with a single click.
AI features use APIs you configure. You confirm what gets sent before execution. No text is sent anywhere without your explicit action.
notePad++++ works with local files by default. AI features use third-party APIs configured by you. Please follow your chosen AI provider's terms of service.
“Finally found a proper Notepad++ replacement on Mac. Multi-tab + workspace search — it covers everything I need day to day.”
“I use it constantly to clean up pasted copy — strip punctuation, remove blank lines, done. Way faster than fixing it by hand.”
“The pipeline feature is a game-changer. Configure it once and just run it every time you get the same kind of file. Such a time-saver.”
Great tool so far. I will use the trial and decide if it is worth using
Awesome
Usefull and complete
Faz o que se espera que ele faça sem muita coisa em volta. Bem direto ao ponto.
轻量，非常好用
Working well with my files
The most common questions, answered clearly.
notePad++++ is an independent macOS editor. The original Notepad++ project distributes a Windows application; this App is not affiliated with or endorsed by that project.
notePad++++ does not run Windows Notepad++ plugins or import recorded Notepad++ macros. Check whether its built-in editing and scripting tools cover the tasks you need.
Absolutely. The core features (multi-tab editing, workspace browse, find & replace) are intuitive for any user. Pipelines and scripts are power-user features — you can ignore them entirely, or ask AI to write them for you.
AI features require you to configure a third-party API (e.g. OpenAI, Claude). Content is only sent to your chosen provider when you explicitly trigger an AI action. The app itself never collects or forwards your text.
Use Preview to inspect the target files and proposed changes before applying them. Actual batch writes create backups retained for seven days. Open the same workspace and use Restore this operation in Operation History while its backups are available. Files changed since the operation, or open with unsaved edits, are skipped. Check the result for errors or skipped files and keep your normal backups for important work.
All plain-text formats: .txt, .md (Markdown), .csv, .json, .log, .html, .js, .py, and more. Binary formats like Word and PDF need to be converted to plain text first.
A pipeline is a sequence of processing steps chained together — e.g. "remove blank lines → deduplicate → sort." A script is custom JavaScript logic for more flexible transformations. Both can be applied in batch across multiple files.
No account is needed to edit local files. AI features require a third-party API key, which is stored locally and never uploaded to our servers.
macOS 12 (Monterey) and later, including Ventura, Sonoma, and Sequoia. Fully supports Apple Silicon (M-series) and Intel Mac.
Hand off the repetitive text work to notePad++++, and keep your focus on what actually matters.