notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
Notepad++ official repository
About the project
A free source code editor and Notepad replacement for Windows supporting many programming and natural languages. Official repository with C++ source code.
Useful for
- Build Notepad++ from source following the repository's build guide
- Verify a Notepad++ release GPG signature using the published key
- Contribute a code change to the editor and open a pull request
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.
Why it’s trending
- 2 stars so far today, about 5 expected by the end of the day.
- GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +12 stars.
Stars per day
Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 29,410
- Today
- 2 · ≈ 5 by evening
- Forks
- 5,376
- Issues and pull requests
- 17,083
- Watchers
- 669
- Language
- C++
- Latest release
- v8.9.8.1 · September 24, 2026
- Created
- March 28, 2015
- Last push
- September 24, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
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- September 25, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +12 stars
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