

The developer used JEXT (a Java-based text editor) at his company but, dissatisfied with its poor performance, he began to develop a text editor written in C++ with Scintilla. Notepad++ was developed by Don Ho in September 2003. This was made possible through Project Centennial which enables developers of existing.Net and Win 32 apps to convert them to the Universal Windows Platform. Used by millions worldwide, the software has now been made available for download on the official Microsoft Store. Initially hosted on, the project gradually moved onto the TuxFamily and since 2015, Notepad++ has been hosted on GitHub. Notepad++ is a popular free text editor and source code editor for Windows PC users. Home › News › Notepad++ app can now be download from the Windows Store
