Tabbed interface for working with multiple files.So what makes Notepad Plus Plus so special? Why do developers and coders alike love using it? To fill the gap a swathe of Linux alternatives to Notepad++ exist, the best known being Notepadqq, while other code editing tools aren’t afraid to acknowledge they draw inspiration in their respective feature sets from Notepad++.
In this tutorial we show you how to install Notepad++ on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, as well as Linux Mint and other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.įew text editors are as famous or as well loved as Notepad++, the free, open-source code editor built for Windows and written in C++.īut although Notepad Plus Plus (to say it aloud) is popular with developers, thanks to the small app size, good feature set, and decent performance, a Linux version of the app is not currently available.