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Works fine.", "excerpt": "I have been using NotepadNext. Works fine.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Trademark Violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac"}, {"id": 766691792, "item_id": 47918237, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918237", "by": "theanonymousone", "date": "2026-04-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My \"Notepad++ for Mac\" so far has been NotepadNext", "excerpt": "My \"Notepad++ for Mac\" so far has been NotepadNext (https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext). I will give this one a try as well, and wish them best of luck. 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