Notepad2 is a modified version (fork) of Notepad2-mod. metapath is a bug-fixed version of original metapath.

Latest release:

Latest development builds (artifacts in Release configuration for each compiler and platform) are available on GitHub Actions and AppVeyor. Or you can build from source, see the Wiki.

GitHub Actions (MSVC, Clang, GCC)	AppVeyor (MSVC, Clang)

• Support for bookmarks
• Option to mark all occurrences of a word or selection, and show matched count
• Enhanced auto-completion for words and functions
• Context-based auto-completion for some words
• Enhanced auto indentation
• Auto completion for braces, brackets and quotes
• Syntax highlighting, code folding and API list for (see built-in file extension list):
  • Plain Text
  • ABAQUS
  • ActionScript for ActionScript 3 and 4.
  • Android Smali, Screenshots
    • javap
    • Jasmin
  • ANSI Art
  • ANSYS Parametric Design Language
  • Assembler, Screenshots
    • MASM
    • GNU Assembler
    • NASM
  • Asymptote Vector Graphics Language
  • AutoIt Script
  • AviSynth Script, up to AviSynth 2.6, AviSynth+ 3.6, GScript 1.1.
  • AWK, up to GNU AWK 5.1.
  • Batch Script, Screenshots
  • C#, Vala, Screenshots
  • C/C++, Screenshots
    • Objective-C/C++, Screenshots
    • C Standard Library, up to C2x.
    • C++ STL, up to C++20.
  • CSS Style Sheet
    • Sassy CSS
    • Less CSS
    • HSS
  • CMake, up to CMake 3.20. Screenshots
  • CoffeeScript, CoffeeScript 2.5.
  • Common Intermediate Language
  • Configuration / Properties File
    • Apache Configuration File
  • D
  • Dart, up to Dart 2.12.
  • Diff/Patch File
  • Doxygen
  • F#
  • Fortran, GNU Fortran
  • GN Build, up to GN 2019-03-13.
  • Go, up to Go 1.14.
    • Go+ (GoPlus) and the Q language
  • Gradle, up to Gradle 6.8, Screenshots
  • GraphViz Dot, Screenshots
    • blockdiag, seqdiag, actdiag and nwdiag
  • Groovy, up to Groovy 4.0.
  • Haxe, up to Haxe 4.1
  • HTML, up to WHATWG 2020-02-12. Screenshots
    • ASP
    • ASP.NET
    • JSP
    • PHP
  • INI Configuration File
  • Inno Setup
  • Boost Jam, up to Jam 4.4.1.
  • Java, up to Java 16. Screenshots
    • BeanShell
  • JavaScript, up to ECMAScript 2021 (12th edition) with JSX and Web APIs.
  • JSON and JSON5 Document
  • Julia Script, up to Julia 1.2. Screenshots
  • Kotlin, up to Kotlin 1.5.
  • LaTeX
  • Lisp Script (Common Lisp, Clojure, Scheme, etc.)
  • LLVM IR, up to LLVM 12.
  • Lua Script, up to Lua 5.4.
  • Makefile, Screenshots
    • nmake
    • gmake
    • Borland bmake
    • qmake
    • ninja
  • MATLAB, Screenshots
    • Octave
    • Scilab
    • Gnuplot
  • Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, up to NSIS 3.06.
  • Pascal, Delphi
  • Perl, Screenshots
  • PowerShell
  • Python, up to Python 3.10. Screenshots
  • PHP Script, Screenshots
  • Windows Rescouce Script
  • R, up to R 4.0.3.
  • REBOL 3 and Red
  • Ruby, Screenshots
  • Rust, up to Rust 1.38. Screenshots
  • Scala Script
  • Shell Script
    • Bash likes (sh, bash, dash, ash, zsh, ksh), Screenshots
    • C Shell (csh, tcsh)
    • M4 Macro, limited support
  • SQL Query
    • SQL Standard, up to SQL:2016.
    • MySQL, up to MySQL 8.0, MariaDB 10.3.
    • SQLite3, up to 3.33.
    • PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL 13.
    • Transact-SQL, SQL Server 2019.
    • Oracle, Oracle 20, incomplete.
  • Swift, Swift 5.5.
  • TCL, Screenshots
  • Texinfo
  • TOML File
  • TypeScript, TypeScript 4.3.
  • Visual Basic, VB6, VB.NET
  • VBScript
  • VHDL
  • Verilog HDL
  • Vim Script
  • WebAssembly, up to wabt 1.0.19.
  • XML Document, Screenshots
    • XML Schema
    • XML Stylesheet
    • SGML and DTD
    • Ant Build
    • Maven POM
    • Maven Settings
    • Ivy Module
    • Ivy Settings
    • PMD Ruleset
    • Checkstyle Module
    • Tomcat Config
    • Java web.xml
    • Struts config
    • Hibernate config and mapping
    • Spring Beans
    • Apple Property List
    • Android Manifest
  • YAML Document
  • Many Others
• Toggle fold for specific level, shortcuts: Alt+Number
• Toggle fold for current block without scrolling back to the block start line, shortcut: Alt+C, or context menu "Toggle Fold"
• Improved support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean: inline mode IME, word wrapping, word selection, case conversions, etc.
• Insert new GUID and current timestamps
• Number conversion between decimal, hexadecimal, octal and binary
• Display caret location and length of selected text in count of characters
• Improved support for NFO ANSI art
• Support various Windows system integration
• Per-Monitor DPI-Aware, improved high DPI display
• Support rendering using Direct2D DirectWrite, and switch between GDI and Direct2D
• Support font ligature with font like FiraCode in Direct2D mode
• Support color font (Windows 8.1 and above) in Direct2D mode, useful to display color Emoji 😊 and others
• Experimental support for RTL layout (GDI) and bidirectional (Direct2D), useful for Arabic and Hebrew
• Support using fractional font size
• Support full screen mode
• Extra support for drag and drop file from Visual Studio, Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.
• Other various major or minor changes and tweaks

• Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10, both 32-bit and 64-bit
• Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012 and 2016, both 32-bit and 64-bit
• Windows 10 on ARM64, Windows 8/8.1 on ARM32 (Windows RT)
• Unix-like Operating Systems (Linux, macOS, BSD, etc.) using Wine
• ReactOS

• If you find any bugs or have any suggestions feel free to write proposals/issues or provide patches/pull requests.

• XhmikosR
• Kai Liu
• RL Vision
• Aleksandar Lekov
• Bruno Barbieri
• Homam
• Everyone else on GitHub and on Notepad2-mod's Contributor List

• Official Notepad2 website
• Official Notepad2-mod website
• Scintilla's website
• Build Notepad2 and metapath
• Localization
  • 日本語 by @maboroshin
  • 中文 (繁體)
  • 中文 (简体)
  • 한국어 by @VenusGirl
  • 한국어 by @bluenlive
• Notepad2 Wiki
• Other projects based on (original) Notepad2 or Notepad2-mod:
  • Notepad3
  • Notepad2e