
One great plugin is the Compare plugin which lets you diff two files. Beyond that, there are many community developed plug-ins and the ability to extend the program on your own with your own plug-ins. It also brings a spell-checker, macros, and tabs to the interface to make it as fully functional as possible.

You can also specify the language manually from a really long list if you’d prefer.Īlong with those cool little features, this open-source package is still tiny in size and small in memory footprint. Essentially Notepad++ is a combination of the simplicity of (the built-in Windows app) Notepad plus a lot more features specific to coders like syntax highlighting and auto-completion, which it picks up on automatically by understanding the file type extension when you save the file.

Notepad++ is a great utility for coders in a Windows environment.
