Nextpad++ v1.0.9 — the native macOS port of Notepad++. Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel), notarized, macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later.
Where 1.0.8 was the big visual release (Tahoe "Liquid Glass"), 1.0.9 is about ergonomics, data-safety, and reach — plus the biggest plugin expansion yet (the catalog nearly doubled).
New features
- macOS-style menus (Beta) — optional HIG menu layout (Preferences → General); Classic stays the default
- Fuzzy search — a new typo-tolerant Find mode (Unicode-aware)
- New-document welcome screen on empty tabs (quick tips + links)
- Selection count in the status bar — "Sel:" characters / lines
- Old Windows toolbar icons added for hardcore Notepad++ fans — optional flat standard icon set
- Tab size follows document zoom (optional)
- Save As suggests a sensible extension for untitled tabs
Your work is safer — save & close hardening
- No more silent data loss when a save fails
- "Save a Copy As" no longer repoints your live document at the copy
- Save prompt on quit when the session isn't remembered
- "Don't Save All" when closing many unsaved tabs
Editor, search & fixes
- Indentation preferences reworked (now persist on close)
- In Selection scopes Count / Find All / Mark All
- Search-results auto-collapse; multi-line tab-bar rows fill the width
- Git panel handles non-ASCII filenames
- Sort Lines / Remove Duplicates no longer truncate text or drop the trailing newline
- Go to Matching Brace scrolls the target into view
- Shortcut Mapper: single window + working arrow-key shortcuts
- Define Your Language (UDL) dialog now saves all your edits
- Default fonts are Menlo 11 (no font change on Light ↔ Dark)
Plugins — the biggest release yet
- Catalog nearly doubled: 34 → 55 native plugins, 21 brand-new ports (Columns++, Code Alignment, Chinese Converter, Compose, Linter, WakaTime, SecurePad, pycalc, REST API To Text, Themes Collection, and more)
- Updates: ComparePlus 1.0.7, Markdown Panel 1.0.6, QuickText 1.0.3, Session Manager 1.0.2
- All catalog plugins rebuilt for a macOS 12 minimum so they launch on older systems
- Plugin API extended: UDL buffers report as
L_USER; plugin-addressable status-bar field (NPPM_SETSTATUSBAR)
A few dozen reported issues resolved · 15 community pull requests merged.
Full release notes: https://nextpad.org/news/?slug=npp_v1.0.9_updates
Install: download Nextpad++v1.0.9.dmg below and drag to Applications, or brew install --cask nextpad-plus-plus/homebrew-nextpad/nextpad