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Notepad++

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8.8.1 | Updated: 05 May 2025

Downloads:

17,813,261

Downloads of v 8.8.1:

291,656

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Don Ho

Notepad++ 8.8.1

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Don Ho. The inclusion of Don Ho trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Don Ho goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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All Checks are Passing

3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
Learn More

Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Notepad++, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Notepad++, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Notepad++, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade notepadplusplus -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade notepadplusplus -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install notepadplusplus
  win_chocolatey:
    name: notepadplusplus
    version: '8.8.1'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'notepadplusplus' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '8.8.1'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller notepadplusplus
{
    Name     = "notepadplusplus"
    Version  = "8.8.1"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'notepadplusplus':
  ensure   => '8.8.1',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

NOTE

This package is likely a meta/virtual (*) or an installer (*.install) or portable (*.portable) application package.

  • Meta/virtual (*) - has a dependency on the *.install or the *.portable package - it is provided for discoverability and for other packages to take a dependency on.
  • Portable (*.portable/*.commandline (deprecated naming convention)/*.tool (deprecated naming convention)) - usually zips or archives that require no administrative access to install.
  • Install (*.install/*.app (deprecated naming convention)) - uses native installers, usually requires administrative access to install.

Learn more about chocolatey's distinction of installed versus portable apps and/or learn about this kind of package.

Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 05 May 2025.

Description

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.

Features

Notes


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
#Install-VirtualPackage 'notepadplusplus.commandline' 'notepadplusplus.install'

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Notepad++ 8.8.0 119043 Monday, April 28, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.9 232177 Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.8 241948 Saturday, March 8, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.7 246907 Friday, February 7, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.6 159275 Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.5 241753 Wednesday, December 25, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.4 195180 Thursday, December 5, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.3 92527 Monday, December 2, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.2 78452 Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.1.20241108 207293 Friday, November 8, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.1 94611 Monday, November 4, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.0 362900 Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.9 407731 Sunday, July 14, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.8 433726 Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.7 297930 Monday, May 13, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.6 165 Saturday, May 11, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.5 438826 Monday, April 1, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.4 383806 Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.3 6811 Sunday, February 18, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.2 436853 Monday, January 15, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.1 169645 Friday, January 5, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.0 417033 Thursday, November 23, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.8 400521 Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.7 385893 Friday, September 8, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.6 241783 Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.5 200081 Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.4 472290 Sunday, June 18, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.3 244179 Monday, May 15, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.2 294128 Thursday, April 6, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.1 195079 Friday, March 24, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5 185508 Monday, March 6, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.9 229886 Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.8 310384 Sunday, December 25, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.7 234224 Thursday, November 17, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.5 387394 Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.4 344362 Friday, July 15, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.3 95394 Friday, July 8, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.2 202489 Friday, June 3, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.1 162641 Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4 157693 Tuesday, April 26, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3.3.20220421 64712 Thursday, April 21, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3.3 222451 Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3.2 129498 Sunday, February 27, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3.1 117726 Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3 109592 Friday, February 4, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.2.1 111121 Monday, January 24, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.2 149754 Saturday, January 1, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.9.3 133909 Thursday, December 9, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.9.2 130257 Sunday, November 21, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.9.1 89181 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.9 146411 Friday, October 22, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.8 47305 Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.7 67451 Friday, October 15, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.6 48704 Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.5 126955 Monday, September 27, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.4 175732 Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.3 96115 Thursday, August 12, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.2 135014 Monday, July 19, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.1 100390 Sunday, July 4, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1 115226 Thursday, June 17, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.5 305271 Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.4 49589 Monday, March 15, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.3 164298 Monday, February 15, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.2 198595 Friday, January 1, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.1 231542 Monday, November 2, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9 153194 Thursday, October 1, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.9 238269 Friday, July 17, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.8 82579 Sunday, June 28, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.7 82319 Tuesday, June 9, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.6 134893 Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.5 133560 Friday, March 6, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.4 144636 Thursday, January 30, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.3 86350 Thursday, January 16, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.2 116475 Thursday, December 5, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.1 126978 Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8 26334 Saturday, October 26, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.7.1 300051 Thursday, June 20, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.7 102292 Monday, May 20, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.6 140005 Thursday, April 4, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.4 69781 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.3 97944 Monday, January 28, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.2 69723 Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.1 53229 Thursday, December 13, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6 79011 Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.9 79135 Monday, October 15, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.8 161853 Tuesday, July 24, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.7 61473 Saturday, June 30, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.6 210795 Monday, March 19, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.5 70592 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.4 155808 Monday, January 1, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.3 71685 Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Approved
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Notepad++ 7.5.1 137059 Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Approved
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Notepad++ 7.4.2 114184 Monday, June 19, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.3.3 93775 Thursday, March 9, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.3.2 31494 Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.3.1 33737 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.3 23768 Monday, January 2, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.2.2 35796 Sunday, November 27, 2016 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.9.2 53102 Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.8.8 31490 Thursday, December 10, 2015 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.8.6 16319 Thursday, October 29, 2015 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.7.9.1 3962 Sunday, June 21, 2015 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.7.5 16785 Friday, March 13, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.4 17779 Sunday, January 11, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.3 4027 Thursday, January 1, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.2 2241 Sunday, December 28, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.1 2158 Monday, December 22, 2014 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.6.7 6469 Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.5.4 3121 Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.5.3 5637 Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.5.2 2491 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.5 3046 Sunday, September 29, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.4.5 3545 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.4.2 1694 Tuesday, July 9, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.4.1 1417 Sunday, June 30, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.3.3 3619 Monday, May 6, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.3.2 2136 Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.3.1 1387 Monday, March 18, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.3 2419 Monday, February 4, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.2.3 1804 Monday, December 17, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.2.2 1312 Monday, November 19, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.2.1 964 Monday, November 12, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.2 1484 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.8 1568 Monday, September 17, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.7 1107 Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.6 1090 Thursday, August 16, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.5 1143 Sunday, July 8, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.4 809 Monday, June 25, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.3 891 Monday, May 28, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.2 778 Thursday, May 24, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.0 1087 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 5.9.8.20120225 973 Saturday, February 25, 2012 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9.8 901 Sunday, January 22, 2012 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9.6.2 804 Friday, December 23, 2011 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9.4 919 Thursday, October 20, 2011 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9.0.1 1226 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9 811 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.8.7 976 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
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