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Notepad++

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8.8.1 | Updated: 05 May 2025

Downloads:

17,748,229

Downloads of v 8.8.1:

231,689

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 118922 Monday, April 28, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.9 231862 Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.8 241709 Saturday, March 8, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.7 246730 Friday, February 7, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.6 159239 Tuesday, January 28, 2025 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.5 241646 Wednesday, December 25, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.4 195137 Thursday, December 5, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.3 92519 Monday, December 2, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.2 78435 Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.1.20241108 207144 Friday, November 8, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.1 94556 Monday, November 4, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.7.0 362817 Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.9 407690 Sunday, July 14, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.8 433609 Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.7 297860 Monday, May 13, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.6 165 Saturday, May 11, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.5 438736 Monday, April 1, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.4 383735 Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.3 4707 Sunday, February 18, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.2 436808 Monday, January 15, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.1 169575 Friday, January 5, 2024 Approved
Notepad++ 8.6.0 417029 Thursday, November 23, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.8 400453 Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.7 385849 Friday, September 8, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.6 241773 Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.5 200079 Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.4 472269 Sunday, June 18, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.3 244128 Monday, May 15, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.2 294100 Thursday, April 6, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5.1 195078 Friday, March 24, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.5 185497 Monday, March 6, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.9 229635 Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.8 310364 Sunday, December 25, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.7 234183 Thursday, November 17, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.5 387334 Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.4 344256 Friday, July 15, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.3 95393 Friday, July 8, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.2 202485 Friday, June 3, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4.1 162638 Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.4 157673 Tuesday, April 26, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3.3.20220421 64711 Thursday, April 21, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3.3 222439 Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3.2 129497 Sunday, February 27, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3.1 117723 Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.3 109590 Friday, February 4, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.2.1 111121 Monday, January 24, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.2 149748 Saturday, January 1, 2022 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.9.3 133906 Thursday, December 9, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.9.2 130254 Sunday, November 21, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.9.1 89180 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.9 146405 Friday, October 22, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.8 47304 Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.7 67450 Friday, October 15, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.6 48703 Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.5 126942 Monday, September 27, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.4 175730 Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.3 96112 Thursday, August 12, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.2 135013 Monday, July 19, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1.1 100389 Sunday, July 4, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 8.1 115223 Thursday, June 17, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.5 305266 Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.4 49587 Monday, March 15, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.3 164297 Monday, February 15, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.2 198591 Friday, January 1, 2021 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9.1 231541 Monday, November 2, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.9 153169 Thursday, October 1, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.9 238263 Friday, July 17, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.8 82577 Sunday, June 28, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.7 82317 Tuesday, June 9, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.6 134892 Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.5 133554 Friday, March 6, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.4 144635 Thursday, January 30, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.3 86349 Thursday, January 16, 2020 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.2 116469 Thursday, December 5, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8.1 126977 Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.8 26332 Saturday, October 26, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.7.1 300047 Thursday, June 20, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.7 102290 Monday, May 20, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.6 140004 Thursday, April 4, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.4 69779 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.3 97942 Monday, January 28, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.2 69721 Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6.1 53226 Thursday, December 13, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.6 79009 Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.9 79124 Monday, October 15, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.8 161852 Tuesday, July 24, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.7 61472 Saturday, June 30, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.6 210794 Monday, March 19, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.5 70591 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.4 155805 Monday, January 1, 2018 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.3 71684 Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.2 34383 Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5.1 137059 Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.5 26274 Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.4.2 114182 Monday, June 19, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.3.3 93773 Thursday, March 9, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.3.2 31492 Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.3.1 33732 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.3 23765 Monday, January 2, 2017 Approved
Notepad++ 7.2.2 35795 Sunday, November 27, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 7.2.1 13574 Monday, November 21, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 7.2 23279 Thursday, November 3, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 7.1.0.20161029 10361 Saturday, October 29, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 7.1 19249 Sunday, October 16, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 7.0 45402 Monday, October 10, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 6.9.2 53100 Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 6.9.1 25639 Monday, March 28, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 6.9 39392 Monday, February 22, 2016 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8.8 31488 Thursday, December 10, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8.7 9683 Friday, November 27, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8.6 16318 Thursday, October 29, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8.5 10448 Sunday, October 18, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8.4 3103 Friday, October 16, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8.3 33019 Friday, September 4, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8.2 17207 Thursday, August 20, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8.1 18521 Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.8 10991 Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.9.2 12731 Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.9.1 3961 Sunday, June 21, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.9 6146 Friday, June 12, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.8.2 1940 Thursday, June 11, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.7 15405 Friday, May 1, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.5 16784 Friday, March 13, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.4 17777 Sunday, January 11, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.3 4025 Thursday, January 1, 2015 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.2 2239 Sunday, December 28, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7.1 2155 Monday, December 22, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.7 3455 Monday, December 15, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.6.9 21805 Monday, September 8, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.6.8 8396 Monday, July 28, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.6.7 6464 Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.6.6 4195 Friday, June 13, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.6.4 2810 Thursday, June 5, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.6.3 3896 Monday, May 19, 2014 Approved
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Notepad++ 6.6.1 2146 Monday, May 5, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.6 2744 Friday, May 2, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.5.5 7922 Friday, March 7, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.5.4 3117 Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.5.3 5635 Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Approved
Notepad++ 6.5.2 2489 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.5.1 3416 Monday, November 4, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.5 3043 Sunday, September 29, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.4.5 3543 Saturday, August 10, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.4.4 914 Friday, August 9, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.4.3 1414 Monday, July 29, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.4.2 1691 Tuesday, July 9, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.4.1 1415 Sunday, June 30, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.3.3 3616 Monday, May 6, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.3.2 2133 Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.3.1 1385 Monday, March 18, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.3 2417 Monday, February 4, 2013 Approved
Notepad++ 6.2.3 1802 Monday, December 17, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.2.2 1311 Monday, November 19, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.2.1 962 Monday, November 12, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.2 1481 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.8 1566 Monday, September 17, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.7 1105 Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.6 1089 Thursday, August 16, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.5 1141 Sunday, July 8, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.4 808 Monday, June 25, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.3 888 Monday, May 28, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.2 776 Thursday, May 24, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 6.1.0 1085 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Approved
Notepad++ 5.9.8.20120225 970 Saturday, February 25, 2012 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9.8 900 Sunday, January 22, 2012 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9.6.2 803 Friday, December 23, 2011 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9.4 917 Thursday, October 20, 2011 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9.0.1 1225 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.9 809 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
notepadplusplus 5.8.7 974 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
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