Notepad++: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Notepad++ from Don Ho

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-04-16

What is Notepad++?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementNotepad++ 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.
 

The entire lifecycle of Notepad++

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Notepad++. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
Notepad++ (Don Ho) release, version and end-of-life information
XNotepad++ (Don Ho) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Notepad++ (Don Ho)
 

Facts and figures about Notepad++

Product
Notepad++
Vendor
Don Ho
Latest version
8.9.3
Number of releases
49
Number of versions
250
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
246
Licence
GNU V3
Licence details
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus?tab=License-1-ov-file#readme
 
 

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