Post #1952084

2026-05-04 09:05 UTC

Trademark Violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac Someone vide-coded a macOS app with Notepad++ source code as input. They claimed it is an official macOS port, which is not the case. They used the name Notepad++ for Mac, with the same logo and registered a domain name with a "-mac" suffix appended to the official one. Exactly like phishing. They even included information on Notepad++ core developer without authorization. And their repository don't include Git history with the attribution of the hundreds of contributors. Various news outlets have started reporting on this as an official project. It needs to stop. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/npp-trademark-infringement/

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@randomfelix@dragonscave.space 2026-05-04 15:36

@Exagone313 Wasn’t there something in the FAQ that it is not official? I can’t quite remember anymore but I stumbled on that one quite fast and didn’t think it was official. Besides, as mentioned before, I think that neither the original dev or the app Mac dev are drawing a good picture of them selves here. Mac dev sounds like a child and original dev is blowing the whole issue completely out of proportion and when the Mac dev agrees to rename but mentions that it takes a few days since the transition should be smooth, guy explodes and instantly reports him to cloud flare can (apparently, he said he did in a GitHub issue). I mean the guy is coding for a while now, he should know that you can’t just rename a giant project in 10 seconds. Just lowered the trust in both projects for me.

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