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Mousepad vs Notepad++

A side-by-side look at Mousepad and Notepad++. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Mousepad

Mousepad

Office & Productivity

Mousepad is a simple, lightweight text editor for Linux desktop environments like GNOME. It has basic features like syntax highlighting, search and replace, configurable fonts and colors, etc.

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Notepad++

Notepad++

Development

Notepad++ is a free and open-source text editor for Windows. It supports syntax highlighting for over 100 programming languages and markup languages. Notepad++ is highly customizable with plugins and themes and includes features like multi-view editing, macro recording and code folding.

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