Overview
- Don Ho filed a trademark complaint with Cloudflare over an unaffiliated Mac port that used the Notepad++ name, logo, and his biography.
- Ho reiterated that Notepad++ has never released a macOS version, after some reports treated the port as an official build.
- Port developer Andrey Letov said he will rebrand the app and website, but Ho denied any coordination and demanded the current site be taken down.
- The download labeled version 1.0.5 still carries Notepad++ branding, with a name change promised for version 1.0.6 and the project’s URL unchanged.
- Reporters warned about malware and maintenance risks in unofficial binaries, and Letov said he used Anthropic’s Claude CLI to help generate the app and site code.