CodeMirror vs Notepad++: What are the differences?

What is CodeMirror? In-browser code editor used in the dev tools for both Firefox and Chrome, Light Table, Adobe Brackets, Bitbucket, and many other projects. CodeMirror is a JavaScript component that provides a code editor in the browser. When a mode is available for the language you are coding in, it will color your code, and optionally help with indentation.

What is Notepad++? Free source code editor and Notepad replacement. 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.

CodeMirror and Notepad++ can be primarily classified as "Text Editor" tools.

Some of the features offered by CodeMirror are:

• Support for over 60 languages out of the box
• A powerful, composable language mode system
• Autocompletion (XML)

On the other hand, Notepad++ provides the following key features:

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
• User Defined Syntax Highlighting and Folding: screenshot 1, screenshot 2, screenshot 3 and screenshot 4
• PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression) Search/Replace

"Integrable in your application" is the primary reason why developers consider CodeMirror over the competitors, whereas "Syntax for all languages that i use" was stated as the key factor in picking Notepad++.

CodeMirror is an open source tool with 17.8K GitHub stars and 3.91K GitHub forks. Here's a link to CodeMirror's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Notepad++ has a broader approval, being mentioned in 182 company stacks & 483 developers stacks; compared to CodeMirror, which is listed in 24 company stacks and 11 developer stacks.