Ask HN: Why is Notepad++ not ported to mac yet?

I love Notepad++. It's fast, slick and consistent.

But it does not run on Mac. People suggest Sublime, and it's ok too, but I keep wondering why the free source code from Notepad++ has not been ported. I can't be the first one thinking this, so I imagine that some technical reason.

Any inputs on why Notepad++ is not yet converted to Mac?

Yep, no need. Lots of better alternatives out there.

I think it is just because there are too less developers maintaining the editor on mac os.

No need to. In particular Mac has TextWrangler and BBEdit, the former of which is free and similar to Notepad++ for basic functionality. (Edit: I should add that I first found Notepad++ while looking for TextWrangler for Windows).

Text Wrangler is lot nicer than Notepad++ for random ascii/script stuff. For bigger projects, use Sublime or some other IDE(ish) editor.

In addition to big IDE I have TW running all the time for notes etc.