It is not Notepad++ but you can still run Sublime Text or BBEdit and others (like Zed) on Macos. No need for VS Code. There is also PSPad on Windows which is s

It is not Notepad++ but you can still run Sublime Text or BBEdit and others (like Zed) on Macos. No need for VS Code. There is also PSPad on Windows which is similar to Notepad++.