Comment by erk__

If you look at their previous release names it is really not surprising https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

Notepad++ is also pretty much the reason that GitHub added tools to deal with massive scale abuse iirc as the repo was spammed with issues and prs for days after the first "Free Uyghur" release

https://www.theregister.com/2019/10/31/notepad_china_spam/