Kate

Advanced text editor from the KDE community

About Kate

Kate is a free, open-source text editor from KDE with multiple document views, syntax highlighting, code folding and a built-in terminal. Recent versions add LSP language server support, making it a capable lightweight editor for programming on Linux, Windows and macOS. Overall, it is built for people who want that kind of job done reliably, without unnecessary complexity, steep learning curves or heavyweight software getting in the way of everyday work.

Kate key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: text editor, kde, coding
Official site: kate-editor.org

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Kate, it includes Lite XL, CudaText, Bluefish, Textadept.

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More in Developer Tools

Comparing tools in the Developer Tools category? These related listings are worth a look: Lite XL — Tiny extensible editor written in Lua; CudaText — Cross-platform editor with Python plugins; Bluefish — Editor built for web developers and programmers.