Kate
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kate (computing), Kate text editor, Kate (editor), Kate (software), Kate editor, Kate the woodpecker, Kate the Cyber Woodpecker
Text editor
Key facts
- Developer
- KDE
- Initial release
- 2001 ; 25 years ago ( 2001 )
- Stable release
- 25.12.2 / 1 February 2026
- Written in
- C++ , Qt
- Operating system
- 25 Linux distributions Microsoft Windows macOS
- Type
- Source code editor
- License
- LGPL-2.0-or-later , MIT
- Website
- kate-editor .org
- Repository
- invent .kde .org /utilities /kate
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Kate - Get an Edge in Editing
Kate is a modern text editor built on the KDE Frameworks and Qt.
kate-editor.org →Link to the official site · 6,896 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
The KDE Advanced Text Editor, or Kate, is a source code editor developed by the KDE free software community. It has been a part of KDE Software Compilation since version 2.2, which was first released in 2001. Intended for software developers, it features syntax highlighting, code folding, customizable layouts, multiple cursors and selections, regular expression support, and extensibility via plugins.
History
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