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Kate is a multi-document, multi-view text editor by KDE. It features stuff like codefolding, syntaxhighlighting, dynamic word wrap, an embedded console, an extensive plugin interface and some preliminary scripting support.

Features:

  • MDI, window splitting, window tabbing
  • Spell checking
  • CR, CRLF, LF newline support
  • Encoding support (utf-8, utf-16, ascii etc.)
  • Encoding conversion
  • Regular expression based find & replace
  • Powerful syntax highlighting and bracket matching
  • Code and text folding
  • Infinite undo/redo support
  • Block selection mode
  • Auto indentation
  • Auto completion support
  • Shell integration
  • Wide protocol support (http, ftp, ssh, webdav etc.)
  • Plugin architecture for the application and editor component
  • Customizable shortcuts
  • Integrated command line
  • Scriptable using JavaScript
Install on
Linux
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Get it from the Snap Store
Get it from Microsoft

Releases RSS

24.08.1 2024-09-12
24.08.0 2024-08-22
24.05.2 2024-07-04
24.05.1 2024-06-13
24.05.0 2024-05-23
24.02.2 2024-04-11
24.02.1 2024-03-21
24.02.0 2024-02-28
23.08.5 2024-02-15

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Nightly installers

ਕੇਟ nightly installers are also available to download from the KDE CDN. These versions are intended for testing purpose. Get involved and help us make them better!

Unstable version.

Generated from the latest version of the development branch.