Kate

Also known as Kate (computing), Kate text editor, Kate (editor), Kate (software), Kate editor, Kate the woodpecker, Kate the Cyber Woodpecker

Text editor

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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

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Kate - Get an Edge in Editing

Kate is a modern text editor built on the KDE Frameworks and Qt.

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Official website: kate-editor.org
Image: Kate 24.12.0 screenshot.webp

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Commons category: Kate (text editor)
software version identifier: 25.08.1
issue tracker URL: bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=kate
official blog URL: kate-editor.org/post
user manual URL: docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applications/kate/index.html
source code repository URL: github.com/KDE/kate
IRC channel URL: irc://irc.freenode.org/#kde
email address: mailto:[email protected]
publication date: 2001-08-15

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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.

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