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Kakoune

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Vim inspired text editor with support for multiple selections and scores of other "out of the box" features.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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Country of Origin

  • FR flagFrance
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Linux
  • Cygwin
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  1.  Autocompletion
  2.  Syntax Highlighting
  3.  Modal editor
  4.  Works in a terminal
  5.  Multiple Cursors

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Kakoune information

  • Developed by

    FR flagMaxime Coste
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    79 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Kakoune was added to AlternativeTo by David on Aug 22, 2015 and this page was last updated Sep 12, 2020.
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What is Kakoune?

Kakoune is a code editor heavily inspired by Vim, as such most of its commands are similar to vi’s ones.

Kakoune can operate in two modes, normal and insertion. In insertion mode, keys are directly inserted into the current buffer. In normal mode, keys are used to manipulate the current selection and to enter insertion mode.

Kakoune has a strong focus on interactivity, most commands provide immediate and incremental results, while still being competitive (as in keystroke count) with Vim.

Kakoune works on selections, which are oriented, inclusive range of characters, selections have an anchor and a cursor character. Most commands move both of them, except when extending selection where the anchor character stays fixed and the cursor one moves around.