Kate Alternatives

Kate is described as 'The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Kate for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Kate alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kate are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.

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The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE...

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Kate alternatives page was last updated Sep 14, 2024
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  1. TEA icon
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    TEA is free text editor for Linux, *BSD, OS/2, Windows, Haicu. It depends on Qt 4.6+ or Qt 5 or Qt6, zlib and, optionally, on Aspell or Hunspell. The old (but renewed) branch, TEA-GTK depends on GTK+ 3 and GtkSourceView 3.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TEA Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  C++
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Built-in File Manager
    5.  Built-in Image converter
    6.  Built-in Image viewer
    7.  Built-in archiver

    TEA VS Kate

     
  2. Hacker Pad icon
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    Hacker Pad is a convenient scratch pad that allows everyone, especially developer, to quickly jot down ideas and snippets. This comes from the need of my colleagues who struggle with how to quickly write down notes in a convenient way.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • VN flagVietnam

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Sits in the MenuBar
    4.  Auto-saving

    Hacker Pad VS Kate

     
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    Arachnophilia is a Web page development workshop and general programming tool.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile

    Arachnophilia VS Kate

     
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    The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2013.

    Traditional Ex - Vi editor VS Kate

     
  5. GetDiz icon
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    GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text files with GetDiz. Additionally it offers enhanced functionality with DIZ and NFO files, which are often included...

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    GetDiz Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  ASCII Art

    GetDiz VS Kate

     
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    The uncompromising Python code formatter.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Black Playground Features

    1.  Ad-free

    Black Playground VS Kate

     
  7. ptext icon
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    A nano like text editor built with pure C.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    ptext VS Kate

     
  8. VbsEdit icon
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    VbsEdit, the award-winning VBScript editor that dramatically reduces the time you spend writing .VBS scripts

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    VbsEdit Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Debugging

    VbsEdit VS Kate

     
  9. PHP Studio icon
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    PHP Studio is an easy-to-use and comprehensive development solution for PHP based websites and applications. This advanced PHP editor has many features that will streamline complete development process of editing, debugging and deploying of PHP applications for both beginner and...

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PHP Studio VS Kate

     
  10. Notepas icon
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    Notepas is a fast portable native multiplatform text editor written in Lazarus and can be compiled for multiple platforms and widget sets using the advanced native Free Pascal Compiler.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Cannot run on macOS Monterey and the last update is from 2016.

    Notepas Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Support for Unicode
    5.  GPLv3

    Notepas VS Kate

     
  11. NotepadX icon
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    NotepadX is a simple text editor. With NotepadX you're be able to create standard text files, open text files and edit them. The finished file can be sent directly from the app via E-Mail, stored locally or uploaded online to OneDrive.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    NotepadX Features

    1.  Code Formatting

    NotepadX VS Kate

     
  12. JOE icon
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    JOE is a full featured terminal-based screen editor which is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). JOE has been around since 1988 and comes standard with many Linux distributions.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update on Apr 2021 and last release on Jan 2018.

    JOE Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for Large File

    JOE VS Kate

     
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