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, Linux, Mac, 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, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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  1. NINJA-IDE icon

    NINJA-IDE

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    NINJA-IDE (from the recursive acronym: "Ninja-IDE Is Not Just Another IDE"), is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE). NINJA-IDE runs on Linux/X11, Mac OS X and Windows desktop operating systems, and allows developers to create applications for...

    58 NINJA-IDE alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • AR flagArgentina
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  2. Vim Classic icon

    Vim Classic

     5 likes

    Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance, providing a stable, dependable editor — maintained entirely by humans.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU
    Vim Classic screenshot 1
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  4. FeatherPad icon

    FeatherPad

     5 likes

    FeatherPad (by Pedram Pourang, a.k.a. Tsu Jan tsujan2000@gmail.com) is a lightweight Qt plain-text editor for Linux. It is independent of any desktop environment and has:

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    • Linux
    • JP flagJapan
    The active Qt widget style determines the look and feel of every Qt application.
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  5. MacVim icon

    MacVim

     31 likes

    MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to macOS. MacVim supports multiple windows with tabbed editing and a host of other features such as:

    87 MacVim alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    MacVim screenshot 1
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  6. Pluma icon

    Pluma

     17 likes

    Pluma, fork of gedit , is a text editor part of MATE Desktop Environment. It supports most standard editor features, extending this basic functionality with other features not usually found in simple text...

    161 Pluma alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Global
    Pluma screenshot 1
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  8. Lime Text icon

    Lime Text

     32 likes

    Experimental Sublime Text clone. The Backend is written in Go (Programming Language). If you are fluent in go, go ahead fork the projekt. This project is at an early stage. It is a chance and a challenge.

    70 Lime Text alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU
    Lime Text screenshot 1
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  9. jEdit icon

    jEdit

     114 likes

    jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code...

    148 jEdit alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Global
    jEdit on Windows
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  10. wxMEdit icon

    wxMEdit

     27 likes

    wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...

    88 wxMEdit alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • CN flagChina
    wxMEdit screenshot 1
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  11. SynWrite icon

    SynWrite

     31 likes

    SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Total Commander
    • RU flagRussia
    SynWrite screenshot 1
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  12. Haystack IDE icon

    Haystack IDE

     1 like

    The canvas-based IDE that makes navigation and refactoring 10x faster.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    Haystack IDE screenshot 1
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  14. Fresh editor icon

    Fresh editor

     4 likes

    High-performance terminal text editor developed in Rust, offering fast startup, low latency, extensibility, customizable keybindings, menu-driven native UI, robust mouse support, powerful command palette, cross-platform support, and syntax highlighting.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • IL flagIsrael
    Fresh editor screenshot 1
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