Kate

Kate

KDE
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About

Kate is packed with features that will make it easier for you to view and edit all your text files. Kate lets you to edit and view many files at the same time, both in tabs and split views, and comes with a wide variety of plugins, including an embedded terminal that lets you launch console commands directly from Kate, powerful search and replace plugins, and a preview plugin that can show you what your MD, HTML and even SVG will look like. Kate supports highlighting for over 300 languages making it easier to read code in almost all programming languages. Kate also understands how brackets works and will help you navigate inside complex code blocks hierarchies. On-the-fly spellchecking is also included and will help you check your text before publishing. Work on multiple files at the same time with split views. Use the project sidebar to navigate your project directory structures and use Kate's smart tabs to quickly access your recently opened documents.

About

Vim is a highly configurable text editor built for creating and changing any kind of text efficiently. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X. Vim is rock stable and is continuously being developed to become even better. Vim is persistent, multi-level, with an extensive plugin system, support for hundreds of programming languages and file formats, powerful search and replace feature, and it integrates with many tools. Vim online is a central place for the Vim community to store useful Vim tips and tools. Vim has a scripting language that allows for plugin like extensions to enable IDE behavior, syntax highlighting, colorization as well as other advanced features. These scripts can be uploaded and maintained using Vim online. Vim stands for Vi IMproved. It used to be Vi IMitation, but there are so many improvements that a name change was appropriate. Vim is a text editor which includes almost all the commands from the Unix program "Vi".

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Content creators and programmers in search of a solution to view and edit all their text files

Audience

Developers and users interested in a text editor solution to create and change any type of text

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

Free
Open source
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It's free and open-source, extremely fast start-up times, uses very little memory, and surprisingly customizable (I barely did any myself though; I wanted to keep it light). I find it useful for swiftly taking notes at a moment's notice, but I have also used it to quickly peek through config files, source code, or even certain text documents--they all just work. As a user who swaps between Windows and Linux, it being cross-platform is such a huge plus for me, and is the leading reason why I use it over Notepad++. As much as I like tinkering with software and hardware alike, I also don't want to find out that certain features I use regularly on one OS's notepad don't exist on other OS's notepads, even some third-party ones. It's just some peace of mind.

Cons

  • It lags for ~1 sec when it wraps text for the first time since the app was opened. Even after using this app for over a year, I still find the logo hard to identify as a text editor of any kind. I still have to tell people who borrow my laptop that my notepad app is this, even when it's pinned to the taskbar and start menu.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Free & Open source. Can be used to open all text formats and large file sizes. Supports almost all popular programming languages. Extensive Plugin system and third party integrations with IDEs and other tools. Advanced search capabilities. Cross platform availability.

Cons

  • No cons, its a simple yet advanced FOSS utility must have for power users.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

KDE
Founded: 1996
Germany
kate-editor.org

Company Information

Vim
Netherlands
www.vim.org

Alternatives

Emacs

Emacs

GNU

Alternatives

Atom

Atom

GitHub
BBEdit

BBEdit

Bare Bones Software, Inc.
Emacs

Emacs

GNU
Pulsar

Pulsar

Pulsar-Edit
TextMate

TextMate

MacroMates
Kate

Kate

KDE

Categories

Categories

Integrations

C
HTML
Racket
Auggie CLI
C#
C++
Code Intelligence
Cosyra
DNS Inspect
Devel::Cover
Devin Desktop
Light Table
Ona
Posting
SQL
Sourcetrail
Tabnine
WezTerm
XML
Zed

Integrations

C
HTML
Racket
Auggie CLI
C#
C++
Code Intelligence
Cosyra
DNS Inspect
Devel::Cover
Devin Desktop
Light Table
Ona
Posting
SQL
Sourcetrail
Tabnine
WezTerm
XML
Zed
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