Version26.04.0
Revision218
Size627.1 MB
LicenseGPL-2.0+
Confinementclassic
Basecore24

KDE Advanced Text Editor

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Kate is a multi-document, multi-view text editor by KDE. It features stuff like codefolding, syntaxhighlighting, dynamic word wrap, an embedded console, an extensive plugin interface and some preliminary scripting support.

Features:

- MDI, window splitting, window tabbing
- Spell checking
- CR, CRLF, LF newline support
- Encoding support (utf-8, utf-16, ascii etc.)
- Encoding conversion
- Regular expression based find & replace
- Powerful syntax highlighting and bracket matching
- Code and text folding
- Infinite undo/redo support
- Block selection mode
- Auto indentation
- Auto completion support
- Shell integration
- Wide protocol support (http, ftp, ssh, webdav etc.) using kioslaves
- Plugin architecture for the application and editor component
- Customizable shortcuts
- Integrated command line
- Scriptable using JavaScript

Update History

25.08.0 (207)26.04.0 (218)
17 Apr 2026, 09:00 UTC
25.08.0 (207)
1 Apr 2026, 21:28 UTC

Published14 Sept 2017, 08:36 UTC

Last updated11 Apr 2026, 10:59 UTC

First seen1 Apr 2026, 21:28 UTC