Kate
Kate is a free, open-source developer tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Modern text editor built on the KDE Frameworks and Qt. It has 1,154 GitHub stars and is released under the LGPL-2.0-or-later license. Its source code is on GitHub at KDE/kate.
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About Kate
Modern text editor built on the KDE Frameworks and Qt. So you want to participate in developing Kate? Great! The project is always in need of helping hands.
Install Kate
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
flatpak install flathub org.kde.katesnap install kateSimilar apps
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Is Kate free and open source?
Yes. Kate's source code is public on GitHub under the LGPL-2.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Kate?
Flathub: flatpak install flathub org.kde.kate and Snap: snap install kate. The commands are on this page.
Is Kate still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 28, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.