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Free alternatives to Kate

50 free Utilities apps to use instead, best rated first.

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  1. TinyURL

    Launch

    Quickly shorten and customize any URL — track clicks with a free account.

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    Localsend

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    Free, open-source file sharing tool for nearby devices. Cross-platform support with end-to-end encryption, no registration required, automatic device discovery.

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    Syncthing

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    Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized.

    Self-hosted

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    Podman

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    Podman is a daemonless, open source, Linux native tool designed to make it easy to find, run, build, share and deploy applications using Open Containers Initiative (OCI) Containers and Container Images. Podman provides a command line interf

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    Hash

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    Shows the hash values of entered text using different algorithms.

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    Jekyll

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    Jekyll is an open source content management system that helps you build static websites that are faster, more accessible and more efficient

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Redis Insight

Official Redis tool for browsing, debugging, and visualizing data

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restic

restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure

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BentoPDF

Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit

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Mole

Native Mac maintenance utility for cleanup, app management, disk analysis

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Krita

Krita is a cross-platform application for creating digital art files

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Mkdocs

Project documentation with Markdown

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FreeTube

An Open Source YouTube app for privacy

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copyparty

Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV

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ownCloud

ownCloud, your file platform

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Tabby

A terminal for a more modern age

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OnionShare

Securely and anonymously share a file of any size

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Avalonia

Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML

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Docsify

Create beautiful, organized documentation and collaborate effortlessly

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ghidra

A software reverse engineering

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Kubernetes CLI

Automate, monitor, scale, and configure applications effortlessly

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Clash Verge Rev

A modern GUI client based on Tauri, designed to run in Windows

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Vaultwarden

Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust

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rclone

Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories

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DokuWiki

A popular self-hostable wiki software with a large number of plugins

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Maccy

Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS

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pencil

Free, open-source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping

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Create React App

Set up a modern web app by running one command

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HowToCook

Programmer's guide about how to cook at home

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Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree

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C

ConvertX

Online file converter which supports over a thousand different formats

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Mullvad Browser

Privacy browser focused on anti-fingerprinting protection

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Halo

A powerful and easy-to-use website building tool (documentation in Chinese)

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AB Download Manager Browser Integration

Download files with AB Download Manager app

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OpenTTD

An open-source clone of Transport Tycoon Plus with major improvements

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CyberChef

Perform all manner of operations within a web browser such as AES

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FRP

A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or…

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Amnezia Client

Amnezia VPN Client (Desktop+Mobile)

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AuthPass

Password Manager based on Flutter for all platforms

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Kopia

Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux

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EasyOCR

Streamline document scanning, convert scans into searchable text

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Ice

Powerful menu bar manager for macOS

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Tailwindcss Safe Area

Tailwind CSS utilities for safe areas

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Vagrant

Tool for building and distributing development environments

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Clash Party

Another Mihomo GUI

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File Centipede

Download files, videos, audio, and images from web pages

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Zoraxy

General purpose HTTP reverse proxy and forwarding tool

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Datasette ChatGPT plugin

Enable natural language questions, real-time insights

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OpenLogi

A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust

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Hysteria

Hysteria is powerful, lightning-fast

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About Kate

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Kate

Kate is a multi-document editor part of KDE since release 2.2

Kate is a fast multi-document, multi-view text editor for programmers by KDE. It features stuff like LSP (Language Server Protocol) support, projects, multiple cursors and selections, git integration, folder wide search, horizontal and vertical splits, vi mode, syntax highlighting for 300+ languages, built-in terminal, dynamic word wrap and much more.

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Price
Free
Made by
KDE e.V.
Category
Utilities
Website
kate-editor.org