Open source alternatives to Kate
50 open source Utilities apps to use instead, best rated first.
Top picks
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Builder.io
LaunchBuilder.io is a visual headless CMS and development platform that lets teams create, manage, and optimize web pages without constant developer involvement. It integrates with any tech stack (React, Next.js, Vue, etc.) and includes AI-powere
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Elasticsearch
LaunchElasticsearch is an open-source, RESTful search engine designed for scalability, reliability, and easy management.
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Handy
LaunchCross-platform desktop app that transcribes your voice into any text field using a keyboard shortcut, with all processing done locally on your machine.
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Hermes Agent
LaunchCross-platform desktop agent from Nous Research that connects to Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, and more, with persistent memory, scheduling, and isolated sandboxing.
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InfluxDB
LaunchInfluxDB handles high-velocity, high-resolution time series data at scale, built for telemetry, edge devices, IoT, and physical AI workloads.
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Kitty
LaunchHigh-performance terminal emulator with GPU acceleration, graphics support, and advanced scripting capabilities for developers and system administrators.
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About Kate
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.
- Price
- Free
- Made by
- KDE e.V.
- Category
- Utilities
- Website
- kate-editor.org


