Kakoune
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Kakoune, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Kakoune's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Kakoune | Free | Code editor · source available under the Unlicense |
The facts
Each one read from Kakoune's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Completion and help
- Kakoune provides automatic contextual help and as-you-type completion.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can extend or customize Kakoune with macros and hooks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing feedback
- Most commands provide immediate and incremental results while users edit selections.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extension support
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Installation
- The project documents installation from source and packages for several operating systems and package managers, including Homebrew, MacPorts, apt, and dnf.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Its client-server design supports multiple clients in one editing session and can use tmux, zellij, kitty, wezterm, or X11/Wayland window managers for splits and panes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users and learning curve
- The author presents Kakoune as an efficient editor for programmers and notes that its learning curve remains steep, despite being easier to learn than Vim.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project repository identifies the Unlicense as its license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Multi-cursor editing
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Product
- Kakoune is a modal code editor inspired by Vi and Vim.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Selection model
- Multiple selections are the central way to interact with and edit text.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Shell tools
- Kakoune is designed to work with POSIX systems and external shell programs, including filters, formatters, and linters.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to its community on Matrix and IRC for questions and remarks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Syntax highlighting
- Syntax highlighting supports multiple languages in the same buffer and different highlighting for the same buffer in different windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Text manipulation
- Built-in operations include regex-based selection, alignment, selection-content rotation, case changes, indentation, and piping selections through external filters.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Macro recording
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Platforms
- The project says Kakoune can be built on Linux, macOS, and Cygwin; it says no native Windows version is planned.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOSchecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The philosophy page is authored by Maxime Coste, who says he has worked on Kakoune.checked 11 Oct 2026
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