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Best Kate Alternatives in 2026

12 apps from text editors ranked against Kate on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Visual Studio Code Free plan LinuxMacWebWin Free9.5
    Kate vs Visual Studio Code
  2. 2
    Neovim Free plan AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted Free9.5
    Kate vs Neovim
  3. 3
    Zed Free plan LinuxMacWin $10/mo9.1
    Kate vs Zed
  4. 4
    Notepad++ Free plan Win Free8.8
    Kate vs Notepad++
  5. 6
    EmEditor Free trial Win $0.42/mo8.8
    Kate vs EmEditor
  6. 7
    Vim LinuxMacWin 8.7
    Kate vs Vim
  7. 8
    Bluefish LinuxMacWin 8.6
    Kate vs Bluefish
  8. 9
    BBEdit Free plan Mac $59.99/mo8.5
    Kate vs BBEdit
  9. 10
    jEdit LinuxMacWin 8.5
    Kate vs jEdit
  10. 11
    Geany LinuxMacWin 8.5
    Kate vs Geany
  11. 12
    SciTE LinuxMacWin 8.5
    Kate vs SciTE
  12. 13
    Lapce Free plan LinuxMacWin Free8.5
    Kate vs Lapce
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