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Best Kate Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    Neovim Free plan AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted Free9.7
    Kate vs Neovim
  2. 2
    GNU Emacs Free plan AndroidLinuxMacWin Free9.6
    Kate vs GNU Emacs
  3. 3
    Visual Studio Code Free plan LinuxMacWebWin Free8.3
    Kate vs Visual Studio Code
  4. 4
    Zed Free plan LinuxMacWin $10/mo8.2
    Kate vs Zed
  5. 5
    Textastic iOSMac 8.1
    Kate vs Textastic
  6. 7
    BBEdit Free plan Mac $59.99/mo7.9
    Kate vs BBEdit
  7. 8
    EmEditor Free trial Win $0.42/mo7.9
    Kate vs EmEditor
  8. 9
    Notepad++ Free plan Win Free7.7
    Kate vs Notepad++
  9. 10
    Lapce Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.4
    Kate vs Lapce
  10. 11
    UltraEdit LinuxMacWin $7.91/mo7.3
    Kate vs UltraEdit
  11. 12
    Geany Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.2
    Kate vs Geany
  12. 13
    Froala Editor Free trial AndroidiOSWeb 7.1
    Kate vs Froala Editor
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