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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 Free8.2
    Kate vs Visual Studio Code
  2. 2
    Neovim Free plan AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted Free8.2
    Kate vs Neovim
  3. 4
    Zed Free plan LinuxMacWin $10/mo8.0
    Kate vs Zed
  4. 5
    Notepad++ Free plan Win Free7.9
    Kate vs Notepad++
  5. 6
    BBEdit Free plan Mac $59.99/mo7.8
    Kate vs BBEdit
  6. 7
    EmEditor Free trial Win $0.42/mo7.8
    Kate vs EmEditor
  7. 8
    Lapce Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.7
    Kate vs Lapce
  8. 9
    Bluefish Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.7
    Kate vs Bluefish
  9. 10
    TeXworks Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.5
    Kate vs TeXworks
  10. 11
    Micro Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.4
    Kate vs Micro
  11. 12
    EditiX Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.3
    Kate vs EditiX
  12. 13
    Fresh Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.3
    Kate vs Fresh
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