Editing Kate (text editor) (section)

{{short description|Text editor}}
{{Primary sources|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox software
| title                  = Kate
| name                   = KDE Applications
| logo                   = Sc-apps-kate-editor.svg
| logo_size              = 64x64px
| screenshot             = Kate 24.12.0 screenshot.webp
| caption                = Kate 24.12.0 in [[KDE Plasma 6]]
| developer              = [[KDE]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|2001}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q261933|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q261933|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q261933|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q261933|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| repo                   = {{URL|https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate}}
| programming language   = [[C++]], [[Qt (software)|Qt]]
| operating system       = {{Plainlist|
*25 [[Linux distributions]]<ref name=send-me-to>{{cite news |title=Distribution Packages |url=http://kate-editor.org/get-it/ |newspaper=Kate |date=9 July 2010 |publisher=[[KDE]] |access-date=23 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Distributions Shipping KDE |url=http://www.kde.org/download/distributions.php |website=Kde.org |publisher=[[KDE]] |access-date=23 March 2014}}</ref>
*[[Microsoft Windows]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate on Windows|url=http://kate-editor.org/2016/01/28/kate-on-windows/ |website=kate-editor.org |date=28 January 2016 |publisher=[[KDE]] |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref>
*[[macOS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate on Mac OS|url=https://kate-editor.org/get-it/ |website=kate-editor.org |date=9 July 2010 |publisher=[[KDE]] |access-date=10 September 2016}}</ref>
}}
| genre                  = [[Source code editor]]
| license                = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.0-or-later]],  [[MIT License|MIT]]<ref>{{ cite web |title=Kate |url=https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate |access-date=2025-04-05}}</ref>
| website                = {{Official URL}}
}}

The '''KDE Advanced Text Editor''', or '''Kate''', is a [[Source-code editor|source code editor]] developed by the [[KDE]] [[free software]] community. It has been a part of [[KDE Software Compilation]] since [[K Desktop Environment 2|version 2.2]], which was first released in 2001. Intended for software developers, it features [[syntax highlighting]], [[code folding]], customizable layouts, multiple cursors and selections, [[regular expression]] support, and extensibility via plugins. The text editor's mascot is Kate the Cyber Woodpecker.