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==Features==
KDevelop uses an embedded [[text editor]] component through the [[KParts]] framework. The default editor is [[Kate (text editor)|KDE Advanced Text Editor]], which can optionally be replaced with a [[Qt (framework)|Qt]] Designer-based editor. This list focuses on the features of KDevelop itself. For features specific to the editor component, see the article on [[Kate (text editor)|Kate]].

* [[Source code editor]] with [[syntax highlighting]] and automatic [[Indent style|indentation]] (Kate).
* C/C++ language is now supported with a Clang's backend (as of KDevelop-5.0)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kdevelop.org/news/kdevelop-500-released|title=KDevelop 5.0.0 release {{!}} KDevelop|website=www.kdevelop.org|date=23 August 2016 |access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref>
* Project management for different project types, such as [[Automake]], [[CMake]], ''qmake'' for [[Qt (toolkit)|Qt]] based projects and [[Apache Ant|Ant]] for [[Java (programming language)|Java]] based projects.
* Class browser.
* [[GUI designer]]
* [[Front and back ends|Front-end]] for the [[GNU Compiler Collection]] and [[GNU Debugger]].
* [[Wizard (software)|Wizards]] to generate and update [[class (computer science)|class]] definitions and application [[software framework|framework]].
* Automatic [[code completion]] ([[C (programming language)|C]]/[[C++]]).
* Built-in [[Doxygen]] support.
* [[Revision control]] (also known as SCM) support. Supported systems include [[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]], [[Subversion (software)|Subversion]], [[Perforce]], [[Rational ClearCase|ClearCase]], [[Git (software)|Git]], [[Mercurial]], and [[Bazaar (software)|Bazaar]]

KDevelop 4 is a completely [[Plug-in (computing)|plugin]]-based architecture. When a developer makes a change, they only must [[compiler|compile]] the plugin. There is a possibility to keep several profiles each of which determines which plugins to be loaded. KDevelop does not come with a text editor, but instead uses a plugin for this purpose as well. KDevelop is programming language independent and build system-independent, supporting [[KDE]], [[GNOME]], and many other technologies such as [[Qt (toolkit)|Qt]], [[GTK+]], and [[wxWidgets]].

KDevelop has supported a variety of [[programming language]]s, including [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[PHP]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Fortran]], [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Ada (programming language)|Ada]], [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]], [[SQL]], and [[Bash (Unix shell)|Bash]] scripting. Supported build systems include GNU (automake), cmake, qmake, and make for custom projects (KDevelop does not destroy user [[Makefile]]s if they are used) and scripting projects which don't need one.

''Code completion'' is available for [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[C++]]. Symbols are kept in a [[Berkeley DB]] file for quick lookups without re-parsing. KDevelop also offers a developer framework which helps to write new parsers for other programming languages.

An integrated [[debugger]] allows graphically doing all debugging with [[breakpoint]]s and [[Stack trace|backtraces]]. It even works with dynamically loaded plugins unlike [[command line]] [[GDB]].

''Quick Open'' allows quick navigation between files.

Currently, around 50 to 100 plugins exist for this [[integrated development environment|IDE]].  Major ones include persistent project-wide code [[Internet bookmark|bookmarks]], ''Code abbreviations'' which allow expanding text quickly, a ''Source formatter'' which reformats code to a ''style guide'' before saving, ''Regular expressions search'', and project-wide ''search/replace'' which helps in [[refactoring]] code.