4D vs KDevelop
4D
us.4d.com
KDevelop
kdevelop.orgSide by side
| Figure | 4D | KDevelop |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Integrated Development Environments | 8.8 (#6) | 8.3 (#17) |
| Headquarters | Le Pecq, France | Berlin, Germany |
| Privacy | 4D states that it processes personal data in its roles as website and software publisher and identifies its French company as the data controller. | KDE says its hosted Matomo analytics immediately anonymizes IP records and automatically removes detailed records after 30 days. |
| Product | 4D is a development platform for creating and deploying custom business applications. | KDevelop is a cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript, and PHP. |
| Support | 4D directs end users first to the developer who created their solution and provides developer support options and direct contact information. | KDE community support is provided without warranty by volunteers, with help available through its discussion forum and Matrix rooms. |
Plans
In their own words
KDevelop
KDevelop is a free, open-source integrated development environment for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its built-in parser backends support C, C++, and JavaScript/QML; Python and PHP support comes through optional plugins. For fully supported languages, it offers semantic syntax highlighting, code completion, and navigation such as finding symbol uses or jumping to declarations and definitions. Build support covers CMake and QMake, partial support for custom Makefiles, and invoking tools such as make and ninja. Graphical debugging is available for C/C++ and Python, with PHP debugging through an extra plugin. KDevelop also integrates unit tests, code formatting, and documentation from QtHelp, Man pages, and CMake help. Version-control interfaces include Git, Bazaar, Subversion, CVS, and Perforce; Mercurial is available as an optional plugin. Views, color schemes, and shortcuts can be customized. The free plan is listed at free. Windows nightly builds may be unstable or incomplete, and independently developed Chocolatey packages may not be up to date.