Kate vs OpenIDE

Kate is a free text editor for viewing and editing text files on Linux, macOS and Windows. It can show multiple documents in horizontally or vertically split windows, and supports multi-cursor and column editing. For code and other structured text, Kate provides syntax highlighting for over 400 languages, bracket matching and on-the-fly spell checking. Programming tools include auto-completion with argument hints, scriptable auto-indentation and Vi input mode; the editor uses the Language Server Protocol for auto-completion in many languages. Search and replace handles regular expressions, multiline searches, open files and files on disk. Listed plugins include an embedded terminal, SQL, build, GDB and Replace in Files tools. Kate can open remote files and supports Unicode and other encodings. Backups on save and swap files can help recover data after a system crash. The editor is free, and its listed plan describes it as available for Linux, Windows and macOS. Nightly packages are compiled daily, but may be unstable or incomplete and are recommended for testing.

OpenIDE is a multilingual development environment based on the IntelliJ IDEA Platform, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its listed languages include Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, C#, PHP, JavaScript, and TypeScript, although C# is in development. Spring support comes through the free Amplicode plugin. The included Git client covers branches, commits, rebase, cherry-pick, diffs, and history. OpenIDE lists GitFlic integration and AI plugins including GigaCode, Continue, and Kilo Code; its marketplace offers more than 300 plugins subject to their distribution licenses. Docker, Go, and frontend support for JavaScript, TypeScript, and frameworks including React, Angular, Vue, and Next.js are marked experimental. The free OpenIDE plan is free and is described as open source. OpenIDE Pro is a paid corporate solution with terms and pricing discussed with the company; free access is offered to educational programs, open-source contributors, and media content creators. The FAQ says anonymized usage statistics may be collected by default and can be disabled in settings. The maker says its infrastructure and servers for statistics, updates, and plugins are in Russia.