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Kate vs Recoll

A side-by-side look at Kate and Recoll. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Kate

Kate

Development

Kate is a free and open-source advanced text editor for Linux, UNIX, Windows and macOS. It provides syntax highlighting, project management, plugins and other features for programmers and developers.

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Recoll

Recoll

Office & Productivity

Recoll is an open source desktop search application for Linux and Windows. It indexes files and documents to allow fast searching from your computer. Recoll has advanced search features like boolean operators, wildcards, and regex.

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