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The Team


Who are the Kate & KWrite contributors?

Kate & KWrite and the underlying KTextEditor & KSyntaxHighlighting frameworks are created by a group of volunteers around the world. The same is true for this website.

Below is a periodically updated list of the contributors to the Git repositories containing the above named software components & website. As this list is purely based on the Git history of our repositories, it will be incomplete for otherwise submitted patches, etc.

The list is sorted by number of commits done by the individual contributors. This is by no means the best measure of the impact of their contributions, but gives some rough estimation about their level of involvement.

Don't forget the KDE Community!

Beside these explicitly named contributors to our text editor related components, a large portion of work is done by other members of the much broader KDE community.

This includes crucial work like:

  • developing the foundations we use, like KDE Frameworks
  • doing all internationalization and translation work for our projects
  • releasing our stuff
  • maintaining our infrastructure (GitLab, CI, ...)
  • supporting developer sprints

If you are not interested in joining our text editor related team, please take a look if you want to contribute to KDE. The KDE community is a very welcoming bunch of people.

If you are not able to contribute, you might be interested to donate. Whereas these donations are not directly targeted at specific development, they help to keep the overall KDE community going. For example some Kate related coding sprints were funded by the KDE e.V. based on these donations.

Contributors during the last year

99 people contributed during the last year. New contributors of that year are highlighted in the table below. Thanks to all new people for joining our team!

Waqar AhmedChristoph Cullmann
Jonathan PoelenFriedrich W. H. Kossebau
Rémi PeuchotJonathan Esk-Riddell
Nicolas FellaLaurent Montel
Akseli LahtinenKåre Särs
Phu NguyenHeiko Becker
Carl SchwanAlbert Astals Cid
Andrzej BoruckiEdwin Török
Alex TurbovCezar Tigaret
Volker KrauseAlexander Lohnau
Henri KKai Uwe Broulik
Michael WeghornAlain Laporte
Alexander PotashevThomas Friedrichsmeier
Andreas GratzerAntonin Komenda
Ben GoodingKarthik Nishanth
Mark NauwelaertsAhmad Samir
Gary LiLeo Germond
Lilith HoutjesMarius P
Oliver Kelloggivan tkachenko
Aaron DewesAleix Pol
Ben CooksleyDavid Faure
Eugene PopovFrederik Banning
Gabriel Morell-PachecoGeorg Gadinger
J. T. ElscottJames Graham
Jeremy MurphyLuigi Toscano
Marián KončekMichael Alexsander
Méven CarYuri Chornoivan
leia uwuŠimon Rataj
Alex NeundorfAndreas Sturmlechner
Andrew SharkAntonio Rojas
Arthur TadierBart Ribbers
Bharadwaj RajuBrian Ward
David EdmundsonEric Armbruster
Fabian WunschFelipe Lema
Héctor Mesa JiménezIgor Kushnir
Ingo KlöckerIsmael Asensio
Jaak RistiojaJake Leahy
Jan Keith DarundayJoe Dight
John DoeJosep M. Ferrer
Joshua GoinsJulius Künzel
Konrad BorowskiLukas Friedrich
Lukas SommerM. Ibrahim
Magnus GroßMohammad Kazemi
Nate GrahamNeelaksh Singh
Nikita KarpeiOliver Beard
Orgad ShanehRibhav Kaul
Shreevathsa V MSune Vuorela
Tarcisio FischerTomáš Hnyk
Ulterno Ω*Vlad Zahorodnii
Yifan Zhu

Contributors during the project lifetime

During the full project lifetime 752 people contributed. Thanks for making Kate possible!

Christoph CullmannDominik Haumann
Waqar AhmedKåre Särs
Joseph WenningerErlend Hamberg
Anders LundHamish Rodda
Simon St JamesAlex Turbov
Volker KrauseLaurent Montel
Jonathan PoelenMilian Wolff
Michal HumpulaMark Nauwelaerts
David NoldenBernhard Beschow
Shaheed HaqueFriedrich W. H. Kossebau
Albert Astals CidDavid Faure
Nibaldo GonzálezPascal Létourneau
Miquel SabatéYuri Chornoivan
Sven Brauchloh tar
Burkhard LückAhmad Samir
Pablo RauzySebastian Pipping
Jan Paul BatrinaPino Toscano
Eric ArmbrusterNicolas Fella
T.C. HollingsworthChristian Ehrlicher
Dirk MuellerRobin Pedersen
Wilbert BerendsenPablo Martín
Michel LudwigMatthew Woehlke
Alex NeundorfJohn Firebaugh
Kevin FunkAlexander Lohnau
Phu NguyenCarl Schwan
Svyatoslav KuzmichAdrian Lungu
Thomas FriedrichsmeierChristoph Feck
Alain LaporteChristian Couder
Stephan BinnerStephan Kulow
Heiko BeckerMirko Stocker
Jesse YurkovichAlex Merry
Vegard ØyeMalcolm Hunter
Alexander NeundorfGregor Mi
Montel LaurentRafael Fernández López
Aleix PolMarco Mentasti
Simon HuerlimannAllen Winter
Urs WolferGeorg Gadinger
Igor KushnirPhil Schaf
Jakob PetsovitsAndrew Coles
Gerald Senarclens de GrancyKai Uwe Broulik
Méven CarAdriaan de Groot
Chusslove IllichThomas Fjellstrom
Andreas HartmetzMartijn Klingens
André WöbbekingIlia Kats
Rémi PeuchotAlex Richardson
Jonathan Esk-RiddellAkseli Lahtinen
Eugene PopovFrederik Schwarzer
Jarosław StaniekPatrick Spendrin
Héctor Mesa JiménezNicolas Goutte
Bram SchoenmakersSimon Hausmann
Tomáš TrnkaAdrián Chaves Fernández (Gallaecio)
Aurélien GâteauKrzysztof Stokop
Marcell FülöpAaron J. Seigo
Andreas KlingFabian Wunsch
Arto HytönenClarence Dang
Gary WangNiko Sams
Paul GiannarosAlexander Potashev
Andreas GratzerAndrew Paseltiner
Brian AndersonIan Reinhart Geiser
Luigi ToscanoMartin Seher
Bharadwaj RajuFrederik Gladhorn
Kevin OttensMatt Rogers
Jan BlackquillNate Graham
Thiago MacieiraDaniel Naber
David EdmundsonEike Hein
Jan VillatLuca Beltrame
Waldo BastianAndreas Cord-Landwehr
Christoph RoickDaan De Meyer
Johannes SixtJonathan Riddell
José Pablo Ezequiel FernándezLeo Savernik
Andreas PakulatAndrey Matveyakin
Andrzej BoruckiAnthony Fieroni
Christophe GiboudeauxChusslove Illich (Часлав Илић)
Diego IastrubniEdwin Török
Oliver KelloggPhilipp A
Tobias KoenigEduardo Robles Elvira
Harald FernengelJiri Pinkava
Jonathan Schmidt-DominéMartin Walch
Matthias KretzTomaz Canabrava
Trevor BlightWang Kai
Weng XuetianBen Cooksley
Bob EightsevenCezar Tigaret
David BryantEllis Whitehead
Giovana Vitor Dionisio SantanaHarsh Kumar
Jack HillJaime Torres
Lasse LiehuLukas Sommer
Maks OrlovichOswald Buddenhagen
Andras MantiaAntonio Rojas
Christian LooseDavid Palser
Dmitry RisenbergFrank Osterfeld
John LaytJohn Tapsell
Orgad ShanehPrimoz Anzur
Rafał LalikRalf Habacker
René J.V. Bertinflying sheep
Abhishek PatilAdam Jimerson
Andreas SturmlechnerAnne-Marie Mahfouf
Bastian HolstDavid Jarvie
David RedondoDavid Schulz
Filip GawinGeorge Staikos
Hannah von RethHarald Sitter
Henri KJeroen Wijnhout
John SalatasKazuki Ohta
Marius PMatt Broadstone
Michael WeghornPeter Oberndorfer
Ryan CummingYury G. Kudryashov
Adam TreatAndrzej Dabrowski
Charles SamuelsDaniel Levin
Dawit AlemayehuDenis Doria
Felipe BorgesGleb Popov
Ian WakelingJaison Lee
Jake LeahyJos van den Oever
Lukáš TinklMartin T. H. Sandsmark
Massimo CallegariMichael Jansen
Nathaniel GrahamNick Shaforostoff
Nicolás AlvarezOlivier Goffart
Patrick NorthonR.J.V. Bertin
Rafał RzepeckiRobert Hoffmann
Safa AlFulaijSamuel Gaist
Shubham JangraYork Xiang
artyom kirnevAllan Sandfeld Jensen
Amaury Bouchra PiletAndreas Holzammer
Arno RehnBernd Gehrmann
Carlo SegatoCarsten Pfeiffer
Charles VejnarDavid Herberth
Denis LisovHarri Porten
Harsh Chouraria JHelio Castro
Heng LiuHolger Danielsson
Ivan ČukićIvo Anjo
Karthik NishanthMichael Hansen
Mufeed AliPeter Kümmel
Richard SmithScott Wheeler
Stephen KellySune Vuorela
Thomas BraunVítor Luís dos Santos Trindade
Xaver Huglandreas kainz
shenleban tongyingAndi Fischer
Andrius ŠtikonasAntonin Komenda
Ben GoodingBenjamin Meyer
Brian WardDaniel Contreras
Darío Andrés RodríguezDominique Devriese
Emeric DupontEvgeniy Ivanov
Fabian KosmaleFlavio Castelli
Grzegorz SzymaszekGuo Yunhe
Helio Chissini de CastroLuboš Luňák
M. IbrahimMichael Pyne
Nadeem HasanNikita Sirgienko
Rolf Eike BeerStefan Asserhäll
Thomas SchoepsThomas Surrel
Toshitaka FujiokaAaron Puchert
Alex CrichtonAlex Kh
Bernhard LoosBiswapriyo Nath
Boris EgorovDaniele Scasciafratte
Dave CorrieDavid Leimbach
Davide BettioDemmark Forrester
Dāvis MosānsErnesto Castellotti
Francis LanielFrederik Banning
Gary LiHelge Deller
Holger SchröderIbrahim Abdullah
Ignacio Castaño AguadoIlya Konstantinov
Jacob RideoutLaurence Withers
Leo GermondLilith Houtjes
Marco RebhanMarcus Camen
Marián KončekMarkus Meik Slopianka
Martin KostolnýMichael Goffioul
Mickael MarchandMike Harris
Raymond WooninckRex Dieter
Reza ArbabRichard Dale
Richard J. MooreRobert Knight
Sergio MartinsSimon Persson
Thiago SuetoVladimir Prus
Wes HWilly De la Court
Wolfgang Bauerivan tkachenko
Ömer Fadıl USTAÖmer Fadıl Usta
Aaron DewesAda Sauce
Alexander DymoAlexander Zhigalin
Andrew CrouthamelAntonio Larrosa Jimenez
Arek Koz (Arusekk)Arend van Beelen jr
Bart RibbersBernhard Rosenkraenzer
Bhushan ShahCaleb Tennis
Casper BoemannChris Howells
Christophe DervieuxChristopher Yeleighton
Cornelius SchumacherCraig Drummond
Cristian OnețCédric Borgese
Daniel AleksandersenDaniel Tang
Dmitry SuzdalevElvis Angelaccio
Enrique Matías SánchezFabian Vogt
Frans EnglichFrerich Raabe
Gabriel Morell-PachecoGene Thomas
George Florea BănușGioele Barabucci
Gregory S. HayesHeinz Wiesinger
Hoàng Đức HiếuHugo Pereira Da Costa
Huon WilsonIlya Pominov
Ismael AsensioIvan Shapovalov
J. T. ElscottJaime Torres Amate
Jakub BendaJames Graham
Jekyll WuJens Dagerbo
Jeremy MurphyJoshua Goins
Julien AntilleJure Repinc
Kurt PfeifleLeonardo Finetti
Marcello MassaroMario Aichinger
Markus BrenneisMarkus Pister
Markus SlopiankaMaximilian Löffler
Michael AlexsanderMichael Palimaka
Michel HermierMickael Bosch
Miklos MartonNeelaksh Singh
Nikolas ZimmermannPetter Stokke
Phil YoungPierre-Marie Pédrot
Raphael Kubo da CostaRob Buis
Roberto RaggiScott Lawrence
Sebastian KüglerSebastian Sauer
Sergey KalinichevShalok Shalom
Shaun ReichSilas Lenz
Sven LeiberTarcisio Fischer
Thomas BraxtonThomas Häber
Thomas LeitnerThorsten Roeder
Tim BeaulenTim Hutt
Tobias C. BernerTobias Leupold
Valentin RouetVincent Belliard
Vincenzo ButtazzoVolker Augustin
Will EntrikenWilliam Wold
Willyanto WillyantoZack Rusin
leia uwuŠimon Rataj
Алексей ШилинAaron Seigo
AbdullahAlberto Salvia Novella
Aleix Pol GonzalezAlex Carney
Alex HermannAlex Lowe
Alexander SchlarbAlexander Volkov
Alexander YavorskyAlexey Bogdanenko
Aline LermenAmit Kumar Jaiswal
Ana Beatriz Guerrero LópezAnakim Border
Anders PongaAndre Heinecke
Andrea CancianiAndrea Scarpino
Andreas AbelAndreas Hohenegger
Andreas SimonAndrew Chen
Andrew SharkAndrey Karepin
Andrey S. CherepanovAndrius da Costa Ribas
André Marcelo AlvarengaAndy Goossens
Antoni Bella PérezArctic Ice Studio
Arnaud RuizArnold Dumas
Arnold KrilleArthur Tadier
Ashish BansalAxel Kittenberger
Ayushmaan jangidAzat Khuzhin
Barış MetinBeluga Whale
Ben BlumBen Harless
Benjamin BuchBenjamin C Meyer
Bernd BuschinskiBjörn Peemöller
Boris PetrovBrad Hards
Brendan ZabarauskasBruno Virlet
Casper van DonderenCezar M. Tigaret
Christoph RüßlerChristopher Blauvelt
Claudio BantaloukasConrad Hoffmann
Corey RichardsonCédric Pasteur
Dan VrátilDaniel Laidig
Daniel MicayDaniel Sonck
Davi MarinhoDavid Rosca
David SmithDawid Wróbel
Denis SteckelmacherDiana-Victoria Tiriplica
Diggory HardyDirk Rathlev
Duncan Mac-Vicar PrettEde Rag
EderagElias Probst
Eloy CuadraEmanuele Tamponi
Emir SARIEmmanuel Lepage Vallee
Enol P.Ewald Snel
Federico ZenithFelipe Kinoshita
Felipe LemaFelix Yan
Filipe SaraivaFire Fragment
Francis HerneFrancisco Boni
Francois-Xavier DuranceauFrank Steinmetzger
Fredrik HöglundFreek de Kruijf
Fushan WenGaurav Shah
Germain GarandGlebs Ivanovskis
Gregor TätznerGuillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas
Guillermo MolteniGustavo Rodrigues
Guðmundur ErlingssonHartmut Goebel
Helga Albert-HuszárHenri Kaustinen
HeroesGraveIan Monroe
Ignat SemenovIngo Klöcker
Ivan KoveshnikovIñigo Salvador Azurmendi
Jaak RistiojaJan Bidler
Jan GrulichJan Keith Darunday
Jan PrzybylakJanet Blackquill
Javier GuerraJeremy Whiting
Jesse CrossenJiří Wolker
Jochen WilhelmyJoe Dight
Joerg SchiermeierJohn Doe
John SchroederJohnny Jazeix
Jonathan L. VernerJonathan Lopez
Jonathan MartenJonathan Raphael Joachim Kolberg
Jonathan SingerJonathan Verner
Josep M. FerrerJosé Joaquín Atria
Juan Francisco Cantero HurtadoJuliano F. Ravasi
Julius KünzelJuraj Oravec
KDE euskaratzeko proiektuko arduradunaKarol Szwed
Kevin BallardKishore G
Kishore GopalakrishnanKonrad Borowski
Kristof KiszelKsofix Alert
Kurt GranrothKurt Hindenburg
Kyle S HorneLars Pontoppidan
Laurent CimonLauri Watts
Lays RodriguesLeandro Emanuel López
Leandro SantiagoLi-yao Xia
Liu ZheLuis Taira
Lukas FriedrichMaciej Mrozowski
Magnus GroßMagnus Hoff
Malte StarostikManuel Tortosa
Marat NagayevMarc Espie
Marco MartinMarijn Kruisselbrink
Markus EbnerMartin Gräßlin
Martin KlapetekMartin Sandsmark
Martin Tobias Holmedahl SandsmarkMarvin Ahlgrimm
Matheus C. FrançaMatjaž Jeran
Matt CarberryMatthias Gerstner
Matthias Hoelzer-KluepfelMatthias Klumpp
Melchior FranzMichael Brade
Michael DrueingMichael Heidelbach
Michael MatzMichael Ritzert
Michal SrbMikhail Zolotukhin
Mikko PerttunenMiquel Sabaté Solà
Mohammad KazemiMomo Cao
Máté PozsgayMédéric Boquien
Nazar KalinowskiNeehar Vijay
Nguyen Hung PhuNicholas Omann
Nico KruberNicola Gigante
Nicolas LécureuilNikita Karpei
Nikolay KultashevOgnian Milanov
Oleksandr SenkovychOliver Beard
Oliver SanderOlivier CHURLAUD
Olivier FeltOvidiu-Florin BOGDAN
Pani RamPaolo Borelli
Paolo ZamponiParker Coates
Pat BrownPatrick José Pereira
Paul BrownPaul Gideon Dann
Paulo BarretoPaulo Moura Guedes
Pavel PertsevPedro Gimeno
Per WinkvistPeter J. Mello
Peter MelloPeter Penz
Philip K. GisslowPhilippe Fremy
Phu Hung NguyenQuinten Kock
Rafał MiłeckiRalf Jung
Ralf NoldenRamon Zarazua
Randy KronRaphael Rosch
Ribhav KaulRichard Mader
Robert GruberRobert-André Mauchin
Rohan GargRolf Magnus
Roman GilgRoman Hujer
Roman PaholíkRuediger Gad
Ryuichi YamadaSam Greenwood
Samu VoutilainenSandro Giessl
Sascha CunzSean Gillespie
Shane WrightShinjo Park
Shreevathsa V MSimone Scalabrino
Stefan GehnSteve Mokris
Sven GrebSven Lüppken
Thomas CapricelliThomas Horstmeyer
Thomas JaroschThomas McGuire
Thomas ReitelbachTill Schfer
Tim JansenTobias Kündig
Tom AlbersToms Trasūns
Tomáš HnykTore Melangen Havn
Ulterno Ω*Vit Pelcak
Vitor TrindadeVlad Zahorodnii
Vladimír VondrušWagner M Cunha
Wale AfolabiWaqar Ahmed
Werner TrobinWilco Greven
Will StephensonWojciech Stachurski
Wouter BecqXavier Besnard
Yaron ShahrabaniYifan Zhu
Yuen Hoe LimYuhang Zhao
Yunhe GuoZoe Clifford
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