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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

101 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 PoelenNicolas Fella
Friedrich W. H. KossebauKåre Särs
Phu NguyenLaurent Montel
Mark NauwelaertsVolker Krause
Akseli LahtinenHeiko Becker
Alex TurbovGeorg Gadinger
Andrzej BoruckiAlexander Lohnau
Eric ArmbrusterAlbert Astals Cid
Bob EightsevenCezar Tigaret
Carl SchwanHenri K
Héctor Mesa JiménezMarius P
Michael WeghornAlain Laporte
Alexander PotashevJake Leahy
Patrick NorthonRémi Peuchot
Yuri ChornoivanKai Uwe Broulik
Thomas FriedrichsmeierAntonin Komenda
M. IbrahimAhmad Samir
Andreas GratzerAntonio Rojas
Biswapriyo NathGary Li
Jonathan Esk-RiddellLilith Houtjes
Lukas SommerAaron Dewes
Bharadwaj RajuDavid Edmundson
Eugene PopovFrederik Banning
Gabriel Morell-PachecoIlia Kats
J. T. ElscottJoshua Goins
Luigi ToscanoMarián Konček
Michael AlexsanderMéven Car
Neelaksh SinghOliver Kellogg
Tarcisio FischerThomas Surrel
Tobias LeupoldWeng Xuetian
shenleban tongyingŠimon Rataj
Aleix PolAlex Carney
Alex LoweAlex Neundorf
Andreas SturmlechnerBart Ribbers
Ben CooksleyFabian Wunsch
Ilya PominovIsmael Asensio
Jaak RistiojaJan Keith Darunday
Jeremy MurphyJoe Dight
John DoeJosep M. Ferrer
Karthik NishanthKonrad Borowski
Lars PontoppidanLukas Friedrich
Magnus GroßMarat Nagayev
Mohammad KazemiNate Graham
Neehar VijayNicholas Omann
Nikita KarpeiOliver Beard
Ribhav KaulShalok Shalom
Shreevathsa V MTomáš Hnyk
Ulterno Ω*Vlad Zahorodnii
Willyanto Willyantoleia uwu
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Contributors during the project lifetime

During the full project lifetime 725 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
David FaureAlbert Astals Cid
Nibaldo GonzálezPascal Létourneau
Miquel SabatéYuri Chornoivan
Sven Brauchloh tar
Burkhard LückAhmad Samir
Pablo RauzySebastian Pipping
Jan Paul BatrinaPino Toscano
Eric ArmbrusterT.C. Hollingsworth
Nicolas FellaChristian Ehrlicher
Dirk MuellerRobin Pedersen
Wilbert BerendsenPablo Martín
Michel LudwigMatthew Woehlke
Alex NeundorfJohn Firebaugh
Kevin FunkPhu Nguyen
Alexander LohnauSvyatoslav Kuzmich
Carl SchwanAdrian Lungu
Thomas FriedrichsmeierChristoph Feck
Alain LaporteChristian Couder
Stephan BinnerStephan Kulow
Mirko StockerJesse Yurkovich
Alex MerryHeiko Becker
Vegard ØyeMalcolm Hunter
Alexander NeundorfGregor Mi
Montel LaurentRafael Fernández López
Aleix PolMarco Mentasti
Simon HuerlimannAllen Winter
Urs WolferGeorg Gadinger
Phil SchafIgor Kushnir
Jakob PetsovitsAndrew Coles
Gerald Senarclens de GrancyMéven Car
Adriaan de GrootChusslove Illich
Thomas FjellstromAndreas Hartmetz
Martijn KlingensKai Uwe Broulik
André WöbbekingIlia Kats
Alex RichardsonFrederik Schwarzer
Jarosław StaniekPatrick Spendrin
Héctor Mesa JiménezNicolas Goutte
Bram SchoenmakersEugene Popov
Simon HausmannTomáš Trnka
Adrián Chaves Fernández (Gallaecio)Aurélien Gâteau
Krzysztof StokopMarcell Fülöp
Aaron J. SeigoAkseli Lahtinen
Andreas KlingFabian Wunsch
Arto HytönenClarence Dang
Gary WangNiko Sams
Paul GiannarosAlexander Potashev
Andrew PaseltinerBrian Anderson
Ian Reinhart GeiserLuigi Toscano
Martin SeherBharadwaj Raju
Frederik GladhornKevin Ottens
Matt RogersAndreas Gratzer
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 IastrubniPhilipp A
Tobias KoenigEduardo Robles Elvira
Harald FernengelJiri Pinkava
Jonathan Schmidt-DominéMartin Walch
Matthias KretzOliver Kellogg
Tomaz CanabravaTrevor Blight
Wang KaiWeng Xuetian
Bob EightsevenCezar Tigaret
David BryantEllis Whitehead
Giovana Vitor Dionisio SantanaHarsh Kumar
Jack HillJaime Torres
Lasse LiehuLukas Sommer
Maks OrlovichOswald Buddenhagen
Andras MantiaAntonio Rojas
Ben CooksleyChristian Loose
David PalserDmitry Risenberg
Frank OsterfeldJohn Layt
John TapsellPrimoz 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 WeghornOrgad Shaneh
Peter OberndorferRyan Cumming
Yury G. KudryashovAdam Treat
Andrzej DabrowskiCharles Samuels
Daniel LevinDawit Alemayehu
Denis DoriaFelipe Borges
Gleb PopovIan Wakeling
Jaison LeeJake Leahy
Jos van den OeverLukáš Tinkl
Martin T. H. SandsmarkMassimo Callegari
Michael JansenNathaniel Graham
Nick ShaforostoffNicolás Alvarez
Olivier GoffartPatrick Northon
R.J.V. BertinRafał Rzepecki
Robert HoffmannRémi Peuchot
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
Michael HansenMufeed Ali
Peter KümmelRichard Smith
Scott WheelerStephen Kelly
Thomas BraunVítor Luís dos Santos Trindade
Xaver Huglandreas kainz
shenleban tongyingAndi Fischer
Andrius ŠtikonasAntonin Komenda
Benjamin MeyerDaniel 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
Sune VuorelaThomas Schoeps
Thomas SurrelToshitaka Fujioka
Aaron PuchertAlex Crichton
Alex KhBernhard Loos
Biswapriyo NathBoris Egorov
Brian WardDaniele Scasciafratte
Dave CorrieDavid Leimbach
Davide BettioDemmark Forrester
Dāvis MosānsErnesto Castellotti
Francis LanielFrederik Banning
Gary LiHelge Deller
Holger SchröderIbrahim Abdullah
Ignacio Castaño AguadoIlya Konstantinov
Jacob RideoutJonathan Esk-Riddell
Laurence WithersLilith 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 BauerÖmer Fadıl USTA
Ömer Fadıl UstaAaron Dewes
Ada SauceAlexander Dymo
Alexander ZhigalinAndrew Crouthamel
Antonio Larrosa JimenezArek Koz (Arusekk)
Arend van Beelen jrBart Ribbers
Bernhard RosenkraenzerBhushan Shah
Caleb TennisCasper Boemann
Chris HowellsChristophe Dervieux
Christopher YeleightonCornelius Schumacher
Craig DrummondCristian Oneț
Cédric BorgeseDaniel Aleksandersen
Daniel TangDmitry Suzdalev
Elvis AngelaccioEnrique Matías Sánchez
Fabian VogtFrans Englich
Frerich RaabeGabriel Morell-Pacheco
Gene ThomasGeorge Florea Bănuș
Gioele BarabucciGregory S. Hayes
Heinz WiesingerHoàng Đức Hiếu
Hugo Pereira Da CostaHuon Wilson
Ilya PominovIsmael Asensio
Ivan ShapovalovJ. T. Elscott
Jaime Torres AmateJakub Benda
Jekyll WuJens Dagerbo
Joshua GoinsJulien Antille
Jure RepincKarthik Nishanth
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
Šimon RatajАлексей Шилин
Aaron SeigoAbdullah
Alberto Salvia NovellaAleix Pol Gonzalez
Alex CarneyAlex Hermann
Alex LoweAlexander Schlarb
Alexander VolkovAlexey Bogdanenko
Aline LermenAmit Kumar Jaiswal
Ana Beatriz Guerrero LópezAnakim Border
Anders PongaAndre Heinecke
Andrea CancianiAndrea Scarpino
Andreas AbelAndreas Hohenegger
Andreas SimonAndrew Chen
Andrey KarepinAndrey S. Cherepanov
Andrius da Costa RibasAndré Marcelo Alvarenga
Andy GoossensAntoni Bella Pérez
Arctic Ice StudioArnaud Ruiz
Arnold DumasArnold Krille
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
Emanuele TamponiEmir SARI
Emmanuel Lepage ValleeEnol P.
Ewald SnelFederico Zenith
Felipe KinoshitaFelix Yan
Filipe SaraivaFire Fragment
Francis HerneFrancisco Boni
Francois-Xavier DuranceauFrank Steinmetzger
Fredrik HöglundFushan Wen
Gaurav ShahGermain Garand
Glebs IvanovskisGregor Tätzner
Guillermo Antonio Amaral BastidasGuillermo Molteni
Gustavo RodriguesHartmut Goebel
Helga Albert-HuszárHenri Kaustinen
HeroesGraveIan Monroe
Ignat SemenovIvan Koveshnikov
Jaak RistiojaJan Bidler
Jan GrulichJan Keith Darunday
Jan PrzybylakJanet Blackquill
Javier GuerraJeremy Murphy
Jeremy WhitingJesse Crossen
Jiří WolkerJochen Wilhelmy
Joe DightJoerg Schiermeier
John DoeJohn Schroeder
Johnny JazeixJonathan L. Verner
Jonathan LopezJonathan Marten
Jonathan Raphael Joachim KolbergJonathan Singer
Jonathan VernerJosep M. Ferrer
José Joaquín AtriaJuan Francisco Cantero Hurtado
Juliano F. RavasiJuraj Oravec
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Karol SzwedKevin Ballard
Kishore GopalakrishnanKonrad Borowski
Ksofix AlertKurt Granroth
Kurt HindenburgKyle S Horne
Lars PontoppidanLaurent Cimon
Lauri WattsLays Rodrigues
Leandro Emanuel LópezLeandro Santiago
Li-yao XiaLiu Zhe
Luis TairaLukas Friedrich
Maciej MrozowskiMagnus Groß
Magnus HoffMalte Starostik
Manuel TortosaMarat Nagayev
Marc EspieMarco Martin
Marijn KruisselbrinkMarkus Ebner
Martin GräßlinMartin Klapetek
Martin SandsmarkMartin Tobias Holmedahl Sandsmark
Marvin AhlgrimmMatheus C. França
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
Parker CoatesPat Brown
Patrick José PereiraPaul Brown
Paul Gideon DannPaulo Barreto
Paulo Moura GuedesPavel Pertsev
Pedro GimenoPer Winkvist
Peter J. MelloPeter Mello
Peter PenzPhilip K. Gisslow
Philippe FremyPhu Hung Nguyen
Quinten KockRafał Miłecki
Ralf JungRalf Nolden
Ramon ZarazuaRandy Kron
Raphael RoschRibhav Kaul
Richard MaderRobert Gruber
Robert-André MauchinRohan Garg
Rolf MagnusRoman Gilg
Roman HujerRuediger Gad
Sam GreenwoodSamu Voutilainen
Sandro GiesslSascha Cunz
Sean GillespieShane Wright
Shreevathsa V MSimone Scalabrino
Stefan GehnSteve Mokris
Sven GrebSven Lüppken
Thomas CapricelliThomas Horstmeyer
Thomas JaroschThomas McGuire
Thomas ReitelbachTill Schfer
Tim JansenTobias Kündig
Tom AlbersTomáš Hnyk
Tore Melangen HavnUlterno Ω*
Vitor TrindadeVlad Zahorodnii
Vladimír VondrušWagner M Cunha
Wale AfolabiWaqar Ahmed
Werner TrobinWilco Greven
Will StephensonWojciech Stachurski
Wouter BecqYuen Hoe Lim
Yuhang ZhaoYunhe Guo
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