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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

97 people contributed during the last year. New contributors are highlighted, thanks for joining our team!

Christoph CullmannWaqar Ahmed
Pablo RauzyJonathan Poelen
Eric Armbrusterloh tar
Alain LaporteNicolas Fella
Ahmad SamirKåre Särs
Laurent MontelFriedrich W. H. Kossebau
Mark NauwelaertsVolker Krause
Yuri ChornoivanAlexander Lohnau
Eugene PopovAlex Turbov
Georg GadingerHéctor Mesa Jiménez
Heiko BeckerBharadwaj Raju
Phu NguyenMilian Wolff
Bob EightsevenLukas Sommer
Rafał LalikAlbert Astals Cid
Patrick NorthonJake Leahy
Kai Uwe BroulikVítor Luís dos Santos Trindade
Daniel ContrerasDavid Faure
Harald SitterMarius P
Sune VuorelaAkseli Lahtinen
Alex KhAmaury Bouchra Pilet
Andreas GratzerAndreas Sturmlechner
Antonio RojasBiswapriyo Nath
Demmark ForresterIbrahim Abdullah
M. IbrahimPino Toscano
Giovana Vitor Dionisio SantanaIlia Kats
Ilya PominovShalok Shalom
Thomas FriedrichsmeierThomas Surrel
Tobias LeupoldWeng Xuetian
Willyanto Willyantoshenleban tongying
Alex CarneyAlex Lowe
Alex NeundorfBeluga Whale
Ben HarlessChristophe Giboudeaux
David EdmundsonDavid Redondo
Dawid WróbelFire Fragment
Frank SteinmetzgerFushan Wen
Gary WangGaurav Shah
Glebs IvanovskisHelga Albert-Huszár
Ismael AsensioJakub Benda
Jan BidlerJoshua Goins
Kevin FunkKonrad Borowski
Lars PontoppidanLuigi Toscano
Marat NagayevMarián Konček
Máté PozsgayNate Graham
Neehar VijayNicholas Omann
Ognian MilanovPhilip K. Gisslow
Quinten KockTarcisio Fischer
Tomáš HnykVitor Trindade
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Contributors during the project lifetime

During the full project lifetime 688 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
Milian WolffMichal Humpula
Jonathan PoelenMark Nauwelaerts
David NoldenBernhard Beschow
Shaheed HaqueDavid Faure
Nibaldo GonzálezAlbert Astals Cid
Friedrich W. H. KossebauPascal Létourneau
Miquel SabatéYuri Chornoivan
Sven Brauchloh tar
Burkhard LückPablo Rauzy
Ahmad SamirSebastian Pipping
Jan Paul BatrinaPino Toscano
Eric ArmbrusterT.C. Hollingsworth
Christian EhrlicherDirk Mueller
Robin PedersenWilbert Berendsen
Pablo MartínMichel Ludwig
Matthew WoehlkeAlex Neundorf
John FirebaughKevin Funk
Nicolas FellaAlexander Lohnau
Svyatoslav KuzmichAdrian Lungu
Christoph FeckChristian Couder
Stephan BinnerCarl Schwan
Phu NguyenStephan Kulow
Mirko StockerThomas Friedrichsmeier
Jesse YurkovichAlex Merry
Alain LaporteVegard Øye
Malcolm HunterAlexander Neundorf
Gregor MiMontel Laurent
Heiko BeckerRafael Fernández López
Aleix PolMarco Mentasti
Simon HuerlimannAllen Winter
Urs WolferPhil Schaf
Georg GadingerIgor Kushnir
Jakob PetsovitsAndrew Coles
Gerald Senarclens de GrancyAdriaan de Groot
Chusslove IllichThomas Fjellstrom
Andreas HartmetzMartijn Klingens
Méven CarAndré Wöbbeking
Ilia KatsAlex Richardson
Frederik SchwarzerJarosław Staniek
Patrick SpendrinHéctor Mesa Jiménez
Kai Uwe BroulikNicolas Goutte
Bram SchoenmakersEugene Popov
Simon HausmannTomáš Trnka
Adrián Chaves Fernández (Gallaecio)Aurélien Gâteau
Krzysztof StokopMarcell Fülöp
Aaron J. SeigoAndreas Kling
Arto HytönenClarence Dang
Fabian WunschGary Wang
Niko SamsPaul Giannaros
Andrew PaseltinerBrian Anderson
Ian Reinhart GeiserMartin Seher
Frederik GladhornKevin Ottens
Luigi ToscanoMatt Rogers
Bharadwaj RajuJan Blackquill
Thiago MacieiraDaniel Naber
Eike HeinJan Villat
Luca BeltrameNate Graham
Waldo BastianAndreas Cord-Landwehr
Andreas GratzerChristoph Roick
Daan De MeyerDavid Edmundson
Johannes SixtJonathan Riddell
José Pablo Ezequiel FernándezLeo Savernik
Andreas PakulatAndrey Matveyakin
Anthony FieroniChristophe Giboudeaux
Chusslove Illich (Часлав Илић)Diego Iastrubni
Philipp ATobias Koenig
Alexander PotashevEduardo Robles Elvira
Harald FernengelJiri Pinkava
Jonathan Schmidt-DominéMartin Walch
Matthias KretzTomaz Canabrava
Trevor BlightWang Kai
Weng XuetianBob Eightseven
David BryantEllis Whitehead
Giovana Vitor Dionisio SantanaHarsh Kumar
Jack HillJaime Torres
Lasse LiehuMaks Orlovich
Oswald BuddenhagenAndras Mantia
Christian LooseDavid Palser
Dmitry RisenbergFrank Osterfeld
John LaytJohn Tapsell
Lukas SommerOliver Kellogg
Primoz AnzurRafał Lalik
Ralf HabackerRené J.V. Bertin
flying sheepAbhishek Patil
Adam JimersonAnne-Marie Mahfouf
Antonio RojasBastian Holst
Ben CooksleyDavid Jarvie
David RedondoDavid Schulz
Filip GawinGeorge Staikos
Hannah von RethHarald Sitter
Jeroen WijnhoutJohn Salatas
Kazuki OhtaMatt Broadstone
Orgad ShanehPeter Oberndorfer
Ryan CummingYury G. Kudryashov
Adam TreatAndreas Sturmlechner
Andrzej DabrowskiCharles Samuels
Daniel LevinDawit Alemayehu
Denis DoriaFelipe Borges
Gleb PopovIan Wakeling
Jaison LeeJos 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
Jake LeahyMichael Hansen
Mufeed AliPeter Kümmel
Richard SmithScott Wheeler
Stephen KellyThomas Braun
Vítor Luís dos Santos TrindadeXaver Hugl
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Andi FischerAndrius Štikonas
Benjamin MeyerDaniel Contreras
Darío Andrés RodríguezDominique Devriese
Emeric DupontEvgeniy Ivanov
Fabian KosmaleFlavio Castelli
Grzegorz SzymaszekGuo Yunhe
Helio Chissini de CastroLuboš Luňák
Marius PMichael Pyne
Nadeem HasanNikita Sirgienko
Rolf Eike BeerStefan Asserhäll
Sune VuorelaThomas Schoeps
Thomas SurrelToshitaka Fujioka
Aaron PuchertAkseli Lahtinen
Alex CrichtonAlex Kh
Bernhard LoosBiswapriyo Nath
Boris EgorovBrian Ward
Daniele ScasciafratteDave Corrie
David LeimbachDavide Bettio
Demmark ForresterDāvis Mosāns
Ernesto CastellottiFrancis Laniel
Helge DellerHolger Schröder
Ibrahim AbdullahIgnacio Castaño Aguado
Ilya KonstantinovJacob Rideout
Laurence WithersM. Ibrahim
Marco RebhanMarcus Camen
Markus Meik SlopiankaMartin Kostolný
Michael GoffioulMickael Marchand
Mike HarrisRaymond Wooninck
Rex DieterReza Arbab
Richard DaleRichard J. Moore
Robert KnightSergio Martins
Simon PerssonThiago Sueto
Vladimir PrusWes H
Willy De la CourtWolfgang Bauer
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Ada SauceAlexander Dymo
Alexander ZhigalinAndrew Crouthamel
Antonio Larrosa JimenezArek Koz (Arusekk)
Arend van Beelen jrBernhard 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
Gene ThomasGeorge Florea Bănuș
Gioele BarabucciGregory S. Hayes
Heinz WiesingerHoàng Đức Hiếu
Hugo Pereira Da CostaHuon Wilson
Ilya PominovIsmael Asensio
Ivan ShapovalovJaime Torres Amate
Jakub BendaJekyll Wu
Jens DagerboJulien Antille
Jure RepincKurt Pfeifle
Leonardo FinettiMarcello Massaro
Mario AichingerMarkus Brenneis
Markus PisterMarkus Slopianka
Maximilian LöfflerMichael Palimaka
Michel HermierMickael Bosch
Miklos MartonNikolas Zimmermann
Petter StokkePhil Young
Pierre-Marie PédrotRaphael Kubo da Costa
Rob BuisRoberto Raggi
Scott LawrenceSebastian Kügler
Sebastian SauerSergey Kalinichev
Shalok ShalomShaun Reich
Silas LenzSven Leiber
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
Алексей ШилинAaron Seigo
AbdullahAlberto Salvia Novella
Aleix Pol GonzalezAlex Carney
Alex HermannAlex Lowe
Alexander SchlarbAlexander Volkov
Alexey BogdanenkoAline Lermen
Amit Kumar JaiswalAna Beatriz Guerrero López
Anakim BorderAnders Ponga
Andre HeineckeAndrea Canciani
Andrea ScarpinoAndreas Abel
Andreas HoheneggerAndreas Simon
Andrew ChenAndrey Karepin
Andrey S. CherepanovAndrius da Costa Ribas
André Marcelo AlvarengaAndy Goossens
Antoni Bella PérezArctic Ice Studio
Arnaud RuizArnold Dumas
Arnold KrilleAshish Bansal
Axel KittenbergerAyushmaan jangid
Azat KhuzhinBart Ribbers
Barış MetinBeluga Whale
Ben BlumBen Harless
Benjamin BuchBenjamin C Meyer
Bernd BuschinskiBjörn Peemöller
Boris PetrovBrad Hards
Brendan ZabarauskasBruno Virlet
Casper van DonderenChristoph Rüßler
Christopher BlauveltClaudio Bantaloukas
Conrad HoffmannCorey Richardson
Cédric PasteurDan Vrátil
Daniel LaidigDaniel Micay
Daniel SonckDavi Marinho
David RoscaDavid Smith
Dawid WróbelDenis Steckelmacher
Diana-Victoria TiriplicaDiggory Hardy
Dirk RathlevDuncan Mac-Vicar Prett
Ede RagEderag
Elias ProbstEmanuele Tamponi
Emmanuel Lepage ValleeEwald Snel
Federico ZenithFelipe Kinoshita
Felix YanFilipe Saraiva
Fire FragmentFrancis Herne
Francisco BoniFrancois-Xavier Duranceau
Frank SteinmetzgerFrederik Banning
Fredrik HöglundFushan Wen
Gaurav ShahGermain Garand
Glebs IvanovskisGregor Tätzner
Guillermo Antonio Amaral BastidasGuillermo Molteni
Gustavo RodriguesHartmut Goebel
Helga Albert-HuszárHeroesGrave
Ian MonroeIgnat Semenov
Ivan KoveshnikovJan Bidler
Jan GrulichJan Przybylak
Janet BlackquillJavier Guerra
Jeremy WhitingJesse Crossen
Jiří WolkerJochen Wilhelmy
Joerg SchiermeierJohn Schroeder
Johnny JazeixJonathan L. Verner
Jonathan LopezJonathan Marten
Jonathan Raphael Joachim KolbergJonathan Singer
Jonathan VernerJoshua Goins
José Joaquín AtriaJuan Francisco Cantero Hurtado
Juliano F. RavasiJuraj Oravec
Karol SzwedKarthik Nishanth
Kevin BallardKishore Gopalakrishnan
Konrad BorowskiKsofix Alert
Kurt GranrothKurt Hindenburg
Kyle S HorneLars Pontoppidan
Laurent CimonLauri Watts
Lays RodriguesLeandro Emanuel López
Leandro SantiagoLi-yao Xia
Liu ZheLuis Taira
Maciej MrozowskiMagnus Hoff
Malte StarostikManuel Tortosa
Marat NagayevMarc Espie
Marco MartinMarijn Kruisselbrink
Marián KončekMarkus 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
Momo CaoMáté Pozsgay
Médéric BoquienNazar Kalinowski
Neehar VijayNguyen Hung Phu
Nicholas OmannNico Kruber
Nicola GiganteNicolas Lécureuil
Nikolay KultashevOgnian Milanov
Oleksandr SenkovychOliver Sander
Olivier CHURLAUDOlivier Felt
Ovidiu-Florin BOGDANPani Ram
Paolo BorelliParker 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
Richard MaderRobert Gruber
Robert-André MauchinRohan Garg
Rolf MagnusRoman Gilg
Roman HujerRuediger Gad
Sam GreenwoodSamu Voutilainen
Sandro GiesslSascha Cunz
Sean GillespieShane Wright
Simone ScalabrinoStefan Gehn
Steve MokrisSven Greb
Sven LüppkenTarcisio Fischer
Thomas CapricelliThomas Horstmeyer
Thomas JaroschThomas McGuire
Thomas ReitelbachTill Schfer
Tim JansenTobias Kündig
Tom AlbersTomáš Hnyk
Tore Melangen HavnVitor Trindade
Vladimír VondrušWagner M Cunha
Wale AfolabiWaqar Ahmed
Werner TrobinWilco Greven
Will StephensonWojciech Stachurski
Wouter BecqYuen Hoe Lim
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