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While I understand the lack of proper open source alternatives for some software like AutoCAD and After Effects, it always felt weird that the best IDEs/Text Editors are made by big corporations, because you know, these are the tools programmers use.

I tried vim/neovim, which I enjoy using, but I've come to prefer visual editors instead of text based. Kate looks promising, and I'm willing to contribute to it in my free time, but it just has that "amateurish" feel to it that I can't explain.

Anyone aware of other alternatives?

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[โ€“] Marxine@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does it compare to similar stuff like AstroNvim, SpaceVim, NVChad, etc? I'm trying to choose one but having difficulties ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

[โ€“] g7s@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's got a pretty good community, you always find some help online. It comes per default only with "needed" plugins, which makes it a pretty nice IDE already. If you ever need more plugins, it's also not complicated to install them,

[โ€“] Marxine@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Good community is always a plus for any project. Thanks for the recommendation!