Our Philosophy
Built on modern open source technology, the KDevelop IDE offers a seamless development environment to programmers that work on projects of any size. It helps you get the job done while staying out of your way.
The KDevelop project started in 1998 at the University of Potsdam (Germany). The first released 0.1 was released the same year. KDevelop has experienced several rewrites. The first time was with version 3.x by Bernd Gehrmann in 2001 and the second time was with version 4.x with a more object-oriented architecture in 2009. KDevelop will now load the new project; in fact, you're ready to start off with actual code. As a short test, press the button that looks like a wheel on the toolbar; this will compile your application and run it for a test. The compiler will show all the messages in the output window. This is important to know in case you run into compiling.
At the core of KDevelop lies the combination of an advanced editor with semantic code analysis, which delivers an enriched programming experience thanks to a deep understanding of your project. Additionally, KDevelop offers different workflows to assist the coder during the development process. It helps improve the code's quality, verify its functionality and then deploy it anywhere.
Free of Charge, Open Source
KDevelop is available free of charge and is licensed under the GNU GPL.
We are a proud member of the KDE Community.
We are a proud member of the KDE Community.
Extensible, Cross-Platform
KDevelop is a feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and many other programming languages. Supported platforms include Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, macOS and other Unix flavors as well as Microsoft Windows. It is based on KDevelop Platform (kdevplatform), the KDE Frameworks and the Qt libraries. It is under development since 1998.
Running under Windows
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KDevelop showing the uses of a function in the bottom code browser widget.
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KDevelop showing the details of a problem in source code in the code navigation widget (just need to hover over the underlined text)
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KDevelop showing the details of a problem in source code in the code navigation widget (just need to hover over the underlined text)
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KDevelop showing the details of a problem in source code in the code navigation widget plus solutions
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KDevelop showing a widget for implementing a previously declared C++ function
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Screenshot showing KDevelop's main window
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KDevelop in focus mode (tool views hidden), just the code editor shown
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KDevelop with a dark theme
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KDevelop with a dark theme showing the code completion widget
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KDevelop showing the code completion widget containing possible matches while typing the name of an overloaded method
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KDevelop showing the code completion widget containing possible matches for different method overloads (top tool tip) including possible matches for the parameters to use (bottom tool tip)
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KDevelop's Welcome Page
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KDevelop Quick Open for locating function declarations + definitions
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KDevelop Quick Open for locating function declarations + definitions (showing off the search capabilities using abbreviations as search patterns)
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KDevelop Quick Open for locating function declarations + definitions (showing off the search capabilities using abbreviations as search patterns)
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KDevelop showing a code navigation widget including documentation (can be fetched either from source code or from external documentation providers (e.g. man pages, QtHelp files or similar infrastructure)
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KDevelop showing a code navigation widget
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KDevelop showing a code navigation widget, this time for Python files
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KDevelop showing the document switcher for easily switching between open documents (invoked via Ctrl+Tab)
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KDevelop showing code completion for Python files
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KDevelop showing help for a class from PyQt (Python bindings for Qt)
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