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# KDevelop Reviews
**Vendor:** KDE  
**Category:** [C/C++ Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/c-c-integrated-development-environments-ide)  
**Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 10
## About KDevelop
KDevelop is a free, open source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix flavors. It is a feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and other programming languages. It is based on KDevPlatform, and the KDE and Qt libraries and is under development since 1998.




## KDevelop Reviews
  ### 1. Great IDE with bunch of cool features

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** NItin  K. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2023

**What do you like best about KDevelop?**

Great integration with Git and Cmake, code navigation is pretty smooth, almost zero learning curve as the GUI is very user friendly, the split view is pretty decent and integration for Android Host is a nice add-on

**What do you dislike about KDevelop?**

The search feature is quite messy and needs a lot of improvement, build integration with Boost and other libraries is tricky and takes a lot of time; pretty average documentation and support forums

**What problems is KDevelop solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Development environment for large C++ project. It helps in faster code navigation and debugging. Running it with multiple compiler options is helping in faster build generation.

  ### 2. A debugger with Simple GUI

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 03, 2021

**What do you like best about KDevelop?**

Kdevelop is my debugger whan I ger into software development in Linux environment still I use kdevelop for linux development.

**What do you dislike about KDevelop?**

Kdevelop setup was very difficult in windows compared with others.

**What problems is KDevelop solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Mostly I use kdevelop for C++ development. It was able to semantics of a language and give suggestions and more over its very light weight software that takes very less memory.

  ### 3. Simple and great IDE 

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Slim K. | Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2015

**What do you like best about KDevelop?**

 Simple to configure and have a nice GUI

**What do you dislike about KDevelop?**

Dont detect automatically my executables

**What problems is KDevelop solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Actually many kind of problems..


## KDevelop Discussions
  - [What languages are supported by KDevelop select all that apply?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-languages-are-supported-by-kdevelop-select-all-that-apply)
  - [Is KDevelop free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-kdevelop-free)
  - [How do I use KDevelop?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-use-kdevelop)
  - [Is KDevelop a good IDE?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-kdevelop-a-good-ide)

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## KDevelop Features
**AI Copilot**
- AI Copilot

**Generative AI**
- Generative AI

**For Developers**
- For Developers

**Game Development**
- Game Development

**Deployment Management**
- Deployment Management

**Code Development**
- Code Development

**Code Editing**
- Code Editing

**Website Development**
- Website Development

**Web/Mobile App Development**
- Web/Mobile App Development

**Debugging**
- Debugging

**Data Modeling**
- Data Modeling

**Graphical User Interface**
- Graphical User Interface

**Functionality **
- Ease of Use
- File Management
- Multi-Language Support
- Customization
- Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality
- Help Guides
- Patching & Updates

**Functionality**
- Ease of Use
- File Management
- Multi-Language Support
- Customization
- Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality
- Help Guides
- Patching & Updates

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