KDevelop
by KDevelop · Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP
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Overview
KDevelop is a cross-platform integrated development environment from KDE for C, C++, Objective-C, QML/JavaScript, Python and PHP, running on Linux, Windows and macOS. It parses the project as you edit to drive code completion, supports CMake and QMake builds, and can hold several projects in one session with a chosen build order. Plugins add Git, Clang-Tidy, Heaptrack and Perforce.
- Best for
- C and C++ developers on Linux, Windows or macOS working across several linked projects at once
- Pricing
- No prices are shown on the captured page; it links to a download and asks for donations to KDE.
- Runs on
- Linux
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- First-class C, C++, Objective-C and QML support
- Parses the project on the fly for accurate code completion
- Open several projects in one session and set build order
- Qt docs, CMake help and man pages shown inside the editor
Trade-offs
- Python and PHP need optional plugins; C/C++ gets first-class support
- Only some parts of Qt's dialect are supported
- Newest release covered on the site is 5.6.1, from December 2020
- No licence or pricing information stated on the page
How KDevelop markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on KDevelop’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“KDevelop”
- Angle: Developer-first
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from KDevelop’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
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Where this comes from
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