Install latest/stable of kode

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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Details for kode

Package name

  • kode

License

  • unset

Last updated

  • 1 July 2026 - latest/stable
  • 1 July 2026 - latest/candidate

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TUI code editor

Kode is a terminal-first code editor packaged from the repository's Gradle distBundle task. The snap ships the unzipped distribution bundle plus a bundled JRE 21. kode edit <folder-path> to start editing project in the given folder

kode cat filename to print the file in the console using line numbers and simple syntax highlighting (keywords)

Remote gateway mode (beta), starts Kode as an web app server, runs on the local machine rendering the local project accessible through a web interface on a remote machine kode serve [options] <folder-name>. Which uses a fork of ttyd with enhanced security features. The gateway options are accessible through kode serve -h


Install kode on your Linux distribution

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