Kile

Kile 2.9.91 under KDE 5.17
Developer(s)	Community
Stable release	2.1.3 / September 23, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-09-23)
Preview release	3.0b3 / October 19, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-10-19)
Repository	invent.kde.org/office/kile
Written in	C++ (KDELibs)
Operating system	Cross-platform (Mac OS X and Linux, POSIX-compatible Microsoft Windows)
Available in	Multilingual
Type	TeX/LaTeX editor
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	kile.sourceforge.net

Kile is a TeX/LaTeX editor to edit TeX/LaTeX source code. It runs on Unix-like systems including Mac OS X and Linux, as well as Microsoft Windows via the KDE on Windows initiative, with the Qt and KDE libraries installed.

Name and Pronunciation

Kile means tickle or wedge in Norwegian, the native language of some of the Qt developers.^{[citation needed]} As such, its proper pronunciation is /kiːlə/ and not /kaɪl/.

Features

Kile has many useful features needed to edit TeX/LaTeX source code, such as:^[1][2]

• One-click document compilation and display
• Auto-completion of (La)TeX commands
• Graphical lists of symbols for easy insertion
• Templates and wizards for new document creation
• Integration with the BibTeX bibliography manager