Kakoune vs TextMate: What are the differences?

Kakoune: Vim inspired — Faster as in less keystrokes — Multiple selections — Orthogonal design. Kakoune is a code editor heavily inspired by Vim, as such most of its commands are similar to vi’s ones Kakoune can operate in two modes, normal and insertion. In insertion mode, keys are directly inserted into the current buffer. In normal mode, keys are used to manipulate the current selection and to enter insertion mode.; TextMate: The Missing Editor for Mac OS X. TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

Kakoune and TextMate can be primarily classified as "Text Editor" tools.

Some of the features offered by Kakoune are:

• Multiple selections as a central way of interacting
• Powerful selection manipulation primitives
• Powerful text manipulation primitives

On the other hand, TextMate provides the following key features:

• Ability to Search and Replace in a Project
• Auto-Indent for Common Actions Like Pasting Text
• Auto-Pairing of Brackets and Other Characters

"Fast editing" is the primary reason why developers consider Kakoune over the competitors, whereas "Syntax highlighting" was stated as the key factor in picking TextMate.

Kakoune is an open source tool with 4.85K GitHub stars and 354 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Kakoune's open source repository on GitHub.