Kilk – an offline, native macOS code and text editor with encoding detection

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Age Rating

4+ Years

Category

Developer Tools

Developer

Oxin Studio Inc.

Language

EN + 3 More

Size

427 KB

Mac

Pay once, keep it. Kilk opens old Persian, Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic files correctly, brings back your work after a crash, and never touches the network.

Kilk is a fast, native Mac text and code editor for people who want a simple tool that works, with no account, no subscription and no data collection.

FILES IN ANY ENCODING Kilk recognizes old files that other editors turn into gibberish. That includes Persian and Arabic (Windows-1256), Simplified Chinese (GB18030), Traditional Chinese (Big5), Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Turkish and Central European, plus UTF-8 and UTF-16. If a file ever opens wrong, Reopen with Encoding reads it again the way you choose, and you can save in the encoding you need.

MADE FOR CODE • Syntax highlighting for about 30 languages, including Swift, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C, C++, C#, Java, Go, Rust, HTML, CSS, JSON, YAML, Markdown and SQL • Line numbers, bookmarks, Go to Line and bracket matching • Duplicate, move, delete and join lines • Colours tuned for both light and dark mode

TABS THAT STAY OUT OF THE WAY Open as many files as you like in one window. When the tabs don't fit, scroll through them or pick one from the list of all open tabs.

YOUR WORK IS SAFE • If Kilk ever quits unexpectedly, it brings back your unsaved changes • When another app changes an open file, Kilk reloads it, and asks first if you have edits • Kilk reopens the files you had open last time

PRIVATE BY DESIGN Kilk makes no network connections, collects nothing, and has no account or sign-in. Your files stay on your Mac.

ALSO • MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashes of a selection or the whole file • Typing Chinese, Japanese and Korean with an input method works smoothly, with no flicker while you choose characters • Built-in help and interface in English, Persian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese

Pay once and it's yours. Kilk receives updates through 2031.

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The developer does not collect any data from this app.

The developer, Oxin Studio Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later.

Languages English and 3 more English, Persian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Age Rating 4+ 4+

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Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.