The programming languages listed on this page have built-in support in kakoune through the use of rc files.

This encompass such common operations as highlighting, indenting, tagging, building, debugging…

For a list of linters and formatters that may be used alongside the support languages, refer to the Lint and Format pages, respectively.

• Name: points to the source file of the related kak script.
• Alt File: the script creates an alt command to switch between related buffers, for example switching between .c and .h files in C.
• Linting: linting is available through third-party programs, documented on the given link
• Formatting: automatic formatting is available through third-party programs, documented on the given link

• stylus
• typescript
• crystal
• elvish
• Context Free Art (CFDG)
• Mint
• Pixilang