diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index af915a56..b9f6d4b6 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1706981411,
-        "narHash": "sha256-cLbLPTL1CDmETVh4p0nQtvoF+FSEjsnJTFpTxhXywhQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1710888565,
+        "narHash": "sha256-s9Hi4RHhc6yut4EcYD50sZWRDKsugBJHSbON8KFwoTw=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "652fda4ca6dafeb090943422c34ae9145787af37",
+        "rev": "f33900124c23c4eca5831b9b5eb32ea5894375ce",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1708294118,
-        "narHash": "sha256-evZzmLW7qoHXf76VCepvun1esZDxHfVRFUJtumD7L2M=",
+        "lastModified": 1710951922,
+        "narHash": "sha256-FOOBJ3DQenLpTNdxMHR2CpGZmYuctb92gF0lpiirZ30=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "e0da498ad77ac8909a980f07eff060862417ccf7",
+        "rev": "f091af045dff8347d66d186a62d42aceff159456",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/modules/apps/default.nix b/modules/apps/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bea99deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/apps/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ ... }:
+
+{
+  imports = [
+	./kate.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/apps/kate.nix b/modules/apps/kate.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c2314d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/apps/kate.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+
+
+let
+  cfg = config.programs.kate;
+  # compute kate's magic TabHandlingMode
+  # 0 is not tab & not undoByShiftTab
+  # 1 is tab & undoByShiftTab
+  # 2 is not tab & undoByShiftTab
+  tabHandlingMode = indentSettings:
+    if (!indentSettings.undoByShiftTab && !indentSettings.tabFromEverywhere) then 0 else
+    (
+      if (indentSettings.undoByShiftTab && indentSettings.tabFromEverywhere) then 1 else
+      2
+    );
+in
+{
+  options.programs.kate = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption ''
+      Enable configuration management for kate.
+    '';
+    editor = {
+      tabWidth = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "The width of a single tab (''\t) sign (in number of spaces).";
+        default = 4;
+        type = lib.types.int;
+      };
+
+      indent.showLines = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "Whether to show the vertical lines that mark each indentation level.";
+        default = true;
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+      };
+
+      indent.width = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "The width of each indent level (in number of spaces).";
+        default = cfg.editor.tabWidth;
+        type = lib.types.int;
+      };
+
+      indent.autodetect = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "Whether kate should try to detect indentation for each given file and not impose default indentation settings.";
+        default = true;
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+      };
+
+      indent.keepExtraSpaces = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "Whether additional spaces that do not match the indent should be kept when adding/removing indentation level. If these are kept (option to true) then indenting 1 space further (with a default of 4 spaces) will be set to 5 spaces.";
+        default = false;
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+      };
+
+      indent.replaceWithSpaces = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "Whether all indentation should be automatically converted to spaces.";
+        default = false;
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+      };
+
+      indent.backspaceDecreaseIndent = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "Whether the backspace key in the indentation should decrease indentation by a full level always.";
+        default = true;
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+      };
+
+      indent.tabFromEverywhere = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "Whether the tabulator key increases intendation independent from the current cursor position.";
+        default = false;
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+      };
+
+      indent.undoByShiftTab = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "Whether to unindent the current line by one level with the shortcut Shift+Tab";
+        default = true;
+        type = lib.types.bool;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config.assertions = [
+    {
+      assertion = cfg.editor.indent.undoByShiftTab || (!cfg.editor.indent.tabFromEverywhere);
+      message = "Kate does not support both 'undoByShiftTab' to be disabled and 'tabFromEverywhere' to be enabled at the same time.";
+    }
+  ];
+
+  config.programs.plasma.configFile."katerc" = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    "KTextEditor Document" = {
+      "Auto Detect Indent" = cfg.editor.indent.autodetect;
+      "Indentation Width" = cfg.editor.indent.width;
+      "Tab Handling" = (tabHandlingMode cfg.editor.indent);
+      "Tab Width" = cfg.editor.tabWidth;
+      "Keep Extra Spaces" = cfg.editor.indent.keepExtraSpaces;
+      "ReplaceTabsDyn" = cfg.editor.indent.replaceWithSpaces;
+    };
+
+    "KTextEditor Renderer" = {
+      "Show Indentation Lines" = cfg.editor.indent.showLines;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index bdd4393c..c872ce76 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     ./kwin.nix
     ./startup.nix
     ./panels.nix
+    ./apps
   ];
 
   options.programs.plasma.enable = lib.mkEnableOption ''
diff --git a/modules/files.nix b/modules/files.nix
index 335cc808..80567717 100644
--- a/modules/files.nix
+++ b/modules/files.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ let
     "dolphinrc"
     "ffmpegthumbsrc"
     "kactivitymanagerdrc"
+    "katerc"
     "kcminputrc"
     "kded5rc"
     "kdeglobals"