The TatukGIS Developer Kernel (DK) is a full-fledged GIS development component (SDK) supporting a number of development platforms. The TatukGIS Editor is a ready-to-use, highly customizable, general-purpose GIS desktop application developed from the DK and sharing many of its features. The Editor contains a built-in scripting IDE exposing the full DK object API for the implementation of custom features or additional functionality. In many situations, either product could be used to develop the same custom application or solution.

The relative advantages and disadvantages of the Editor versus the DK for custom GIS development are described in knowledge base item KB10868.