Original author(s) | KDE |
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Developer(s) | KDE |
Initial release | December 17, 2014 [1] |
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Written in | C++, QML |
Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, et al. |
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License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
Website | apps |
The KDE Gear (also known as the KDE Applications Bundle or KDE Applications) is a set of applications and supporting libraries that are developed by the KDE community, [4] primarily used on Linux-based operating systems but mostly multiplatform, and released on a common release schedule.
The bundle is composed of over 100 applications. Examples of prominent applications in the bundle include the file manager Dolphin, document viewer Okular, text editor Kate, archiving tool Ark and terminal emulator Konsole. [5]
Previously the KDE Applications Bundle was part of the KDE Software Compilation.
Software that is not part of the official KDE Applications bundle can be found in the "Extragear" section. They release on their own schedule and feature their own versioning numbers. There are many standalone applications like KTorrent, Krita or Amarok that are mostly designed to be portable between operating systems and deployable independent of a particular workspace or desktop environment. Some brands consist of multiple applications, such as Calligra Office Suite or KDE Kontact. There are several options for obtaining and installing KDE applications under Linux. Moreover, most of the KDE platform and applications have been ported to OpenBSD and NetBSD. While prior editions of KDE were often seen on other flavors of Unix, such as Solaris,the popularity of the open source alternatives running on a wide range of hardware (having been ported to nearly every RISC and x86 64 processors) has made KDE projects on similar OSs less obvious.[ citation needed ]
KDE SDK [6] [7] is a collection of two dozen distinct integrated (both within the SDK but also with other KDE applications, e.g. many work with Dolphin, the default file manager) applications and components that work with/are part of KDevelop, [8] and is suitable for general purpose software development in a range of languages. It provides the tooling used to engineer KDE, and is particularly rich in tools to support Qt and C++ development, as well as the more fashionable Rust, Python, etc.
Various other packages are being built for testing on Android, although plans for some of the core parts of the SDK (e.g. Kate) have not been announced.
KDebugSettings [44]
Dferry D-Bus library and tools [46] CuteHMI Open-source HMI (Human Machine Interface) software written in C++ and QML.
Unmaintained Applications [68]
The KDE Applications Bundle is released every four months and has bugfix releases in each intervening month. A date-based version scheme is used, which is composed of the year and month. A third digit is used for bugfix releases. [79]
With the April 2021 release, the KDE Applications Bundle has been renamed to KDE Gear. [4]
KDE Applications Bundle release history | ||
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Version | Key feature | Date |
[1] | 14.12Kate, Konsole, Gwenview, KAlgebra, Kanagram, KHangman, Kig, Parley, KApptemplate and Okteta ported to KDE Frameworks 5. | 17 Dec 2014 |
[80] | 15.04Rocs, Cantor, Kompare, Kdenlive and KDE Telepathy ported to KDE Frameworks 5. | 15 Apr 2015 |
[81] | 15.08Dolphin and Ark ported to KDE Frameworks 5. Technology preview of KF5-based Kontact suite. | 19 Aug 2015 |
[82] | 15.12KSnapshot was replaced by Spectacle, KTuberling, Klickety and KNavalBattle have also been updated to use KDE Frameworks 5. | 16 Dec 2015 |
[83] | 16.04New music education software (Minuet), KHelpCenter now part of KDE Applications, bugfixes to Kontact, Ark | 20 Apr 2016 |
[84] | 16.08Kolourpaint, Cervisia, KDiskFree, The Kontact Suite, Marble | 18 Aug 2016 |
[85] | 16.12Kwave; Okular, Konqueror, KGpg, KTouch and Kalzium ported to KDE Frameworks 5. | 15 Dec 2016 |
[86] | 17.0420 Apr 2017 | |
[87] | 17.0817 Aug 2017 | |
[88] | 17.1214 Dec 2017 | |
[89] | 18.0419 Apr 2018 | |
[90] | 18.0816 Aug 2018 | |
[91] | 18.1213 Dec 2018 | |
[92] | 19.0418 Apr 2019 | |
[93] | 19.0815 Aug 2019 | |
[94] | 19.1212 Dec 2019 | |
[95] | 20.0423 Apr 2020 | |
[96] | 20.0813 Aug 2020 | |
[97] | 20.1210 Dec 2020 | |
[98] | 21.0422 Apr 2021 | |
[99] | 21.0812 Aug 2021 | |
[100] | 21.129 Dec 2021 | |
[101] | 22.0421 Apr 2022 | |
[102] | 22.0818 Aug 2022 | |
[103] | 22.128 Dec 2022 | |
[104] | 23.0420 Apr 2023 | |
[105] | 23.0824 Aug 2023 | |
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