KDE Applications

The KDE Applications Bundle is a set of applications and supporting libraries that are designed by the KDE community, primarily used on Linux based operating systems but mostly multiplatform, and released on a common release schedule.

KDE Applications
Original author(s)KDE
Developer(s)KDE
Initial releaseDecember 17, 2014 (2014-12-17)[1]
Stable release
20.12.2 (4 February 2021 (2021-02-04)[2]) [±]
Written inC++, QML
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD, et al.
Type
LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License
Websitekde.org/applications
Konsole, KDE's console, and Dolphin, KDE's file manager, two of KDE's core application windows

Previously the KDE Applications Bundle was part of the KDE Software Compilation. The bundle is composed of over 100 applications and is in the process of being ported from KDE Platform 4 to KDE Frameworks 5. 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.

The bundle includes KDE Applications and other applications developed by the KDE international free software community, and they are most grouped by how KDE itself uses them.[3]

List of applications part of the bundle

Development
KDE mascot Konqi and KDE software development applications.

Software development
  • Cervisia – CVS frontend
  • KAppTemplate – Template-based code project generator
  • Kate – a text editor for programmers. As of KDE 4, KEdit has been replaced by Kate &/or Kwrite.[4]
  • KBugBuster – KDE-centric bug manager
  • KCachegrind – a frontend for Valgrind
  • KDESvn – graphical Subversion client
  • KDevelop – an integrated development environment for multiple languages
  • KDiff3 – Diff/Patch frontend
  • Kommander – Dynamic dialog editor
  • Kompare – Diff/Patch frontend
  • Lokalize – a computer–aided translation system
  • Okteta - a hex editor
  • Poxml
  • Swappo
  • Massif Visualizer – Visualizer for Valgrind Massif data files[5]
  • Umbrello – UML diagram application[6]

Web development
  • KImageMapEditor – an HTML image map editor[7]
  • KXSLDbg – an XSLT debugger

Education
KDE mascot Konqi and KDE education applications.
KDE mascot Konqi and KDE science applications.
See also: KDE Education Project

Science
  • Cirkuit – An application to generate publication-ready figures[8]
  • KBibTeX – an application to manage bibliography databases in the BibTeX format
  • Semantik – a mindmapping-like tool for document generation[9][10]
  • RKWard – an easy to use, transparent frontend to R
KDE mascot Konqi and KDE game applications.
  • KTechLab - an IDE for electronic and PIC microcontroller circuit design and simulation

Games
  • Bomber – arcade Bombing Game
  • Bovo – Five–in–a–row Board Game
  • Granatier – a Bomberman clone
  • Kajongg – a Mahjong Board Game. Can play against robots or in multiplayer over network.
  • Kapman – Pac-Man Clone
  • KAtomic – a clone of the early 1990s commercial game Atomix
  • KBattleship – Battleship-style game
  • KBlackbox – Black–box logic game. Shoot rays into a black box to find some balls
  • KBlocks – a Tetris clone
  • KBounce – a JezzBall clone
  • KBreakout – a Breakout type game
  • KDiamond – a Bejeweled type game
  • KFourInLine – Four–in–a–row Board Game
  • KGoldrunner – Hunt Gold, Dodge Enemies and Solve Puzzles
  • Kigo – a Go Board Game
  • Kiriki – a Yahtzee game
  • KJumpingCube – a board game where players make boxes change color and try to succeed in taking over the board
  • KMahjongg – Mahjong solitaire
  • KMines – Minesweeper game
  • KNetWalk – a puzzle game. The player must arrange sections of wire to connect the computers
  • Knights – Chess board program[11]
  • Kolf – a Golf game
  • Kollision – a game of dexterity
  • GNUlactic Konquest – Galactic Strategy Game
  • KPatience – Patience Card Game
  • KReversi – Othello/Reversi game
  • KShisen
  • KsirK
  • KSpaceDuel
  • KSquares
  • KSudoku
  • KTron
  • KTuberling
  • Kubrick
  • LsKat
  • Palapeli

Toys
  • AMOR – Amusing Misuse Of Resources. Desktop creature
  • KTeaTime – Tea cooking timer
  • KTux
  • KWeather
KDE mascot Konqi and KDE graphics applications.

Graphics
KDE mascot Konqi and KDE internet applications.

Internet

Multimedia
KDE mascot Konqi and KDE multimedia applications.

Playback
  • Amarok – Audio player and music manager with numerous integrated features
  • Audex – an easy to use audio CD ripping application
  • Bangarang – a media player[16]
  • Dragon Player – a simple and usability–focused multimedia player (formerly known as Codeine)
  • JuK – Jukebox and music manager
  • Kaffeine – Multimedia player
  • KMPlayer – Video player plugin for Konqueror
  • KPlayer – Multimedia player and library
  • KRadio – an internet and AM/FM radio application[17]

Production
  • K3b – CD and DVD burning application
  • k3bISO – ISO manager
  • K9Copy – a DVD authoring program, similar to DVD Shrink
  • Kamoso – an application to take pictures and videos from webcam[18]
  • Kdenlive – Video editor
  • Kid3 – an MP3, Ogg/Vorbis and FLAC tag editor[19]
  • KMediaFactory – a template based DVD authoring tool[20]
  • KMix – Sound Mixer
  • KoverArtist – a program for the fast creation of covers for CD/DVD cases and boxes.[21]
  • Kubeplayer – a video player dedicated to play online videos.[22]
  • soundKonverter – a frontend to various audio converters
KDE mascot Konqi and KDE office applications.

Office
  • Kexi – a visual database creator
  • KEuroCalc – a currency converter and calculator
  • Kile – integrated LaTeX environment
  • KMyMoney – a personal finance manager
  • TaskJuggler – a project management tool
  • Skrooge – Personal finances manager[23]
  • LabPlot – a data plotting and analysis tool
  • LemonPOS – a point of sales application for small and mid–size business[24]
  • Tellico – a collection organizer

    • System
    • Apper, formerly called KPackageKit – Package Manager with support for several formats (e.g. .deb, rpm)
    • Dolphin – a navigational file manager
    • Filelight – a disk space viewer
    • katimon – an unofficial ATI graphics card temperature monitor
    • KBluetooth – Bluetooth connections
    • KCron – an application for scheduling programs to run in the background using cron
    • KDE Connect – Allows an Android device to wirelessly interact with the Linux Desktop through the network with interactions such as file sharing and turning your phone into a pc keyboard or touchpad.
    • KDE Partition Manager – a partition editor
    • KDE System Guard – an enhanced task manager and system monitor
    • KDiskFree – a disk space information utility
    • Kinfocenter – a system and computer information utility
    • Konsole – a terminal emulator
    • Krfb – a desktop sharing program
    • Krusader - an orthodox file manager
    • KSystemLog – a system log viewer
    • KWallet – a secure password manager
    • Printer Applet – system tray icon for managing print jobs
    • System Settings
    • Yakuake – drop-down terminal emulator (modeled after Quake's)[25][26]
    KDE mascot Konqi and KDE utility applications.

    Utilities
    • Ark – a file archiver
    • BasKet Note Pads – a multi–purpose note–taking application
    • KAlarm – a personal alarm scheduler
    • Kate – a Text editor for programmers
    • KBarcode4–light – a simple barcode generator
    • KCalc – a calculation application
    • KCharSelect – a character mapping tool
    • KFind – a file and folder finder
    • KFloppy – a floppy disk formatting tool
    • KGPG – a graphical frontend for GnuPG
    • Kleopatra – Certificate Manager and Unified Crypto GUI
    • KRename – Batch renaming of files
    • Krusader – a twin panel file manager
    • KTimer – a countdown launcher
    • KTimeTracker – a personal time tracker
    • KWrite – a text editor
    • Okteta – a hex editor
    • RSIBreak – Makes sure you rest now and then
    • Sweeper – a system cleaner

    Accessibility
    • KMag – a screen magnifying tool
    • KMouseTool – Automatic Mouse Click
    • KMouth – a speech synthesizer frontend

    Discontinued

    Unmaintained Applications[27]

    • Blogilo – a blogging client[28]
    • kdetv – TV viewer
    • Jovie – text to audible speech
    • KAppfinder – a menu updating tool
    • Karbon – a scalable graphics application
    • Katapult - a free application launcher
    • KAudioCreator – CD ripping and encoding[9]
    • KDM – a login manager
    • KEdit – a text editor, has been replaced by Kate &/or Kwrite[4]
    • KDirStat – a graphical disk usage utility (superseded by QDirStat or K4DirStat)[29][30]
    • KEduca - an educational software
    • KFileReplace – a file search and replace tool
    • KFTPGrabber – a graphical FTP client
    • KBFX - an application launcher
    • Kiosk Admin Tool – predefine desktop configurations
    • KLinkStatus – a link checker
    • KMess – an IM client[31]
    • KMid – MIDI and karaoke file (*.kar) player[32]
    • KMLDonkey – a graphical frontend for MLDonkey
    • KNC – a graphical orthodox file manager
    • KNemo – a network monitor
    • KNode – usenet newsgroups
    • KOffice – an office suite that was superseded by Calligra Suite
    • Komposé - a fullscreen task switcher
    • KPager – desktop pager
    • KPDF – a PDF viewer[33]
    • KPPP – an Internet dial–up tool
    • Kraft – a document creator for small businesses[34]
    • KRecipes – a cook book
    • KRemoteControl – remote Controls
    • KSame – color matching game
    • KSaoLaJi – a system cleaner[35]
    • KsCD – CD Player
    • KSig – signature app
    • KSnapshot – a screenshot tool
    • Kst – real-time large-dataset viewing and plotting tool[36]
    • KUIViewer – Qt Designer UI File Viewer
    • KUser – a user managing tool
    • Kwlan – a wireless LAN manager
    • KXDocker - an application launcher
    • Mailody - an e–mail client
    • QtParted – Partition editor
    • Quanta Plus – IDE for XML–based languages
    • RecordItNow – Record desktop[37]
    • Simon – Speech Recognition
    • SuperKaramba – desktop applets program

    Releases
    See also: KDE Software Compilation § Release cycle

    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.[38]

    KDE Applications Bundle release history
    Version Key feature Date
    Old version, no longer maintained: 14.12[1] Kate, Konsole, Gwenview, KAlgebra, Kanagram, KHangman, Kig, Parley, KApptemplate and Okteta ported to KDE Frameworks 5. 17 Dec 2014
    Old version, no longer maintained: 15.04[39] Rocs, Cantor, Kompare, Kdenlive and KDE Telepathy ported to KDE Frameworks 5. 15 Apr 2015
    Old version, no longer maintained: 15.08[40] Dolphin and Ark ported to KDE Frameworks 5. Technology preview of KF5-based Kontact suite. 19 Aug 2015
    Old version, no longer maintained: 15.12[41] KSnapshot was replaced by Spectacle, KTuberling, Klickety and KNavalBattle have also been updated to use KDE Frameworks 5. 16 Dec 2015
    Old version, no longer maintained: 16.04[42] New music education software (Minuet), KHelpCenter now part of KDE Applications, bugfixes to Kontact, Ark 20 Apr 2016
    Old version, no longer maintained: 16.08[43] Kolourpaint, Cervisia, KDiskFree, The Kontact Suite, Marble 18 Aug 2016
    Old version, no longer maintained: 16.12[44] Kwave; Okular, Konqueror, KGpg, KTouch and Kalzium ported to KDE Frameworks 5. 15 Dec 2016
    Old version, no longer maintained: 17.04[45] 20 Apr 2017
    Old version, no longer maintained: 17.08[46] 17 Aug 2017
    Old version, no longer maintained: 17.12[47] 14 Dec 2017
    Old version, no longer maintained: 18.04[48] 19 Apr 2018
    Old version, no longer maintained: 18.08[49] 16 Aug 2018
    Old version, no longer maintained: 18.12[50] 13 Dec 2018
    Old version, no longer maintained: 19.04[51] 18 Apr 2019
    Old version, no longer maintained: 19.08[52] 15 Aug 2019
    Old version, no longer maintained: 19.12[53] 12 Dec 2019
    Old version, no longer maintained: 20.04[54] 23 Apr 2020
    Old version, no longer maintained: 20.08[55] 13 Aug 2020
    Current stable version: 20.12[56] 10 Dec 2020
    Future release: 21.04
    Legend:
    Old version
    Older version, still maintained
    Latest version
    Latest preview version
    Future release

    See also

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