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Plasma

The next generation desktop for Linux

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Plasma

KDE Applications

Powerful, multi-platform and for all

Use KDE software to surf the web, keep in touch with colleagues, friends and family, manage your files, enjoy music and videos; and get creative and productive at work. The KDE community develops and maintains more than 200 applications which run on any Linux desktop, and often other platforms too.

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Krita

Krita

Get creative and draw beautiful artwork with Krita. A professional grade painting application.

Krita screenshot
Kdenlive

Kdenlive

Kdenlive allows you to edit your videos and add special effects and transitions.

Kdenlive Screenshot
Kontact

Kontact

Handle all your emails, calendars and contacts within a single window with Kontact.

Kontact Screenshot
Kdevelop

Kdevelop

KDevelop is a cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP

KDevelop Screenshot
GCompris

GCompris

GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10.

GCompris Screenshot

Devices

Buy a computer with Plasma preinstalled

Pinebook Pro

Pinebook Pro

The Pinebook Pro is an affordable ARM powered laptop. It is modular and hackable in a way that only an Open Source project can be.

KDE Slimbook

KDE Slimbook

The Slimbook is a shiny, sleek and good looking laptop that can do any task thanks to its powerful AMD Ryzen processor.

Kubuntu Focus

KFocus

The Kubuntu Focus laptop is a high-powered, workflow-focused laptop which ships with Kubuntu installed.

Other hardware manufacturers are selling devices with Plasma. See all devices

Announcements

Thursday, 16 September 2021

Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition Beta

Thursday, 16 September 2021 This is the Beta release of Plasma - 25th Anniversary Edition. To make sure that end-users have the best possible experience with the next version of Plasma, KDE is releasing today this test version of the software. Read More
Saturday, 11 September 2021

KDE Ships Frameworks 5.86.0

KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.86.0. Read More
Thursday, 2 September 2021

KDE Gear 21.08.1

Over 120 individual programs plus dozens of programmer libraries and feature plugins are released simultaneously as part of KDE Gear. Read More
Tuesday, 31 August 2021

KDE Plasma 5.22.5, Bugfix Release for August

Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5. Read More
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The KDE Community

An international team developing and distributing Open Source software.

Our community has developed a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment. We have a strong focus on finding innovative solutions to old and new problems, creating a vibrant, open atmosphere for experimentation.

Group photo of LaKademy 2018
LaKademy 2018 - Salvador, Brazil
Plasma Sprint
Plasma Sprint - Berlin, Germany
KDE goals
KDE Goals
KDenlive Sprint group photo
Kdenlive Sprint - Paris, France
Conf.KDE.in group photo
conf.kde.in - Delhi, India
KDE GSoC students group photo
Google Summer of Code Students
LaKademy 2018 group photo
Lakademy - Florianopolis, Brazil
KDE Connect Sprint
KDE Connect Sprint - Barcelona