Awesome KDE – Massive Collection of Resources – You Ever Wondered To Get

A curated list of awesome apps, extensions, modules, themes and tools for the KDE Desktop Environment.

KDE is a free software community dedicated to creating an open and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and a platform to easily build new applications upon.

Items marked with 📌 (push pin) are projects hosted on KDE’s own infrastructure and developed by the KDE community.

Contents

• Applications
• Customization
• Documentation
• Articles
• Communities

Applications

Internet & Networking

• Falkon – QtWebEngine based cross-platform web browser 📌.
• Konqueror – Uses the KHTML rendering engine (and optionally Webkit) so it supports the latest web standards such as HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, and others 📌.
• Qt WebBrowser – Qt WebBrowser is a browser for embedded devices developed using the capabilities of Qt and Qt WebEngine.
• Otter Browser – Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5.
• Firefox KDE – Standalone web browser from mozilla.org with OpenSUSE patch, integrate better with KDE.
• KGet – A versatile and user-friendly download manager 📌.
• KTorrent – A BitTorrent application which allows you to download files using the BitTorrent protocol 📌.
• qBittorrent – An advanced BitTorrent client programmed in C++, based on Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar.
• KMail – KMail is the email component of Kontact, the integrated personal information manager from KDE 📌.
• KDE Connect – A project to communicate across all your devices: receive your phone notifications on your desktop computer, control your desktop from your phone, etc 📌.
• GSConnect – A complete implementation of KDE Connect especially for GNOME Shell with Nautilus, Chrome and Firefox integration.
• Plasma-browser-integration – A suite of new features which make Firefox, Chrome and Chromium-based browsers work with your desktop 📌.
• KRDC – A client application that allows you to view or control a desktop session on another machine that is running a compatible server (VNC & RDP) 📌.
• Konversation – A user-friendly Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client built on the KDE Platform 📌.
• Akregator – Enables you to follow news sites, blogs and other RSS/Atom-enabled websites 📌.
• KNetworkManager – A KDE client for the back end NetworkManager software 📌.
• Smb4K – Advanced Network Neighborhood Browser and Samba Share Mounting Utility 📌.

Graphics & Imaging

• Gwenview – A fast and easy to use image viewer by KDE 📌.
• Okular – A universal document viewer 📌.
• Spectacle – An application for capturing desktop screenshots 📌.
• KolourPaint – A simple painting program to quickly create raster images. It is useful as a touch-up tool and simple image editing tasks 📌.
• Krita – Painting tool designed for concept artists, illustrators, matte and texture artists, and the VFX industry 📌.
• digiKam – Professional Photo Management with the Power of Open Source 📌.
• KColorChooser – A simple application to select the color from the screen or from a pallete 📌.

Multimedia

• Amarok – Amarok is a powerful music player for Linux, Unix and Windows with an intuitive interface 📌.
• Kdenlive – A non-linear video editor for Linux using the MLT video framework.
• SMPlayer – Media player with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats.
• Elisa – A music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use 📌.
• KMix – A sound channel mixer and volume control 📌.
• KWave – A sound editor built on the KDE Frameworks 5 📌.

Office & Productivity

• Calligra – Includes efficient and capable office components 📌.
• Kate – A multi-document, multi-view text editor by KDE 📌.
• KWrite – A text editor by KDE, based on the KDE Frameworks editor component 📌.
• Kronometer A stopwatch application for KDE 📌.
• RSIBreak – RSIBreak can be used to remind you to take a break now and then 📌.

System Administration

• Dolphin – File manager included in the KDE desktop 📌.
• Discover – Intended for users and distros where the terminal isn’t the optimal solution for installation of apps and add-ons or updates 📌.
• Konsole – Terminal emulator included in the KDE desktop 📌.
• Yakuake – A drop-down terminal emulator based on KDE’s Konsole technology 📌.
• KDiskFree – Displays the available file devices (hard drive partitions, drives, etc.) along with information on their capacity, free space, type and mount point 📌.
• KInfoCenter – A utility that provides detailed information about a computer system 📌.
• KSystemLog – A system log viewer tool 📌.
• Sweeper – Sweeper helps to clean unwanted traces the user leaves on the system and to regain disk space removing unused temporary files 📌.
• Kup – A backup scheduler for KDE’s Plasma desktop.
• Krusader – An advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE 📌.

Utilities & Tools

• Ark – Archiving Tool 📌.
• KFind – A standalone search tool, launched by KRunner or from your menu. It is also integrated into Konqueror as “Find File” in the “Tools” menu 📌.
• KFontview – An application to view and install different types of fonts 📌.
• KDE Wallet Manager – Manage the passwords on KDE systems. The KDE wallet subsystem allows access and password management of every application that integrates with the KDE wallet 📌.
• KeePassXC – Cross-platform community-driven port of Keepass password manager.
• QtPass – A multi-platform GUI for pass.
• Android File Transfer – Reliable MTP client with minimalistic UI.
• KRename – A utility to rename multiple files 📌.
• KWin-lowlatency – An attempt to reduce latency and stuttering in the popular KWin compositor used in KDE.
• Yin-Yang – Auto Night-mode for Linux.
• fancontrol-gui – GUI for fancontrol which is part of lm_sensors.
• Wacom GUI – Python/PyQt Wacom GUI for KDE.

Development & Programming

• KDevelop – A cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP 📌.
• Kompare – A diff/patch frontend 📌.
• Qt Designer – Qt tool for designing and building graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with Qt Widgets.
• Umbrello – UML Modeller is a Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagram program based on KDE Technology 📌.
• Okteta – Hex Editor 📌.

Education

• KTurtle – An educational programming environment that aims to make learning how to program as easy as possible 📌.
• LabPlot – Interactive graphing and analysis of scientific data 📌.

Customization

Plasma desktop

Extensions

• Latte-Dock – Latte is a dock based on Plasma frameworks that provides an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids 📌.
• Kvantum – An SVG-based theme engine for Qt4/Qt5, KDE and LXQt, with an emphasis on elegance, usability and practicality.
• Window Title Applet – Plasma 5 applet that shows the current window title and icon in your panels.
• Hoppla – KDE Plasma desktop widget to control Philips Hue lights.
• Places Widget – Plasma 5 widget that gives access to user places.
• Window AppMenu Applet – Plasma 5 applet in order to show the window appmenu.
• Dynamic Wallpaper Engine – A wallpaper plugin that continuously updates the desktop background based on the current time in your location.

KCM Modules and Systems

• kde-gtk-config – GTK2 and GTK3 Configurator for KDE 📌.
• kcm-wacomtablet – KDE GUI for the Wacom Linux Drivers 📌.
• kded_rotation – A small, hacky KDED module for handling automatic screen rotation on tablets and hybrid laptops.

Themes

• Adapta KDE – A port of the popular GTK theme Adapta for Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras.
• Arc KDE – A port of the popular GTK theme Arc for Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras.
• Materia KDE – A port of the popular GTK theme Materia for Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras.
• Helium – A translucent theme for Plasma 5.
• Breath – Breath Theme for Manjaro Linux (Plasma 5).
• Hello – A compilation of various color-schemes, themes, icons and more for the KDE Plasma desktop. It is unopinionated, putting you in charge.
• McMojave – A MacOSX Mojave like theme for KDE Plasma desktop.
• Canta – A flat design theme for KDE Plasma desktop.
• Darkine KDE – Theme for KDE Plasma 5 desktop, SDDM and more.
• Qogir – A flat design theme for KDE Plasma desktop.
• Layan – A flat design theme for KDE Plasma desktop.
• ChromeOS – A materia Design theme for KDE Plasma desktop.

Qt and GTK+ Applications Appearance

• breeze-gtk – A GTK Theme Built to Match KDE’s Breeze 📌.
• Breeze10 – A Windows 10 style windows decoration for KDE Plasma.
• SierraBreeze – OSX-like window decoration for KDE Plasma written in C++.
• Akava-Kv – User oriented Kvantum theme for KDE.
• BreezeBlurred – A fork of KDE Breeze window decoration written in Qt C++.
• BreezeEnhanced – A fork of KDE Breeze decoration with additional options.
• KDE-Rounded-Corners –
  Rounds the corners of your windows.
• Sweet KDE – A dark and modern theme for KDE plasma.
• XBoomer – XP Window Decorations for KDE Plasma.
• Chrome-KDE5BreezeDark – A theme for Chrome on KDE5 when using the Breeze Dark window decoration.

Icons

• Papirus – Material icon theme, initially based on Paper.
• Antu – A smooth icon theme designed for Plasma Desktop.
• Zafiro – Minimalist icons created with the flat-desing technique, utilizing washed out colors and always accompanied by white. The priority is simplicity.
• La Capitaine – Icon pack with inspiration taken from the latest iterations of macOS and Google’s Material Design.
• Tela – A flat colorful Design icon theme.
• Flatery – Icon theme for Linux in flat style.
• Candy – Sweet gradient icons.

Cursors

• Bibata – Material Based Cursor Theme.
• Capitaine – An x-cursor theme inspired by macOS and based on KDE Breeze.

Scripts

• kwin-tiling – Tiling script for kwin.
• Grid-Tiling-Kwin – A kwin script that automatically tiles windows.
• Kröhnkite – A dynamic tiling extension for KWin.

Display Manager

• Chili – The hottest login theme around for KDE Plasma 5.
• Delicious – A delicious SDDM theme for DE collectors/addicts.
• Sugar Candy – The sweetest login theme available for the SDDM display manager.

Documentation

• KDE Wikis – The KDE wikis are a source of information and documentation for the KDE desktop, applications, teams, events and more 📌.
• ArchWiki – Arch Linux KDE Wiki.
• Gentoo Wiki – Gentoo KDE Wiki.

Articles

• KDE.news – The official KDE news website 📌.
• Planet KDE – Blogs of KDE contributors 📌.
• Phoronix – Phoronix KDE News Archives.
• Nate Graham’s Blog – Adventures in Linux and KDE.
• Nico’s Blog – Programmer from Germany that is working on KDE.
• Kai Uwe’s Blog – Stories of a Plasma developer.

Communities

• Kreddit – KDE Community on Reddit.
• KDE Store – Official KDE Store for developers to share Plasma customizations 📌.
• Stack Overflow – Questions tagged with kde.

Source : GitHub

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