KDE Gear

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.

KDE Gear

Original author(s)	KDE
Developer(s)	KDE
Initial release	December 17, 2014; 8 years ago (2014-12-17)^[1]
Stable release	22.12^[2]  / 8 December 2022
Preview release	22.07.80^[3]  / 15 July 2022
Repository	invent.kde.org
Written in	C++, QML
Operating system	Linux, FreeBSD, et al.
Type	Application software
License	GNU Lesser General Public License
Website	apps.kde.org

Konsole, KDE's terminal application, and Dolphin, KDE's file manager, two of KDE's core applications

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.

Extragear

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.

List of applications part of the bundle

Development

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 As of KDE 4, KEdit has been replaced by Kate &/or Kwrite.^[6]
• 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^[7]
• Umbrello – UML diagram application^[8]

Web development

• KImageMapEditor – an HTML image map editor^[9]
• KXSLDbg – an XSLT debugger

Education

• blinKen – computerised version of the game Simon Says
• Cantor –worksheet view to other Free Software Math packages. GUI frontend to SageMath, Maxima, R and KAlgebra
• KAlgebra – a mathematical calculator based content markup MathML language
• Kalzium – Displays information about the periodic table of elements
• Kanagram – customizable anagram game
• KBruch – a program for generating tasks with vulgar fractions
• KGeography – a geography learning program
• KHangMan – classic hangman game
• Kig – Program for exploring geometric constructions
• Kiten – Japanese reference/learning tool
• KLettres – Helps to learn the alphabet and then to read some syllables in different languages
• KmPlot – mathematical function plotter
• KStars – a planetarium program
• KTouch – program for learning touch typing
• KTurtle – educational programming environment using turtle graphics
• KWordQuiz
• Marble – geographical map program
• Parley – a vocabulary trainer based on the Leitner system
• Step – an interactive physics simulator

See also: KDE Education Project

Science

• Cirkuit – An application to generate publication-ready figures^[10]
• KBibTeX – an application to manage bibliography databases in the BibTeX format
• Semantik – a mindmapping-like tool for document generation^[11][12]
• RKWard – an easy to use, transparent frontend to R

• 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^[13]
• 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

Graphics

• DigiKam – a cross-platform image organizer
• Gwenview – an image viewer
• KColorChooser – a color chooser
• KColorEdit – a color palette editor
• KFax – a faxing application
• KGrab – a screen grabbing program
• KGraphViewer – a Graphviz dot graph viewer
• KIconEdit – an icon editor
• KolourPaint – Small bitmap graphics editor (similar to Microsoft Paint)
• Konstruktor – LEGO CAD^[14]
• KPhotoAlbum – a digital photo and image manager
• KPovModeler – Modeling and composition program for creating POV-Ray scenes
• Krita – Digital painting and illustration suite
• KRuler – a screen ruler
• Spectacle - a screenshot tool
• Kuickshow – an image viewer
• Okular – a universal document viewer
• Skanlite – an image scanning application

Internet

• Kontact provides personal information management, backed by the Akonadi framework (including KMail, Akregator, etc.)
• Aki – an IRC client^[15]
• ChoqoK – a microblogging application^[16]
• KGet – a download manager
• KNetworkManager – a GUI for NetworkManager and supports both wired and wireless devices
• Konqueror – a File manager and web browser
• Konversation – a dedicated IRC client
• Kopete – Instant messaging
• KRDC – a remote desktop client
• KTorrent – a BitTorrent client
• KVIrc – a graphical IRC client
• KVpnc – a GUI for various virtual private network (VPN) clients
• Quassel IRC
• Rekonq – a lean web browser based on Webkit
• Smb4k – an SMB/CIFS share browser
• Falkon - a web browser using QtWebEngine, previously known as QupZilla^[17]
• Trojitá - a cross-platform email client

Multimedia

Playback

• Amarok – Audio player and music manager, includes support for web music services^[18]
• Audex – an easy to use audio CD ripping application
• Bangarang – a media player^[19]
• 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^[20]
• Elisa - Music player with simple, flexible interface

Production

• K3b – CD and DVD burning application
• k3bISO – ISO manager
• Kamoso – an application to take pictures and videos from webcam^[21]
• Kdenlive – Video editor
• Kid3 – an MP3, Ogg/Vorbis and FLAC tag editor^[22]
• KMediaFactory – a template based DVD authoring tool^[23]
• KMix – Sound Mixer
• KoverArtist – a program for the fast creation of covers for CD/DVD cases and boxes.^[24]
• Kubeplayer – a video player dedicated to play online videos.^[25]
• soundKonverter – a frontend to various audio converters

Office

• Kontact provides personal information management, backed by the Akonadi framework (including Akregator, KNode, KMail, etc.)
• The Calligra Suite provides an office suite, including
  • Calligra Flow – a flowchart and diagram editor
  • Calligra Plan – a project management tool
  • Calligra Sheets – Spreadsheet
  • Calligra Stage – Presentation application
  • Calligra Words – Word processor
• 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^[26]
• LabPlot – a data plotting and analysis tool
• LemonPOS – a point of sales application for small and mid–size business^[27]
• 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)^[28][29]

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^[30]

• Blogilo – a blogging client^[31]
• 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^[11]
• KDM – a login manager
• KEdit – a text editor, has been replaced by Kate &/or Kwrite^[6]
• KDirStat – a graphical disk usage utility (superseded by QDirStat or K4DirStat)^[32][33]
• 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^[34]
• KMid – MIDI and karaoke file (*.kar) player^[35]
• 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^[36]
• KPPP – an Internet dial–up tool
• Kraft – a document creator for small businesses^[37]
• KRecipes – a cook book
• KRemoteControl – remote Controls
• KSame – color matching game
• KSaoLaJi – a system cleaner^[38]
• KsCD – CD Player
• KSig – signature app
• KSnapshot – a screenshot tool
• Kst – real-time large-dataset viewing and plotting tool^[39]
• 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^[40]
• Simon – Speech Recognition
• SuperKaramba – desktop applets program

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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.^[41]

With the April 2021 release, the KDE Applications Bundle has been renamed to KDE Gear.^[4]

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^[42]	Rocs, Cantor, Kompare, Kdenlive and KDE Telepathy ported to KDE Frameworks 5.	15 Apr 2015
Old version, no longer maintained: 15.08^[43]	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^[44]	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^[45]	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^[46]	Kolourpaint, Cervisia, KDiskFree, The Kontact Suite, Marble	18 Aug 2016
Old version, no longer maintained: 16.12^[47]	Kwave; Okular, Konqueror, KGpg, KTouch and Kalzium ported to KDE Frameworks 5.	15 Dec 2016
Old version, no longer maintained: 17.04^[48]		20 Apr 2017
Old version, no longer maintained: 17.08^[49]		17 Aug 2017
Old version, no longer maintained: 17.12^[50]		14 Dec 2017
Old version, no longer maintained: 18.04^[51]		19 Apr 2018
Old version, no longer maintained: 18.08^[52]		16 Aug 2018
Old version, no longer maintained: 18.12^[53]		13 Dec 2018
Old version, no longer maintained: 19.04^[54]		18 Apr 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 19.08^[55]		15 Aug 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 19.12^[56]		12 Dec 2019
Old version, no longer maintained: 20.04^[57]		23 Apr 2020
Old version, no longer maintained: 20.08^[58]		13 Aug 2020
Old version, no longer maintained: 20.12^[59]		10 Dec 2020
Old version, no longer maintained: 21.04^[60]		22 Apr 2021
Old version, no longer maintained: 21.08^[61]		12 Aug 2021
Old version, no longer maintained: 21.12^[62]		9 Dec 2021
Current stable version: 22.04^[63]		21 Apr 2022
Current stable version: 22.08^[64]		18 Aug 2022
Current stable version: 22.12^[65]		8 Dec 2022
Legend: Old version Older version, still maintained Latest version Latest preview version Future release

See also

• List of GNOME applications

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External links

• Official website