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KDE is an international free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-known products include the Plasma Desktop (the default desktop environment on many Linux distributions), Frameworks and a range of cross-platform applications like Krita or digiKam designed to run on Unix and Unix-like desktops, Microsoft Windows, and Android.
Products
KDE Core projects
- KDE Frameworks - Qt-based software stacks or applications
- KDE Plasma - Desktop Environment
- KWin - Window Manager
- Phonon - Multimedia API
- KHTML – HTML rendering engine, forked into WebKit in 2004
- KJS - JavaScript engine
- KIO – Extensible network-transparent file access
- KParts – Lightweight in-process graphical component framework
- XMLGUI – Allows defining UI elements, such as menus and toolbars via XML files
- Solid – Device integration framework
- Sonnet – Spell checker
- ThreadWeaver – Library to use multiprocessor systems more effectively
KDE Applications
Including:
- Ark – Archiving tool
- Dragon Player – Media player.
- Dolphin – File manager
- Gwenview – Image viewer
- Kate – Text editor
- Konsole – Terminal emulator
- Kontact – Personal information manager featuring an e-mail client, a news client, a feed aggregator, to-do lists, etc.
- Konqueror – Web browser and File manager
- Kopete – Instant messaging client
- Krita – Raster graphics editor for Digital painting
- Kdenlive – Video editing software
Mascots
The KDE community's major mascot is a green dragon named Konqi.
Besides, the KDE community presents another mascot named Katie in 2010 for the KDE women's community.
Current version designed by Tyson Tan
Konqi's current appearance is a redesigned work coming with the release of Plasma 5, with Tyson Tan's entry winning the redesign competition on the KDE Forums. Katie's appearance was also redesigned by Tyson Tan.
Previous version designed by Stefan Spatz
