plasma-desktop

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Plasma Desktop is the desktop-specific layer of KDE's Plasma environment, providing widgets, system settings modules and other components for Linux desktops.

ApplicationCategory: Desktop Apps · Desktop environmentsPricing unknowndata checked Oct 15, 2026

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Overview

Plasma Desktop is the desktop form factor of KDE's Plasma workspace. It contains the widgets, KDE Control Modules (KCMs) and other interface parts that shape how a desktop computer looks and behaves, such as panels, desktop icons and system settings pages. The repository holds only code specific to the desktop, while shared functionality lives in Plasma Workspace, libplasma and related projects under the KDE Plasma group. The project is built with kdesrc-build and accepts contributions through KDE Invent, where developers can send merge requests and translators can help localize the interface. It is intended for developers and contributors working on the KDE Plasma desktop, as well as Linux users who want to understand or modify the components behind their desktop environment.

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invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop ↗
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Build from source: no validated build recipe — follow the repository instructions.
github.com/KDE/plasma-desktop ↗

Compatibility

Unknown means no evidence was found — not that the product is incompatible.

Platform	Status	Architecture	Evidence	Confidence
Windows	Unknown	—	—	—
macOS	Unknown	—	—	—
Linux	Compatible	—	Declared on the card	—

Releases

checked Oct 29, 2026

No releases found on the source.

Quality profile

algorithm quality-v1.0 · assessed Oct 15, 2026

Quality Score64

Risk Score10

Confidence 1.00

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Score components

Maintenance · 2020

last activity 0 days ago

Documentation · 1515

README 2600 chars, description present

Ready to use · 150

install instructions: no; releases: no

Metadata · 105

2/4 of description, homepage, license, topics

Releases · 102

0 release(s)

Category confidence · 1010

classifier confidence 1

Adoption · 108

1370 stars (log-dampened, 10k = max)

License clarity · 52

unclassified license "Other"

Community · 53

issues disabled/unknown, 157 forks

License

License unknown

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github.com/KDE/plasma-desktopPrimary★ 1,370 starslast activity Oct 15, 2026Primary repository · Confidence 1.00

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