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-based operating systems but mostly multiplatform, and released on a common release schedule. The bundle is composed of over 100 applications. Examples of prominent applications in the bundle include the file manager

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, document viewer

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, text editor Kate, archiving tool

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and terminal emulator

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. Previously the KDE Applications Bundle was part of the

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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,

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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

Web development

* KImageMapEditor – an HTML image map editor * KXSLDbg – an XSLT debugger

Education

Science

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

KTechLab KTechLab is an IDE for electronic and PIC microcontroller circuit design and simulation; it is a circuit designer with auto-routing and a simulator of common electronic components and logic elements. KTechLab is free and open-source software l ...

- an IDE for electronic and PIC microcontroller circuit design and simulation

Games

Toys

* AMOR – Amusing Misuse Of Resources. Desktop creature * KTeaTime – Tea cooking timer * KTux * KWeather

Graphics

Internet

Multimedia

Playback

Production

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

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tool ** Calligra Sheets –

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** Calligra Stage – Presentation application **

Calligra Words Calligra Words is a word processor, which is part of Calligra Suite and developed by KDE as free software. History When the Calligra Suite was formed, unlike the other Calligra applications Words was not a continuation of the corresponding ...

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Kexi Kexi is a visual database applications creator tool by KDE, designed to fill the gap between spreadsheets and database solutions requiring more sophisticated development. Kexi can be used for designing and implementing databases, data inserting ...

– a visual database creator * KEuroCalc – a currency converter and calculator * Kile – integrated

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environment * KMyMoney – a personal finance manager *

TaskJuggler TaskJuggler is GPL-licensed ( free software) project management software that runs under the Linux and Unix operating systems and is programmed in C++ using the Qt toolkit and KDE libraries. The TaskJuggler Project was started in 2001 by Chri ...

– a

tool * Skrooge – Personal finances manager *

LabPlot LabPlot is a free software and cross-platform computer program for interactive scientific graphing and data analysis, written for the KDE desktop. It is similar to Origin and is able to import Origin's data files. History and perspective LabPl ...

– a data plotting and analysis tool * LemonPOS – a point of sales application for small and mid–size business * Tellico – a collection organizer

System

Utilities

Accessibility

* KMag – a screen magnifying tool * KMouseTool – Automatic Mouse Click * KMouth – a speech synthesizer frontend

Discontinued

Unmaintained Applications

Releases

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. With the April 2021 release, the KDE Applications Bundle has been renamed to KDE Gear.

References

External links

* {{KDE KDE applications Utilities for Linux Utilities for macOS Utilities for Windows