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"''KDE libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community.''"[[Image:Konqi-win.png|frame|right|Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting Windows]]


The KDE on Windows Initiative is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to Windows.


"''KDE 4 libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community.''"[[Image:Konqi-win.png|frame|right|Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows]]
== Application installers ==


The [http://windows.kde.org/ KDE on Windows Initiative] is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to MS Windows. Currently supported versions of Windows are XP, Vista and 7.
=== Installers from application websites ===


__NOTOC__
* [https://www.digikam.org/download/binary#Windows digiKam]
==Overview==
* [https://kate-editor.org/get-it/ Kate & KWrite]
*[[/Presentations|Presentations]]
* [https://www.kdevelop.org/download KDevelop]
*[[/How to Help|How to Help / Join]]
* [https://community.kde.org/Kexi/Releases KEXI]
*[http://windows.kde.org windows.kde.org]
* [https://kile.sourceforge.io/download.php Kile]
*[[/Maintainers|Maintainers]] of Windows version of particular module or application
* [https://kmymoney.org/ KMymoney]
*[[/FAQ|Frequently answered questions]]
* [https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/ Krita]
* [https://marble.kde.org/install.php? Marble Virtual Globe]
* [http://download.kde.org/stable/umbrello/latest/ Umbrello UML Modeller]
* [https://rkward.kde.org/RKWard_on_Windows.html RKWard]
 
=== App Stores / Package Managers ===
 
* [https://apps.microsoft.com/search/publisher?name=KDE+e.V KDE Software in the Microsoft Store]
* [ms-windows-store://publisher/?name=KDE+e.V. Microsoft Store app link]  
 
* [https://chocolatey.org/profiles/KDE KDE Software at Chocolatey]
* WinGet, [https://winget.run/pkg/KDE package list via wingetdotrun]
 
== News ==
 
* Hannah von Reth: https://mastodon.social/@The2Ring
 
== Getting in touch ==
 
* Matrix: [https://go.kde.org/matrix/#/#kde-windows:kde.org #kde-windows] on kde.org
* IRC: [irc://irc.libera.chat/kde-windows #kde-windows] on Libera Chat


==User Installation==
* Mailing list:  [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] ([https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows  subscribe], [http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&r=1&w=2 archives])
*[[/Installation|Install KDE 4 on Windows]] using the KDE Installer for Windows


==Development==
==Development==
*[[Getting_Started/Build/Windows/emerge|Build KDE 4 on Windows]] using ''emerge''
*[[Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Windows|Build KDE on Windows]] using [[Craft]]
*[[Development/Tutorials/Debugging/Debugging_on_MS_Windows|Debugging on MS Windows]]
*[[/Debugging|Debugging on Windows]]
*TechBase pages related to MS Windows ports of KDE applications and libraries:
*[[/Development Workflow|Development Workflow]]
**[[/Missing features of kdelibs|Missing features of kdelibs]]
**[[Projects/PIM/MS_Windows|KDE PIM on MS Windows]]
**[[Projects/Digikam/MS_Windows|Digikam on MS Windows]]
*[[/Issues|Issues]]
**[[/Issues/emerge|Issues, thoughts and jobs for emerge]]
**[[/Issues/kdewin-installer|Issues and thoughts for KDEWin-Installer]]
**[[/Issues/MSVC|Using MSVC compiler, debugger and editor]]
*[[/Tools|Tools]] (required or useful)
*[[/Tools|Tools]] (required or useful)
*[[/Porting Guidelines|Porting Guidelines]]
*Source code in the KDE git: [https://invent.kde.org/packaging/craft-blueprints-kde Craft]
*[http://community.kde.org/KDE_Windows/Meetings Meetings]
*[[/How to Help|How to Help / Join]]
*[[/TODOs|TODOs]]
*[[Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/MicrosoftStore|Publishing KDE apps in the Microsoft Store]]
*[[/Windows CE|Windows CE]]


=== Information for application developers ===
=== Windows binaries ===
*[[/Compiling_Applications|Compiling (third party) KDE apps on Windows]]
[https://community.kde.org/Infrastructure/Continuous_Integration_System#Special_cases_and_job_artifacts KDE Continuous Integration] produces Windows binaries of several KDE app as "build artifacts"; these are collected in the Windows Qt 5.15 project, under [sidebar] > Deploy > Package registry, at https://invent.kde.org/teams/ci-artifacts/windows-qt5.15/-/packages . There are both "release" builds, and "main" or "master" builds that are built from latest code and are less stable. Note these are not packaged for use outside the CI system.
*[[/Packaging|Packaging / Distributing KDE apps on Windows]]


==Resources==
__NOTOC__
*[mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] mailing list: [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows  subscribe], [http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&r=1&w=2 archives]
*[irc://irc.freenode.net/kde-windows #kde-windows] channel on irc.freenode.net
*Source code in the KDE Subversion: [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/kdesupport/kdewin/ kdewin]
*Nightly builds: [http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/ dashboard]
 
==External Resources==
*Related blogs: [http://chehrlic.blogspot.com chehrlic], [http://saroengels.blogspot.com/ saroengels], [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/blog/104 jstaniek]
*[[/In the Press|KDE on Windows in the press]]
*[http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.6/deployment-windows.html Deploying a Qt Application on Windows] (qt.nokia.com)
*http://kdelibs.com (former KDElibs/Windows site, now outdated, aimed at ISVs)
 
[[Category:MS Windows]]

Latest revision as of 22:49, 29 February 2024

"KDE libraries and applications are available to you, no matter if you are a commercial developer, manager or free software hacker. You are invited to not only just use the toolkit - you can contribute your own solutions and improvements to the KDE community."

Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting Windows

The KDE on Windows Initiative is an ongoing project to port the KDE applications to Windows.

Application installers

Installers from application websites

App Stores / Package Managers

News

Getting in touch

Development

Windows binaries

KDE Continuous Integration produces Windows binaries of several KDE app as "build artifacts"; these are collected in the Windows Qt 5.15 project, under [sidebar] > Deploy > Package registry, at https://invent.kde.org/teams/ci-artifacts/windows-qt5.15/-/packages . There are both "release" builds, and "main" or "master" builds that are built from latest code and are less stable. Note these are not packaged for use outside the CI system.


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