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| ItemModels
| KItemModels
| Models for Qt Model/View system
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| ItemViews
| KItemViews
| Widget addons for Qt Model/View
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KArchive
| KArchive
| File compression
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KCodecs
| KCodecs
| Text encoding
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KConfig
| KConfig
| Configuration system
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KCoreAddons
| KCoreAddons
| Addons to QtCore
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KDBusAddons
| KDBusAddons
| Addons to QtDBus
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KF5Umbrella
| KF5Umbrella
| CMake help to use KDE Frameworks
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KGlobalAccel
| KGlobalAccel
| Add support for global workspace shortcuts
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Integration
| Integration
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| KGuiAddons
| KGuiAddons
| Addons to QtGui
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KIdleTime
| KIdleTime
| Monitoring user activity
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Integration
| Integration
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| KImageFormats
| KImageFormats
| Addons to QtImageFormats
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KJS
| KJS
| Support for JS scripting in applications
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Functional
| Functional
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| KPlotting
| KPlotting
| Lightweight plotting framework
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KWidgetsAddons
| KWidgetsAddons
| Addons to QtWidgets
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KWindowSystem
| KWindowSystem
| Integration with X11 and window managers
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Integration
| Integration
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| Solid
| Solid
| Hardware integration and detection
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Integration
| Integration
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| Sonnet
| Sonnet
| Support for spellchecking
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Solution
| Solution
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| ThreadWeaver
| ThreadWeaver
| High-level multithreading framework
| Tier 1
| Tier 1
| Addon
| Addon
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| KDNSSD
| KDNSSD
| Abstraction to system DNSSD features
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| Integration
| Integration
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| KAuth
| KAuth
| Abstraction to system policy and authentication features
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| Integration
| Integration
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| KCompletion
| KCompletion
| Widgets with advanced auto-completion features
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| Addon
| Addon
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| KCrash
| KCrash
| Support for application crash analysis and bug report from apps
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| Integration
| Integration
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| KDocTools
| KDocTools
| Documentation generation from docbook
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| ??
| ??
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| KI18n
| KI18n
| Advanced internationalization framework
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| Addon
| Addon
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| KJobWidgets
| KJobWidgets
| Widgets for tracking KJob instances (provided by KCoreAddons)
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| Addon
| Addon
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| KNotifications
| KNotifications
| Abstraction for system notifications
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| Solution
| Solution
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| KWallet
| KWallet
| Secure and unified container for user passwords
| Tier 2
| Tier 2
| Solution
| Solution
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| KBookmarks
| KBookmarks
| Support for bookmarks and the XBEL format
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Addon
| Addon
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| KCMUtils
| KCMUtils
| Extra API to write KConfigModules
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Addon
| Addon
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| KConfigWidgets
| KConfigWidgets
| Extra widgets for easier configuration support
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Addon
| Addon
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| KDeclarative
| KDeclarative
| ??
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Addon
| Addon
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| KDED
| KDED
| Extensible deamon for providing system level services
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Solution
| Solution
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| KDESu
| KDESu
| Integration with su for elevated privileges
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| ??
| ??
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| KDEWebKit
| KDEWebKit
| KDE Integration for QtWebKit
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Integration
| Integration
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| KDEWidgets
| KDesignerPlugin
| Integration of our widgets in Qt Designer/Creator
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| ??
| ??
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| KEmoticons
| KEmoticons
| Support for emoticons and emoticons themes
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| ??
| ??
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| KIconThemes
| KIconThemes
| Support for icon themes
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Integration
| Integration
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| KInit
| KInit
| ??
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Solution
| Solution
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| KIO
| KIO
| Resource and network access abstraction
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Solution
| Solution
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| KJsEmbed
| KJsEmbed
| Embedded JS
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Addon
| Addon
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| KMediaPlayer
| KMediaPlayer
| Plugin interface for media player features
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| ??
| ??
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| KNewStuff
| KNewStuff
| Support for downloading application assets from the network
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| ??
| ??
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| KNotifyConfig
| KNotifyConfig
| Configuration system for KNotify
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| ??
| ??
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| KParts
| KParts
| Document centric plugin system
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Solution
| Solution
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| KPrintUtils
| KPrintUtils
| Extra features for QtPrintSupport
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Addon
| Addon
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| KPty
| KPty
| Pty abstraction
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| ??
| ??
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| Kross
| Kross
| Multi-language application scripting
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Solution
| Solution
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| KService
| KService
| Advanced plugin and service introspection
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Solution
| Solution
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| KTextWidgets
| KTextWidgets
| Advanced text editing widgets
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Addon
| Addon
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| KUnitConversion
| KUnitConversion
| Support for unit conversion
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Addon
| Addon
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| XmlGui
| XmlGui
| User configurable main windows
| Tier 3
| Tier 3
| Solution
| Solution
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| ApiDox
| ApiDox
| API documentation generation and assets for frameworks
| Tier 4
| Tier 4
| N/A
| N/A
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| FrameworkIntegration
| FrameworkIntegration
| Workspace and cross-framework integration plugins
| Tier 4
| Tier 4
| N/A
| N/A
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| KDE4Support
| KDE4Support
| Porting aid from KDELibs4
| Tier 4
| Tier 4
| N/A
| N/A
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| KFileAudioPreview
| KFileAudioPreview
| Plugin interface for audio previews
| Tier 4
| Tier 4
| N/A
| N/A
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| KHtml
| KHtml
| KHTML APIs
| Tier 4
| Tier 4
| Solution
| Solution

Revision as of 13:55, 5 January 2014

For a diagram view, see http://agateau.com/tmp/kf5

The list below is work in progress. Application developers: don't worry, we're working on finding maintainers (or just getting de-facto maintainers to write their name into the table).

Name Features Tier Type Platforms Maintainer
KItemModels Models for Qt Model/View system Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KItemViews Widget addons for Qt Model/View Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KArchive File compression Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms David Faure
KCodecs Text encoding Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KConfig Configuration system Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KCoreAddons Addons to QtCore Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KDBusAddons Addons to QtDBus Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms David Faure
KF5Umbrella CMake help to use KDE Frameworks Tier 1 Addon All CMake supported platforms Unmaintained
KGlobalAccel Add support for global workspace shortcuts Tier 1 Integration KDE Workspace Unmaintained
KGuiAddons Addons to QtGui Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KIdleTime Monitoring user activity Tier 1 Integration ?? Unmaintained
KImageFormats Addons to QtImageFormats Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KJS Support for JS scripting in applications Tier 1 Functional All platforms Bernd Buschinski
KPlotting Lightweight plotting framework Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KWidgetsAddons Addons to QtWidgets Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KWindowSystem Integration with X11 and window managers Tier 1 Integration ?? Unmaintained
Solid Hardware integration and detection Tier 1 Integration ?? Alex Fiestas
Sonnet Support for spellchecking Tier 1 Solution All Qt supported platforms Martin Sandsmark
ThreadWeaver High-level multithreading framework Tier 1 Addon All Qt supported platforms Mirko Boehm
KDNSSD Abstraction to system DNSSD features Tier 2 Integration ?? Unmaintained
KAuth Abstraction to system policy and authentication features Tier 2 Integration ?? Unmaintained
KCompletion Widgets with advanced auto-completion features Tier 2 Addon ?? Unmaintained
KCrash Support for application crash analysis and bug report from apps Tier 2 Integration ?? Unmaintained
KDocTools Documentation generation from docbook Tier 2 ?? ?? Unmaintained
KI18n Advanced internationalization framework Tier 2 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KJobWidgets Widgets for tracking KJob instances (provided by KCoreAddons) Tier 2 Addon All Qt supported platforms Unmaintained
KNotifications Abstraction for system notifications Tier 2 Solution ?? Unmaintained
KWallet Secure and unified container for user passwords Tier 2 Solution All Qt supported platforms. GPG backend only available with KDE runtime. Valentin Rusu
KBookmarks Support for bookmarks and the XBEL format Tier 3 Addon ?? Unmaintained
KCMUtils Extra API to write KConfigModules Tier 3 Addon ?? Unmaintained
KConfigWidgets Extra widgets for easier configuration support Tier 3 Addon ?? Unmaintained
KDeclarative ?? Tier 3 Addon ?? Unmaintained
KDED Extensible deamon for providing system level services Tier 3 Solution ?? Unmaintained
KDESu Integration with su for elevated privileges Tier 3 ?? ?? Unmaintained
KDEWebKit KDE Integration for QtWebKit Tier 3 Integration ?? Unmaintained
KDesignerPlugin Integration of our widgets in Qt Designer/Creator Tier 3 ?? ?? Unmaintained
KEmoticons Support for emoticons and emoticons themes Tier 3 ?? ?? Unmaintained
KIconThemes Support for icon themes Tier 3 Integration ?? Unmaintained
KInit ?? Tier 3 Solution ?? David Faure
KIO Resource and network access abstraction Tier 3 Solution ?? David Faure
KJsEmbed Embedded JS Tier 3 Addon ?? Unmaintained
KMediaPlayer Plugin interface for media player features Tier 3 ?? ?? Unmaintained
KNewStuff Support for downloading application assets from the network Tier 3 ?? ?? Unmaintained
KNotifyConfig Configuration system for KNotify Tier 3 ?? ?? Unmaintained
KParts Document centric plugin system Tier 3 Solution ?? David Faure
KPrintUtils Extra features for QtPrintSupport Tier 3 Addon ?? Unmaintained
KPty Pty abstraction Tier 3 ?? ?? Unmaintained
Kross Multi-language application scripting Tier 3 Solution ?? Unmaintained
KService Advanced plugin and service introspection Tier 3 Solution ?? David Faure
KTextWidgets Advanced text editing widgets Tier 3 Addon ?? Unmaintained
KUnitConversion Support for unit conversion Tier 3 Addon ?? Unmaintained
XmlGui User configurable main windows Tier 3 Solution ?? Unmaintained
ApiDox API documentation generation and assets for frameworks Tier 4 N/A ?? Unmaintained
FrameworkIntegration Workspace and cross-framework integration plugins Tier 4 N/A ?? Unmaintained
KDE4Support Porting aid from KDELibs4 Tier 4 N/A ?? Unmaintained
KFileAudioPreview Plugin interface for audio previews Tier 4 N/A ?? Unmaintained
KHtml KHTML APIs Tier 4 Solution All Qt supported platforms Martin Sandsmark