Infrastructure

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KDE software is hosted on infrastructure managed by the KDE Sysadmins. If needed, a ticket can be opened on https://go.kde.org/systickets.

Identity Accounts

All accounts in the KDE infrastructure are synchronized in a unified system called KDE Identity which is free to use.

Version Control

Git
The KDE projects are mostly using Git. The repositories can be browsed online via our Invent (GitLab).
Find our guidelines and information about the GitHub mirror.
SVN
Some projects such as i18n (to localize the programs) or some websites still use SVN. The repository can be browsed on https://websvn.kde.org/. Some guidelines could be found here.
Commit access
Find out how to get commit access.

Content distribution

In order to distribute and spread the software and other data produced by the community, KDE uses mainly two distribution networks.

Code quality

Before pushing code to the repositories, the community has to review it.

Reviews
The current used system is GitLab. Before May 2020, KDE used Phabricator, and before 2015, KDE used Review Board.
Project Management
Projects are still managed with Phabricator. This functionality will gradually be migrated to GitLab.
Continuous Building - Jenkins
To ensure high-quality, KDE software operates a continuous integration system, namely Jenkins.

Community communication

Blogging
KDE Developers are encouraged to blog about their actions. More information about blogging here.
Emails
KDE provides email aliases in @kdemail.net and @kde.org.
Communication channels
Several communication channels are maintained by KDE:
- Matrix
- IRC
- Mailing Lists
- Jabber

Documentation

User documentation
https://docs.kde.org has KDE user documentation in many languages.
API documentation
https://api.kde.org has documentation generated from source code using the KApiDox framework.
Develop
https://develop.kde.org documents the public libraries and scripting utilities for reuse by external developers.

Localization

Project Metadata

Misc