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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
*[[/additional_software_needed|Additional Software]] that is needed for some programs to work properly


==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]]
*[[/Development Workflow|Development Workflow]]
*[[/Development Workflow|Development Workflow]]
*[[/Issues |Issues, TODOs, and status info]] (on individual apps, libraries, or other parts of the project)
*[[/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]]
*[[/Windows CE|Windows CE]]
*[[Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/MicrosoftStore|Publishing KDE apps in the Microsoft Store]]
*Source code in the KDE git: [http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=emerge.git emerge]


=== 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]]


===(Release) status info===
__NOTOC__
*Current release target is KDE 4.9 ([http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&m=134856419908374&w=2]). Recently it has been suggested to skip to 4.10, however ([http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-windows&m=135784778022201&w=2])
*Nightly builds (logs):
**[http://www.winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/release/ Release-Series]
**[http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/dashboard/ master]
 
== Qt5/KDE5 status ==
* update dbus to nightly branch
* get kdelibs building - what about split packages?
* use updated mingw
* disable dbusmenu-qt on Windows by default
* fix Qt5 dependencies on all packages
 
==Further reading, and support ressources==
*[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
*Related blogs: [http://aheinecke.blogspot.de/ aheinecke], [http://saroengels.blogspot.com/ saroengels], Not active: [http://chehrlic.blogspot.com chehrlic], [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/blog/104 jstaniek]
*[[/In the Press|KDE on Windows in the press]]
 
[[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.