<s>
The	O
KDE	B-Application
Gear	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
Applications	O
Bundle	O
or	O
KDE	B-Application
Applications	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
applications	O
and	O
supporting	O
libraries	O
that	O
are	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
community	I-Application
,	O
primarily	O
used	O
on	O
Linux-based	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
but	O
mostly	O
multiplatform	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
a	O
common	O
release	O
schedule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
prominent	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
bundle	O
include	O
the	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
Dolphin	B-Application
,	O
document	O
viewer	O
Okular	B-Language
,	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
Kate	B-Application
,	O
archiving	O
tool	O
Ark	B-Language
and	O
terminal	O
emulator	O
Konsole	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previously	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
Applications	O
Bundle	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
KDE	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Compilation	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
KDE	B-Application
Applications	O
bundle	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Extragear	O
"	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
standalone	O
applications	O
like	O
KTorrent	B-Language
,	O
Krita	B-Application
or	O
Amarok	B-Language
that	O
are	O
mostly	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
portable	O
between	O
operating	O
systems	O
and	O
deployable	O
independent	O
of	O
a	O
particular	O
workspace	O
or	O
desktop	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
brands	O
consist	O
of	O
multiple	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Calligra	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Suite	I-Application
or	O
KDE	B-Language
Kontact	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
options	O
for	O
obtaining	O
and	O
installing	O
KDE	B-Application
applications	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
platform	O
and	O
applications	O
have	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
NetBSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
prior	O
editions	O
of	O
KDE	B-Application
were	O
often	O
seen	O
on	O
other	O
flavors	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Solaris	B-Application
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
alternatives	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
hardware	O
(	O
having	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
nearly	O
every	O
RISC	B-Architecture
and	O
x86	B-Device
64	I-Device
processors	O
)	O
has	O
made	O
KDE	B-Application
projects	O
on	O
similar	O
OSs	O
less	O
obvious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
applications	O
listed	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	O
,	O
and	O
increasingly	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
Windows	O
software	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
store	O
,	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
or	O
from	O
individual	O
project	O
sites	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
has	O
nightly	O
releases	O
of	O
Windows	O
32	O
and	O
64	O
bit	O
software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okular	B-Language
Document	O
and	O
Ebook	O
Viewer	O
(	O
PDF	O
,	O
EPUB	O
,	O
DJVU	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Linux	B-Application
users	O
can	O
simply	O
install	O
some	O
or	O
all	O
of	O
KDE	B-Application
using	O
their	O
distribution	O
's	O
software	B-Application
repository	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
SDK	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
two	O
dozen	O
distinct	O
integrated	O
(	O
both	O
within	O
the	O
SDK	O
but	O
also	O
with	O
other	O
KDE	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
many	O
work	O
with	O
Dolphin	B-Application
,	O
the	O
default	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
)	O
applications	O
and	O
components	O
that	O
work	O
with/are	O
part	O
of	O
KDevelop	B-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
suitable	O
for	O
general	O
purpose	O
software	O
development	O
in	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
the	O
tooling	O
used	O
to	O
engineer	O
KDE	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
particularly	O
rich	O
in	O
tools	O
to	O
support	O
Qt	O
and	O
C++	B-Language
development	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
more	O
fashionable	O
Rust	O
,	O
Python	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
SDK	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
macOS	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
BSD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
KDE	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
,	O
prebuilt	O
,	O
including	O
nightly	O
releases	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Mac	O
OS	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
via	O
AppImage	O
,	O
AppStream	O
or	O
Flathub	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Snap	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
via	O
most	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
package	O
managers	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
via	O
KDE	B-Application
Gitlab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
installers	O
for	O
production/released	O
version	O
of	O
Kate	B-Application
,	O
KDevelop	B-Language
and	O
Umbrello	O
are	O
available	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
via	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
KDE	B-Application
applications	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Kirigami	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
built	O
using	O
KDevelop	B-Language
including	O
KDE	B-Language
Connect	I-Language
,	O
KDE	B-Application
Itinerary	O
,	O
a	O
digital	O
travel	O
assistant	O
that	O
integrates	O
train	O
,	O
bus	O
,	O
and	O
air	O
bookings	O
with	O
maps	O
,	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
Kalendar	O
application	O
,	O
and	O
boarding	O
passes	O
,	O
and	O
KAlgebra	B-Language
,	O
a	O
graphing	O
scientific	O
calculator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
other	O
packages	O
are	O
being	O
built	O
for	O
testing	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
although	O
plans	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
SDK	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
)	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unless	O
noted	O
,	O
KDE	B-Application
applications	O
can	O
use	O
KIO	O
slaves	O
for	O
ftp	B-Protocol
,	O
http	O
,	O
ftp	B-Protocol
over	O
ssh	O
(	O
fish	O
)	O
,	O
Google	O
drive	O
,	O
WebDAV	O
to	O
browse/access	O
files	O
just	O
as	O
they	O
can	O
local	O
files	O
,	O
samba	O
(	O
Windows	O
shared	O
files	O
)	O
,	O
archives	O
,	O
man	O
,	O
and	O
info	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
as	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
)	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
combination	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
uses	O
KDiff3	O
internally	O
to	O
compare	O
cached	O
autorecovery	O
file	O
with	O
the	O
last	O
saved	O
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	B-Application
–	O
an	O
advanced	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
programmers	O
,	O
and	O
general	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
KDE	B-Application
4	O
,	O
KEdit	O
has	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
Kate	B-Application
&	O
/or	O
Kwrite	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDevelop	B-Language
–	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
for	O
multiple	O
languages	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
plug-in/extension	O
framework	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
GUI	O
integration	O
with	O
multiple	O
different	O
version	O
control	O
systems	O
including	O
Git	O
,	O
Bazaar	O
,	O
Subversion	B-Application
,	O
CVS	O
,	O
Mercurial	O
(	O
hg	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Perforce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CuteHMI	O
Open-source	O
HMI	O
(	O
Human	O
Machine	O
Interface	O
)	O
software	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
QML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kontact	B-Language
provides	O
personal	B-Application
information	I-Application
management	I-Application
,	O
backed	O
by	O
the	O
Akonadi	B-Language
framework	O
(	O
including	O
Akregator	O
,	O
KNode	O
,	O
KMail	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KDE	B-Application
Applications	O
Bundle	O
is	O
released	O
every	O
four	O
months	O
and	O
has	O
bugfix	O
releases	O
in	O
each	O
intervening	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
April	O
2021	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
Applications	O
Bundle	O
has	O
been	O
renamed	O
to	O
KDE	B-Application
Gear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
Applications	O
Bundle	O
release	O
history	O
Version	O
Key	O
feature	O
Date	O
Kate	B-Application
,	O
Konsole	B-Language
,	O
Gwenview	B-Language
,	O
KAlgebra	B-Language
,	O
Kanagram	O
,	O
KHangman	B-Language
,	O
Kig	B-Language
,	O
Parley	O
,	O
KApptemplate	O
and	O
Okteta	O
ported	O
to	O
KDE	B-Application
Frameworks	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocs	O
,	O
Cantor	B-Language
,	O
Kompare	O
,	O
Kdenlive	B-Language
and	O
KDE	B-Application
Telepathy	O
ported	O
to	O
KDE	B-Application
Frameworks	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
and	O
Ark	B-Language
ported	O
to	O
KDE	B-Application
Frameworks	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
preview	O
of	O
KF5-based	O
Kontact	B-Language
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KSnapshot	B-Application
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Spectacle	B-Language
,	O
KTuberling	O
,	O
Klickety	O
and	O
KNavalBattle	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
updated	O
to	O
use	O
KDE	B-Application
Frameworks	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
music	O
education	O
software	O
(	O
Minuet	O
)	O
,	O
KHelpCenter	O
now	O
part	O
of	O
KDE	B-Application
Applications	O
,	O
bugfixes	O
to	O
Kontact	B-Language
,	O
Ark	B-Language
Kolourpaint	B-Language
,	O
Cervisia	B-Language
,	O
KDiskFree	O
,	O
The	O
Kontact	B-Language
Suite	O
,	O
Marble	B-Application
Kwave	O
;	O
Okular	B-Language
,	O
Konqueror	B-Application
,	O
KGpg	B-Language
,	O
KTouch	B-Language
and	O
Kalzium	O
ported	O
to	O
KDE	B-Application
Frameworks	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
