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Project Summary

The GNOME Shell handles the parts "around" the applications in GNOME. It replaces functions handled by the GNOME Panel and by the window manager in previous versions of GNOME.

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clutter interface window_manager

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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/g...
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Colin Walters

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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

There are no reported vulnerabilities

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Languages

JavaScript 		48%
C 		47%
5 Other 		5%

30 Day Summary

Jun 14 2026 — Jul 14 2026

12 Month Summary

Jul 14 2025 — Jul 14 2026
  • 768 Commits
    Up + 103 (15%) from previous 12 months
  • 135 Contributors
    Up + 10 (8%) from previous 12 months

Most Recent Contributors

...isan (Treviño) Carlos Garnacho
Alessandro Bono Alessandro Astone
Florian Müllner ...ia Niedzielska

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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for GNOME Shell )

Repository URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell.git

Version: 51.alpha-71-gb4d872780

2026-07-15
Last Analyzed
491,304
Lines of Code Analyze
0.14
Defect Density

Defects by status for current build

131
Total defects
68
Outstanding
63
Fixed

CWE Top 25 defects

ID CWE-Name Number of Defects
190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound 1