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GNOME

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Claimed by The GNOME Foundation Analyzed about 1 month ago

The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop.

19.6M lines of code

776 current contributors

about 1 month since last commit

2,517 users on Open Hub

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4.27363
   
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Licenses: gpl, gpl3_or_l..., lgpl21_or...

KDE

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Claimed by KDE Analyzed 3 months ago

KDE is a community of people dedicated to create a free and user-friendly computing experience. KDE develops three pillars of software: Plasma, one of the most popular desktop environments for Linux and BSD operating systems – adaptable to formfactors ranging from desktop PCs to smartphones. ... [More] A loosely connected set of applications. KDE Frameworks which offer all necessary means to easily build all kinds of applications upon. [Less]

23.7M lines of code

696 current contributors

3 months since last commit

1,244 users on Open Hub

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4.52463
   
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Licenses: GNU_Gener..., gpl3, lgpl21

NetworkManager

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  Analyzed 2 days ago

A laptop user should never need to use the command line or configuration files to manage their network; it should "Just Work" as automatically as possible and intrude as little as possible into the user's workflow. NetworkManager attempts to make networking invisible. When moving into areas you've ... [More] been before, NetworkManager automatically connects to the last network the user chose to connect to. [Less]

476K lines of code

48 current contributors

over 2 years since last commit

358 users on Open Hub

Inactive
3.89333
   
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D-Bus

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  Analyzed 3 days ago

D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to one another. In addition to interprocess communication, D-Bus helps coordinate process lifecycle; it makes it simple and reliable to code a "single instance" application or daemon, and to launch applications and daemons on demand when their services are needed.

124K lines of code

11 current contributors

about 2 months since last commit

297 users on Open Hub

Low Activity
4.10811
   
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ibus

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  Analyzed 3 days ago

Ibus (Intelligent Input Bus) is an input-method framework.

107K lines of code

11 current contributors

5 days since last commit

290 users on Open Hub

Moderate Activity
4.04762
   
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awesome

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  Analyzed 3 days ago

awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, light and extensible. It is primarly targeted at power users, developers and any people dealing with every day computing tasks and want to have fine-grained control on its graphical environment.

86K lines of code

32 current contributors

about 2 months since last commit

224 users on Open Hub

Low Activity
4.6129
   
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KDElibs (KDE)

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Claimed by KDE Analyzed 4 days ago

The KDE libraries, basis of KDE and used by many open source projects. They are based on Qt, Trolltech's cross-platform toolkit, and run on Linux, BSDs, and other Unices, as well as Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Licensed under GNU LGPL, they may be used by open source and proprietary applications.

846K lines of code

2 current contributors

over 6 years since last commit

182 users on Open Hub

Inactive
4.53659
   
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Qt 5

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  Analyzed about 2 hours ago

Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. Using Qt, you can write applications once and deploy them across many desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code.

8.43M lines of code

292 current contributors

about 23 hours since last commit

125 users on Open Hub

Very High Activity
5.0
 
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Licenses: Commercial, GNU_Free_..., gpl3

LXDE

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LXDE is a free desktop environment for Unix and other POSIX compliant platforms, such as Linux or BSD. The name LXDE stands for "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment". LXDE is a project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is lightweight and fast. It's not designed to be powerful and ... [More] bloated, but to be usable and slim enough, and keep the resource usage low. Different from other desktop environments, we don't tightly integrate every component. Instead, we tried to make all components independent, and each of them can be used independently with few dependencies. LXDE uses Openbox as its default Window Manager and aims at offering a lightweight and fast desktop based on mutually independents components. [Less]

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9 current contributors

0 since last commit

54 users on Open Hub

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4.73333
   
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Mostly written in language not available
Licenses: gpl, lgpl

Thunar

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Claimed by Xfce Desktop Environment Analyzed 4 days ago

Thunar is a modern file manager for the Xfce desktop environment. Thunar has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy-to-use. Its user interface is clean and intuitive, and does not include any confusing or useless options. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good start up time and ... [More] directory load time. Thunar is accessible using Assistive Technologies and is fully standards compliant. [Less]

94.8K lines of code

83 current contributors

5 days since last commit

37 users on Open Hub

High Activity
4.25
   
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