Comparison of desktop environments

See Desktop environment for the main article.

Desktop environment	Widget toolkit	Window manager	Taskbar	Terminal emulator	File manager	Calculator	Text editor	Image viewer	Media player	Document viewer	Web browser	Display manager	Wayland support
Budgie	gtk3	budgie-desktop	budgie-desktop	gnome-terminal	nautilus	gnome-calculator	gedit	eog	totem	evince	epiphany	gdm	Ongoing
Cinnamon	gtk3	muffin	cinnamon	gnome-terminal	nemo	gnome-calculator	xed	xviewer^AUR	xplayer^AUR	xreader	Firefox	lightdm-gtk-greeter	Experimental
Deepin	gtk3 qt5-base	deepin-kwin	deepin-dock	deepin-terminal	deepin-file-manager	deepin-calculator	deepin-editor	deepin-image-viewer	deepin-movie	evince	Chromium	deepin-session-ui	Yes
EDE	fltk	pekwm	ede^AUR	xterm	pcmanfm	zalc^AUR	fltk-editor^AUR	ede^AUR	flmusic^AUR	–	dillo	xorg-xdm	No
Enlightenment	efl	enlightenment	enlightenment	terminology	enlightenment	–	ecrire	ephoto	rage	–	links	xorg-xdm	Experimental
GNOME	gtk4 libadwaita	mutter	gnome-shell	gnome-console	nautilus	gnome-calculator	gnome-text-editor	eog	totem	evince	epiphany	gdm	Yes
GNOME Flashback	gtk3	metacity	gnome-panel	gnome-terminal	nautilus	gnome-calculator	gedit	eog	totem	evince	epiphany	gdm	No
KDE Plasma	qt5-base	kwin	plasma-desktop	konsole	dolphin	kcalc	kate (also provides kwrite)	gwenview	dragon	okular	falkon or konqueror	sddm	Yes
Liri	qt5-base	greenisland^AUR	liri-shell-git^AUR	liri-terminal^AUR	liri-files^AUR	liri-calculator^AUR	liri-text^AUR	–	–	qpdfview^AUR	liri-browser-git^AUR	sddm	Yes
LXDE GTK 2	gtk2	Openbox	lxpanel	lxterminal-gtk2^AUR	pcmanfm	–	leafpad	gpicview	lxmusic	atril	midori^AUR	lxdm	No
LXDE GTK 3	gtk3	Openbox	lxpanel-gtk3	lxterminal	pcmanfm-gtk3	galculator	l3afpad	gpicview	lxmusic	atril	midori^AUR	lxdm-gtk3	No
LXQt	qt5-base	Openbox	lxqt-panel	qterminal	pcmanfm-qt	speedcrunch	featherpad	lximage-qt	smplayer	qpdfview^AUR	falkon	sddm	Partial
MATE	gtk3	marco	mate-panel	mate-terminal	caja	mate-calc	pluma	eom	parole	atril	midori^AUR	lightdm-gtk-greeter	Partial
Pantheon	gtk3	gala	plank wingpanel	pantheon-terminal	pantheon-files	pantheon-calculator	pantheon-code	pantheon-photos	pantheon-videos	evince	epiphany	lightdm-pantheon-greeter	Yes
Sugar	gtk3	metacity	sugar	sugar-activity-terminal	sugar	sugar-activity-calculate	sugar-activity-write	sugar-activity-imageviewer	sugar-activity-jukebox	sugar-activity-read	sugar-activity-browse	lightdm-gtk-greeter	No
Trinity	TQt	TWin	Kicker	Konsole	Konqueror	KCalc	Kwrite Kate	Kuickshow	Kaffeine	KPDF	Konqueror	TDM	No
Xfce	gtk3	xfwm4	xfce4-panel	xfce4-terminal	thunar	galculator	mousepad	ristretto	parole	atril	midori^AUR	lightdm-gtk-greeter	No

See also