Comparison of desktop environments

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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 xviewerAUR celluloid xreader Firefox lightdm-gtk-greeter Experimental
Deepin gtk3 qt5-base deepin-kwin deepin-dock[broken link: replaced by deepin-shell] deepin-terminal deepin-file-manager deepin-calculator deepin-editor deepin-image-viewer deepin-movie evince Chromium deepin-session-ui Yes
EDE fltk pekwm edeAUR xterm pcmanfm zalcAUR fltk-editorAUR edeAUR flmusicAUR 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 qt6-base kwin plasma-desktop konsole dolphin kcalc kate (also provides kwrite) gwenview dragon okular falkon or konqueror sddm Yes
Liri qt5-base greenislandAUR liri-shell-gitAUR liri-terminalAUR liri-filesAUR liri-calculatorAUR liri-textAUR qpdfviewAUR liri-browser-gitAUR sddm Yes
LXDE GTK 2 gtk2 Openbox lxpanel lxterminal-gtk2AUR pcmanfm leafpad gpicview lxmusic atril midoriAUR lxdm No
LXDE GTK 3 gtk3 Openbox lxpanel-gtk3 lxterminal pcmanfm-gtk3 galculator l3afpad gpicview lxmusic atril midoriAUR lxdm-gtk3
LXQt qt5-base Openbox lxqt-panel qterminal pcmanfm-qt speedcrunch featherpad lximage-qt smplayer qpdfviewAUR falkon sddm Partial
MATE gtk3 marco mate-panel mate-terminal caja mate-calc pluma eom parole atril midoriAUR 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 midoriAUR lightdm-gtk-greeter No

See also