GNOME Core Applications

The GNOME Core Applications are a software suite of approximately 30 software applications that are packaged as part of the standard free and open-source GNOME desktop environment. GNOME Core Applications have the look and feel of the GNOME desktop, and often utilize the Adwaita design language. Some applications have been written from scratch and others are ports.

GNOME Core Applications

Developer(s)	The GNOME Project
Initial release	December 20, 1998 (1998-12-20)
Written in	C, C++, JavaScript, Python, Rust, Vala
Operating system	Unix-like
Platform	GTK
License	GNU General Public License
Website	apps.gnome.org

The employment of the newest graphical widgets offered by the latest version of GTK in order to implement the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) ergonomically is the only feature which all GNOME Core Applications have in common. Most are graphical front-ends, e.g. GNOME Software, to underlying Linux system daemons, like e.g. journald, PackageKit, NetworkManager or PulseAudio.

A comprehensive list of these aplications is aviable at apps.gnome.org

Configuration

• Settings – main interface to configure various aspects of GNOME. Diverse panels represent graphical front-ends to configure the NetworkManager daemon and other daemons.

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  GNOME Settings

Communication

• Calls - initiating and answering phone calls (mainly utilized on linux phones)
• Contacts – the contacts book app

Files

• Document Scanner
• Loupe – the image viewer
• Evince – the document viewer
• Files – the file browser
• Music – the audio player with song categorization features
• Videos – the media player

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  Evince
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  GNOME Files
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  GNOME Photos
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  GNOME Videos

System

• Connections - the front-end for remote desktops. Introduced in GNOME 41.
• Disks - formating and managing partitions
• Disk Usage Analyzer
• Extensions - extension manager for the GNOME desktop
• Fonts - the font viewer
• Logs – written in Vala, introduced with 3.12
• Help (Yelp) - the help software
• Software - the software manager, supports native package managers, as well as Flatpaks
• System Monitor - shows CPU usage graphs
• Console (King's Cross)
• Terminal (replaced by Console)
• Web - the web browser

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  GNOME Disks
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  GNOME Usage Analyzer
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  GNOME Logs
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  GNOME Help
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  GNOME Software

World

• Clocks - creating alarms and timers
• Maps - map application, powered by OpenStreetMap
• Weather

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  GNOME Clocks
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  GNOME Clocks
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  GNOME Maps
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  GNOME Weather
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  GNOME Web

Utilities

• Calculator
• Calendar
• Characters
• Camera (Snapshot)
• Tour
• GNOME Text Editor
• Gedit (replaced by GNOME Text Editor)

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  GNOME Calculator
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  GNOME Calendar

Development Tools

• Boxes - the virtualization software
• Builder - the IDE for creating GNOME apps
• D-Spy - D-Bus analyzer
• Dconf Editor - Dconf database editor
• Devhelp - API documentation viewer
• Sysproof - debugging software

GNOME Circle

GNOME Circle logo

GNOME Circle is a collection of applications which have been built to extend the GNOME platform, utilize GNOME technologies, and follow the GNOME human interface guidelines. They are hosted, developed, and managed in the GNOME official development infrastructure, on gitlab.gnome.org. Developers who are using the GNOME platform can apply for inclusion in GNOME Circle. Benefits include promotional support and eligibility for project contributors to become GNOME Foundation members. Circle applications are not part of GNOME Core Applications.

Some examples of such applications include:

• Lollypop - a music player
• Apostrophe - a markdown editor
• Fragments - a torrent manager
• Gaphor - UML and SysML modeling tool
• Health - a fitness tracker
• Fractal / Polari - messaging apps

See also

• GNOME
• GNOME Project
• Adwaita (design language)

External links

• apps.gnome.org (homepage)