Help us reach the inflection point
Help us bring KDE’s software catalogue into the mainstream! We have just released Plasma 6.5, a stable, usable and accessible desktop environment that brings us closer to meeting the needs of private citizens, companies and public institutions.
70% of our funding comes from private users like you who support what we do. Your donation will help us achieve worldwide acceptance.
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…Adopt an App!
Adopt one of KDE's apps and we can share with the whole world how awesome you are and how much you're doing to support us. Adopting a KDE app is easy:
- Make a donation of €50 or more to our fundraiser.
- Choose an app you'd like to adopt from the list below. Each app can be adopted by up to 5 adopters. We will add more apps to the list as the adoption slots fill up.
- During the donation process, use the comment section to write which app you want to adopt and the name you'd like to be known as. This can be your name, nickname, or your social media handle*†…
- Your name will appear on the app's apps.kde.org as a Supporter from the moment of the donation until KDE Gear 26.04 is released in April of next year.
Adoptable Apps
| App | Adopters |
|---|---|
KNavalBattle | 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
Kolf | 🟦 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
Krusader | 🟦 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
Kid3 | 🟦 🟦 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ |
KDiskFree | 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
KMyMoney | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
KomoDo | 🟦 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
KTorrent | 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
KBruch | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
KFourInLine | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
Elisa | 🟦 🟦 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ |
KDiff3 | 🟦 🟦 ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
KRename | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
Photos (Koko) | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
KMahJongg | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
Partition Manager | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
ISO Image Writer | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
Kleopatra | ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ |
Already Adopted Apps
| App | Adopters |
|---|---|
digiKam | 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 |
Yakuake | 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 |
Tokodon | 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 |
NeoChat | 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 |
Amarok | 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 |
KDE Connect | 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 |
Spectacle | 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 🟦 |
* We reserve the right to refuse applicants with offensive names or nicknames, or whose social media accounts contain objectionable material. See KDE's Code of Conduct.
† This reward is open to individuals only. If you represent a company that would like to support us, we would be happy to welcome you as a patron.
What we want to achieve
We consider all the following important, not only for us, but for the rest of our fellow humans. We are not so vain as to believe we have all the solutions to the world’s problems, but we will do our part. When you donate, you enable us to better carry out these tasks in your name.
Produce first-class software
KDE is on the verge of something big, and the popularity of its free software is on the rise. It’s increasingly being adopted by gamers, artists, professionals, companies, and public institutions. But the costs associated with developing and maintaining that software are also growing.
Your donation keeps KDE “in business” and our software sustainable for generations to come.
Keep you in control
A core aim of KDE is keeping you in control of your digital life, and we do it by providing high-quality and privacy-conscious free software. But we can only keep doing it by preserving our own financial independence, so that we never become too dependent on any single source of support.
Your donation makes KDE truly independent. Funding from the people allows us keep KDE developed by the people, of the people, and for the people.
Clean up the world
We all want a clean planet, right? We started the End of 10 campaign because big tech corporations continue pushing everyone to chase whatever is new and shiny… in the process filling landfills with perfectly functional devices that become terrible sources of pollution when junked*.
Your donation allows us to inform everybody about how they can help stave off these environmental disasters.
* Case in point: Microsoft stopped free unconditional support for Windows 10 on hundreds of millions of computers in October. Many of these older, yet perfectly usable devices will not be able to upgrade because of spurious hardware requirements. Microsoft’s solution? “Throw away your computer and pollute the planet because we want to make even more money.”
Reach people the tech industry left behind
Many aren’t in a position to replace their devices every few years, or download hundreds of gigabyes of data from an always-on internet connection. KDE produces software that doesn’t need the latest hardware or an always-on internet connection, allowing everybody find their space in the digitized world.
Your donation helps KDE serve those who are ignored by the industry, and bring marginalized users into the community so they can help the project grow for everyone.
Help public institutions adopt free software
The governments of the world are starting to realize that using public funds to lock themselves into proprietary closed-source software has been a strategic geopolitical mistake.
Free software is publicly owned, representing the safest option for governments that want full control over their machines and safety for their citizens’ data. But often the standards required for software approval by public institutions is very high, and their needs very specific.
Your donation helps KDE adapt our software to what public institutions require, clearing the way for your tax dollars to fund KDE, not some big foreign companies.
Images "Konqi opens the magic box", ""Katie and Konqi make software", "Katie and Konqi take on the public administration" CC-BY-SA-4.0 license by Arctaxia. "Katie & Konqi recyle" CC-BY-SA-4.0 license by Nezumi Cafuné.
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