Comparison of desktop environments

See Desktop environment for the main article.

Desktop environment	Widget toolkit	X11 window manager	Wayland compositor	Taskbar	Terminal emulator	File manager	Calculator	Text editor	Image viewer	Media player	Document viewer	Display manager
Budgie	gtk3	magpie-wm	– (ongoing)	budgie-desktop	gnome-terminal	nautilus	gnome-calculator	gedit	eog	totem	evince	gdm
Cinnamon	gtk3 xapp	muffin	muffin (experimental)	cinnamon	gnome-terminal	nemo	gnome-calculator	xed	xviewer^AUR	celluloid	xreader	lightdm-gtk-greeter
COSMIC	iced libcosmic	–	cosmic-comp	cosmic-panel	cosmic-terminal	cosmic-files	–	cosmic-text-editor	–	cosmic-player	–	cosmic-greeter
Cutefish	qt5-base fishui	kwin-x11	–	cutefish-dock cutefish-statusbar	cutefish-terminal	cutefish-filemanager	cutefish-calculator	–	–	–	–	sddm
Deepin	qt5-base qt6-base dtk6widget	deepin-kwin	treeland (experimental)	deepin-shell	deepin-terminal	deepin-file-manager	deepin-calculator	deepin-editor	deepin-image-viewer	deepin-movie	–	deepin-session-shell
Enlightenment	efl	enlightenment	enlightenment (experimental)	enlightenment	terminology	enlightenment	–	ecrire	ephoto	rage	–	–
GNOME	gtk3 gtk4 libadwaita	– (removed)	mutter	gnome-shell	gnome-console	nautilus	gnome-calculator	gnome-text-editor	loupe	decibels showtime	papers	gdm
GNOME Flashback	gtk3 gtk4 libadwaita	metacity	–	gnome-panel	gnome-console	nautilus	gnome-calculator	gnome-text-editor	loupe	decibels showtime	papers	gdm
KDE Plasma	qt6-base kcoreaddons	kwin-x11	kwin	plasma-desktop	konsole	dolphin	kcalc	kate	gwenview	elisa haruna	okular	sddm
LXDE GTK 2	gtk2	Openbox	–	lxpanel	lxterminal-gtk2^AUR	pcmanfm	–	leafpad	gpicview	lxmusic	atril	lxdm
LXDE GTK 3	gtk3	Openbox	–	lxpanel-gtk3	lxterminal	pcmanfm-gtk3	galculator	l3afpad	gpicview	lxmusic	atril	lxdm-gtk3
LXQt	qt6-base	Openbox	Labwc (experimental)	lxqt-panel	qterminal	pcmanfm-qt	speedcrunch	featherpad	lximage-qt	smplayer	qpdfview^AUR	sddm
MATE	gtk3	marco	– (ongoing)	mate-panel	mate-terminal	caja	mate-calc	pluma	eom	parole	atril	lightdm-gtk-greeter
Pantheon	gtk3 gtk4 granite7	gala	gala (experimental)	plank wingpanel	pantheon-terminal	pantheon-files	pantheon-calculator	pantheon-code	pantheon-photos	pantheon-videos	evince	lightdm-pantheon-greeter
Sugar	gtk3 sugar-toolkit-gtk3	metacity	–	sugar	sugar-activity-terminal	sugar	sugar-activity-calculate	sugar-activity-write	sugar-activity-imageviewer	sugar-activity-jukebox	sugar-activity-read	lightdm-gtk-greeter
UKUI	qt5-base	ukwm	–	ukui-panel	–	peony	–	–	–	–	–	ukui-greeter
Xfce	gtk3 libxfce4ui	xfwm4	Labwc (experimental)	xfce4-panel	xfce4-terminal	thunar	galculator	mousepad	ristretto	parole	atril	lightdm-gtk-greeter

See also