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! File manager  
! File manager  
| Windows Explorer || Finder || [[Special:myLanguage/Dolphin|Dolphin]], [[Special:myLanguage/Konqueror|Konqueror]]
| Windows Explorer || Finder || [[Special:myLanguage/Dolphin|Dolphin]], [[Special:myLanguage/Konqueror|Konqueror]], [[Special:myLanguage/Krusader|Krusader]]
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! Control Center  
! Control Center  
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! Blogging client   
! Blogging client   
| Windows Live Writer || || [[Special:myLanguage/Blogilo|Blogilo]]
| Windows Live Writer || Echo, MarsEdit || [[Special:myLanguage/Blogilo|Blogilo]]
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|-
! BitTorrent Client   
! BitTorrent Client   
| BitTorrent || || [[Special:myLanguage/KTorrent|KTorrent]], [[Special:myLanguage/KMLDonkey|KMLDonkey]], [[Special:myLanguage/KGet|KGet]]
| BitTorrent || utorrent, Transmission || [[Special:myLanguage/KTorrent|KTorrent]], [[Special:myLanguage/KGet|KGet]]
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|-
! Download Manager  
! Download Manager  
| FlashGet || || [[Special:myLanguage/KGet|KGet]]
| FlashGet || jDownloader, pyLoad || [[Special:myLanguage/KGet|KGet]]
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! eDonkey Client
| eMule ||  || [[Special:myLanguage/KMLDonkey|KMLDonkey]]
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! E-mail Client  
! E-mail Client  
| Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail || Apple Mail || [[Special:myLanguage/KMail|KMail]]
| Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail || Apple Mail, Unibox || [[Special:myLanguage/KMail|KMail]]
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|-
! Feed Aggregator   
! Feed Aggregator   
|  ||   || [[Special:myLanguage/Akregator|Akregator]]
|  || Reeder, Vienna  || [[Special:myLanguage/Akregator|Akregator]]
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! Personal Information Manager   
! Personal Information Manager   
| Outlook  || || [[Special:myLanguage/Kontact|Kontact]]
| Outlook  || Outlook, Together || [[Special:myLanguage/Kontact|Kontact]]
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|-
! Web Browser  
! Web Browser  
| Internet Explorer || Safari || [[Special:myLanguage/Konqueror|Konqueror]], [[Special:myLanguage/rekonq|rekonq]]
| Internet Explorer || Safari || [[Special:myLanguage/Konqueror|Konqueror]], [[Special:myLanguage/rekonq|rekonq]], [[Special:myLanguage/Falkon|Falkon]]
|-
|-
! Instant Messaging Client  
! Instant Messaging Client  
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! IRC Client  
! IRC Client  
| mIRC || Colloquy || [[Special:myLanguage/Konversation|Konversation]]
| mIRC || Colloquy || [[Special:myLanguage/Konversation|Konversation]], [[Special:myLanguage/Quassel|Quassel]]
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! Image Editor  
! Image Editor  
| Paint.NET, Adobe Photoshop || Adobe Photoshop || [[Special:myLanguage/Krita|Krita]], [[Special:myLanguage/KolourPaint|KolourPaint]]
| Paint.NET, Adobe Photoshop || Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator || [https://docs.krita.org/en/ Krita], [[Special:myLanguage/KolourPaint|KolourPaint]]
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|-
! Image Viewer  
! Image Viewer  
| ACDSee || || [[Special:myLanguage/Gwenview|Gwenview]], [[Special:myLanguage/KuickShow|KuickShow]], [[Special:myLanguage/digikam|digikam]], [[Special:myLanguage/KPhotoAlbum|KPhotoAlbum]]
| ACDSee || iPhoto, Quicklook || [[Special:myLanguage/Gwenview|Gwenview]], [[Special:myLanguage/KuickShow|KuickShow]], [[Special:myLanguage/digikam|digiKam]], [[Special:myLanguage/KPhotoAlbum|KPhotoAlbum]]
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! Photo Management  
! Photo Management  
| ACDSee || || [[Special:myLanguage/digikam|digikam]], [[Special:myLanguage/KPhotoAlbum|KPhotoAlbum]], [[Special:myLanguage/Gwenview|Gwenview]]
| ACDSee || iPhoto, Aperture || [[Special:myLanguage/digikam|digiKam]], [[Special:myLanguage/KPhotoAlbum|KPhotoAlbum]], [[Special:myLanguage/Gwenview|Gwenview]]
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! PDF Viewer  
! PDF Viewer  
| Adobe Reader || Adobe Reader || [[Special:myLanguage/Okular|Okular]]
| Adobe Reader || Preview, Adobe Reader || [[Special:myLanguage/Okular|Okular]]
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! Vectorial Drawing  
! Vectorial Drawing  
| Adobe Illustrator || Adobe Illustrator || [[Special:myLanguage/Karbon14|Karbon14]]
| Adobe Illustrator || Adobe Illustrator, Sketch || [[Special:myLanguage/Karbon|Karbon]]
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! Video Player  
! Video Player  
| Windows Media Player || QuickTime Player || [[Special:myLanguage/Bangarang|Bangarang]], [[Special:myLanguage/Dragon Player|Dragon Player]], [[Special:myLanguage/KPlayer|KPlayer]], [[Special:myLanguage/KMPlayer|KMPlayer]], [[Special:myLanguage/Kaffeine|Kaffeine]]
| Windows Media Player || QuickTime Player, MPlayer, VLC || [[Special:myLanguage/Bangarang|Bangarang]], [[Special:myLanguage/Dragon Player|Dragon Player]], [[Special:myLanguage/KPlayer|KPlayer]], [[Special:myLanguage/KMPlayer|KMPlayer]], [[Special:myLanguage/Kaffeine|Kaffeine]]
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! CD and DVD Authoring  
! CD and DVD Authoring  
| Nero Burning ROM || iDVD || [[Special:myLanguage/K3b|K3b]], [[Special:myLanguage/K9Copy|K9Copy]]
| Nero Burning ROM || iDVD, Toast || [[Special:myLanguage/K3b|K3b]], [[Special:myLanguage/K9Copy|K9Copy]]
|-
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! Disk image emulator  
! Disk image emulator  
| Daemon Tools ||  || [[Special:myLanguage/Silicon|Silicon]]
| Daemon Tools ||  || [https://www.linux-apps.com/content/show.php/Silicon?content=106128 Silicon]
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! Non-linear Video Editor  
! Non-linear Video Editor  
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! width="25%" | Description || width="25%" | Windows || width="25%" | Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X || width="25%" | KDE Software
! width="25%" | Description || width="25%" | Windows || width="25%" | Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X || width="25%" | KDE Software
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! Office Package
| Microsoft Office || iWork || [[Special:myLanguage/Calligra|Calligra]]
|-
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! Word Processor  
! Word Processor  
| Microsoft Word || Pages || [[Special:myLanguage/KWord|KWord]]
| Microsoft Word || Pages || [[Special:myLanguage/Words|Words]], [[Special:myLanguage/KWord|KWord]]
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! Spreadsheet  
! Spreadsheet  
| Microsoft Excel || Numbers || [[Special:myLanguage/KSpread|KSpread]]
| Microsoft Excel || Numbers || [[Special:myLanguage/Sheets|Sheets]], [[Special:myLanguage/KCells|KCells]]
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! Presentation  
! Presentation  
| Microsoft PowerPoint || Keynote || [[Special:myLanguage/KPresenter|KPresenter]]
| Microsoft PowerPoint || Keynote || [[Special:myLanguage/Stage|Stage]], [[Special:myLanguage/Showcase|Showcase]]
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! Desktop Database Creation  
! Desktop Database Creation  
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! Diagram, Flowcharting and Mind Mapping
! Diagram, Flowcharting and Mind Mapping
| Microsoft Visio || OmniGraffle || [[Special:myLanguage/Kivio|Kivio]], [[Special:myLanguage/Semantik|Semantik]]
| Microsoft Visio || OmniGraffle || [[Special:myLanguage/Flow|Flow]], [[Special:myLanguage/Kivio|Kivio]], [[Special:myLanguage/Semantik|Semantik]]
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! Project Management  
! Project Management  
| Microsoft Project || iTaskX, Merlin || [[Special:myLanguage/KPlato|KPlato]]
| Microsoft Project || iTaskX, Merlin || [[Special:myLanguage/Plan|Plan]], [[Special:myLanguage/KPlato|KPlato]]
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! Personal Information Manager  
! Personal Information Manager  
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! Personal Finance Manager  
! Personal Finance Manager  
| Quicken || Billings || [[Special:myLanguage/KMyMoney|KMyMoney]], [[Special:myLanguage/Skrooge|Skrooge]]
| Quicken || Outbank, Pecunia || [[Special:myLanguage/KMyMoney|KMyMoney]], [[Special:myLanguage/Skrooge|Skrooge]]
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! Notetaking  
! Notetaking  
| Microsoft OneNote || Evernote || [[Special:myLanguage/BasKet|BasKet]]
| Microsoft OneNote || MacJournal, Evernote || [[Special:myLanguage/BasKet|BasKet]]
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! System Information  
! System Information  
| EVEREST || || [[Special:myLanguage/KInfoCenter|KInfoCenter]]
| EVEREST || Systeminformation || [[Special:myLanguage/KInfoCenter|KInfoCenter]]
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! File archiver  
! File archiver  
| WinRAR || || [[Special:myLanguage/Ark|Ark]]
| WinRAR || The Unarchiver || [[Special:myLanguage/Ark|Ark]]
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! Text Editor  
! Text Editor  
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! IDE  
! IDE  
| Visual Studio || Xcode || [[Special:myLanguage/KDevelop|KDevelop]], [[Special:myLanguage/Quanta|Quanta]]
| Visual Studio || Xcode || [[Special:myLanguage/KDevelop|KDevelop]]
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! Computer-aided translation system  
! Computer-aided translation system  
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! UML tool  
! UML tool  
| Enterprise Architect || || [[Special:myLanguage/Umbrello|Umbrello]], [[Special:myLanguage/Kivio|Kivio]]
| Enterprise Architect || Astah || [[Special:myLanguage/Umbrello|Umbrello]], [[Special:myLanguage/Kivio|Kivio]]
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Latest revision as of 14:33, 18 July 2023

This is a table of applications that are approximately equivalent. It is not by any means exhaustive, but tries to help a new user of KDE software to find packages that might suit. The section headings are links to take you to pages with more software in that group.

Desktop

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
File manager Windows Explorer Finder Dolphin, Konqueror, Krusader
Control Center Control Panel System Preferences System Settings
Command Line Interpreter Command Prompt Terminal Konsole, Yakuake, KRunner

Internet and Networking

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
Blogging client Windows Live Writer Echo, MarsEdit Blogilo
BitTorrent Client BitTorrent utorrent, Transmission KTorrent, KGet
Download Manager FlashGet jDownloader, pyLoad KGet
E-mail Client Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail Apple Mail, Unibox KMail
Feed Aggregator Reeder, Vienna Akregator
Personal Information Manager Outlook Outlook, Together Kontact
Web Browser Internet Explorer Safari Konqueror, rekonq, Falkon
Instant Messaging Client Windows Live Messenger iChat, Adium Kopete, KMess
IRC Client mIRC Colloquy Konversation, Quassel

Graphics and Imaging

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
Image Editor Paint.NET, Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator Krita, KolourPaint
Image Viewer ACDSee iPhoto, Quicklook Gwenview, KuickShow, digiKam, KPhotoAlbum
Photo Management ACDSee iPhoto, Aperture digiKam, KPhotoAlbum, Gwenview
PDF Viewer Adobe Reader Preview, Adobe Reader Okular
Vectorial Drawing Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator, Sketch Karbon

Multimedia

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
Audio Player Windows Media Player, Winamp iTunes Amarok, Juk, KsCD, Kaffeine
Video Player Windows Media Player QuickTime Player, MPlayer, VLC Bangarang, Dragon Player, KPlayer, KMPlayer, Kaffeine
CD and DVD Authoring Nero Burning ROM iDVD, Toast K3b, K9Copy
Disk image emulator Daemon Tools Silicon
Non-linear Video Editor Windows Movie Maker iMovie Kdenlive

Office and Productivity

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
Office Package Microsoft Office iWork Calligra
Word Processor Microsoft Word Pages Words, KWord
Spreadsheet Microsoft Excel Numbers Sheets, KCells
Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint Keynote Stage, Showcase
Desktop Database Creation Microsoft Access FileMaker Kexi
Diagram, Flowcharting and Mind Mapping Microsoft Visio OmniGraffle Flow, Kivio, Semantik
Project Management Microsoft Project iTaskX, Merlin Plan, KPlato
Personal Information Manager Microsoft Outlook Address Book, iCal Kontact
Personal Finance Manager Quicken Outbank, Pecunia KMyMoney, Skrooge
Notetaking Microsoft OneNote MacJournal, Evernote BasKet

Education

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
Touch-typing trainer TypingMaster, Stamina KTouch

System Administration

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
Partition Editor Logical Disk Manager Disk Utility KDE Partition Manager
System Monitor Windows Task Manager Activity Monitor KSysGuard
System Information EVEREST Systeminformation KInfoCenter

Utilities and Tools

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
File archiver WinRAR The Unarchiver Ark
Text Editor Notepad TextEdit KWrite, Kate

Development and Programming

Description Windows Mac OS X KDE Software
IDE Visual Studio Xcode KDevelop
Computer-aided translation system Poedit, Virtaal Poedit, LocFactory Lokalize
UML tool Enterprise Architect Astah Umbrello, Kivio

Tip

If you need a tool for a specific task, you may find a suggestion on the Tools page