Software:GNOME applications

GNOME Core Applications
Developer(s)	The GNOME Project
Initial release	December 20, 1998; 25 years ago
Written in	Vala, C, C++, Scheme, JavaScript, Python
Operating system	Unix-like
Platform	GTK
License	GNU General Public License
Website	apps.gnome.org (new); wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/ (old)

Short description: Software applications built with the GNOME philosophy in mind

GNOME applications are those software that have been built with the GNOME philosophy in mind and follow the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines (HIG), they are hosted, developed, and managed in the GNOME official development infrastructure in the sub-domain of the official GNOME website at https://gitlab.gnome.org.

GNOME Core Applications

GNOME Core Applications is a collection of approximately 30 application software 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; some applications have been written from scratch and others are ports.

The employment of the newest GUI 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. Some of the GNOME Core Applications are essential, while several are not, e.g. GNOME Weather. Most are graphical front-ends, e.g. GNOME Software, to underlying Linux system daemons, like e.g. journald, PackageKit, NetworkManager or PulseAudio.

All GNOME Core Applications except Evolution feature the GtkHeaderBar, it is a widget introduced to GTK in version 3.10. It is intended to replace the Title-Bar and the Toolbar for Client-Side Decoration.^[2]

Graphical shell

The default graphical shell of GNOME 3 is GNOME Shell.

GNOME Shell overview mode
GNOME Shell applications launcher
GNOME Shell in classic mode

Configuration

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

GNOME Settings
dconf editor

Conversations

Contacts – managing addresses
Mail (Design in progress)

GNOME Contacts
GNOME Mail

Files

Eye of GNOME
Evince
Files – the file browser
Music – audio player with database
Photos
Videos – the media player

GNOME Files
GNOME Photos
GNOME Music
GNOME Videos

System

Boxes – front-end for a virtual machine (VM). Introduced in GNOME 3.4
Connections - front-end for remote desktops. Introduced in GNOME 41.
Disks
Usage – a melange of Disk Usage Analyzer (aka Baobab) and some other software, SystemMonitor / Usage
Logs – written in Vala, introduced with 3.12
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