The GNOME Core Applications (also known as Apps for GNOME) are a

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s that are packaged as part of the standard

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desktop environment. GNOME Core Applications have a consistent look and feel to the GNOME desktop, utilize the

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design language and tightly integrate with the GNOME desktop. GNOME Core Applications are developed and maintained through GNOME's official

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instance. A comprehensive list of these applications is available at apps.gnome.org
/code>

Configuration

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

Communication

* Calls - initiating and answering

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and

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calls (mainly utilized on Linux phones) * Contacts – the contacts book app

Files

* Document Scanner (SimpleScan) - the scanner application * Image Viewer (Loupe) – the image viewer *

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& Papers (Document Viewers) – the document viewer * Files (Nautilus) – the file browser * Audio Player (Decibels) - music player * Videos (Totem) – the media player

System

* Connections - the front-end for remote desktops. Introduced in GNOME 41. * Disks - formatting and managing partitions * Disk Usage Analyzer (Baobab) - Used for representing disk usage graphically * Extensions - extension manager for the GNOME desktop * Fonts - the font viewer * Logs – written in Vala, introduced with 3.12 * Help (Yelp) - the help documentation software *

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- the software manager, supports native package managers, as well as Flatpaks *

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- shows

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graphs * Terminal Emulators **

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(King's Cross) ** Terminal (replaced by Console) ** Ptyxis (replaced Terminal starting on Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 25.04) * Web (Epiphany) - the web browser

World

* Clocks - creating alarms and timers *

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- map application, powered by

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* Weather - the weather app

Utilities

* Calculator (gcalctool) * Calendar * Characters (Gucharmap) * Camera (Snapshot) * Tour * GNOME Text Editor *

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(replaced by GNOME Text Editor) *

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- the screenshot utility

Development tools

* Boxes - the

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software * Builder - the IDE for creating GNOME apps * D-Spy -

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analyzer * Dconf Editor - Dconf database editor * Devhelp -

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viewer * Sysproof -

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software

GNOME Circle

'
GNOME Circle
'' is a collection of applications which have been built to extend the

platform, utilize

technologies, and follow the

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. They are hosted, developed, and managed in the

official development infrastructure, on gitlab.gnome.org
/code>. 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 *

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/ Polari - messaging apps * Wike (software) - a Wikipedia browser * Authenticator - a

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code generator * Pika Backup - a backup software * Eyedropper - a color picker and formatter utility

References

External links

* (homepage) {{GNOME Free software programmed in C Free software programmed in Vala