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Welcome to the TechBase Wiki! This site contains the information developers need to use KDE Frameworks and application libraries for their own software projects. Here you will find tutorials and guides for using KDE Frameworks to create rich and well-behaved Qt applications, Plasma and KWin API for writing applets and scripts, Marble API to provide mapping functionality for your product, and more.

If you're interested in getting involved in KDE, please head over to the Community Wiki to see the different ways to contribute and be part of the community.

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Don't know yet where to go? Check our Getting Started guide to begin your adventure!

KDE Frameworks (KF5): Documentation concerning the Frameworks

Development: Jump head first into development with our Tutorials or take a peek at the various Tools used by KDE and Qt programmers.

KDE Projects

	Extra-CMake-Modules ECM description
	Plasma Documentation of Plasma plugins and API
	Phonon Documentation of Phonon
	KDevelop Documentation concerning KDevelop plugins and API
	KDE PIM Mails, calendars, and contacts, all in one roof.
	Krita Documentation concerning Krita plugins and API
	Marble Documentation of Marble plugins and API
	Calligra Calligra description
	Latte Dock Replacement Docks and Panels for Plasma Desktops. Provides an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids

Outdated products

KDElibs bindings: Bindings to use KDElibs (KDE4 and 3)

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If you want a real book to learn how to use the Frameworks, please read there, on our community pages!