Core Components
The GNOME Core components are developed as part of the GNOME projects. They include the GNOME Shell as well as many libraries, tools, and other projects that are needed for the shell and apps to work.
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adwaita-icon-theme
Standard Icons -
Calls
A phone call dialer -
gdk-pixbuf
An image loading library -
GI-DocGen
Introspection-based documentation generator -
gjs
GNOME JavaScript bindings -
GNOME Color Manager
GNOME Color Profile Tools -
GNOME Desktop Library
Library with common API for various GNOME modules -
GNOME Online Accounts
Single sign-on framework for GNOME -
GNOME Shell
Next generation GNOME desktop shell -
gnome-backgrounds
Background images for the GNOME desktop -
gnome-user-docs
GNOME User Documentation -
GObject Introspection
GObject introspection tools and libraries -
gspell
Spell-checking library for GTK applications -
GSSDP
A GObject-based API for handling resource discovery and announcement over SSDP. -
gtk
Multi-platform toolkit -
gtksourceview
Source code editing widget -
GUPnP
Core UPnP API built on top of gssdp. -
GUPnP A/V
Utility library that eases the handling and implementation of UPnP A/V profiles. -
GUPnP DLNA
A library to ease DLNA-related bits for applications. -
JSON-GLib
GLib-based JSON manipulation library -
libadwaita
Building blocks for modern adaptive GNOME apps -
libgweather
Location and timezone database and weather-lookup library -
libhandy
Building blocks for modern adaptive GNOME apps -
libmanette
The simple GObject game controller library -
librsvg
SVG rendering library -
libshumate
A map widget -
libspelling
A spellcheck library for GTK 4 -
LocalSearch
Collection of data extractors for Tracker/Nepomuk -
mutter
Window and compositing manager based on Clutter -
orca
Screen reader for individuals who are blind or visually impaired -
PyGObject
Python bindings for GObject Introspection -
Rygel
A UPnP AV media server and renderer -
Tecla
A keymap viewer -
TinySPARQL
Low-footprint RDF triple store with SPARQL 1.1 interface -
vala
Compiler for the GObject type system -
Yelp Tools
Collection of tools for building and converting documentation -
Yelp XSLT
Document transformations from Yelp - AS
at-spi2-core
D-Bus accessibility specifications, library, and registration daemon - CF
Cabinet file library and tool
A GObject library to create cabinet files - DC
dconf
Configuration database system - DN
Desktop notification library
Send desktop notifications - ED
evolution-data-server
Centralized access to appointments and contacts - FO
Folks
People aggregation library - GC
gcr
A library for bits of crypto UI and parsing etc. - GD
gdm
Display manager and login screen - GG
geocode-glib
Helper library for geocoding services - GL
GLib
Low level core library - GN
glib-networking
Network extensions for GLib - GL
glibmm
C++ bindings for Glib - GA
GNOME App List
A place to maintain a curated list of apps to feature or highlight in GNOME - GI
GNOME Initial Setup
Bootstrapping your OS - GS
GNOME Session Manager
The GNOME Session Manager - GA
gnome-autoar
Automatic archives creating and extracting library - GB
gnome-bluetooth
GNOME Bluetooth Subsystem - GK
gnome-keyring
Stores passwords and encryption keys - GR
gnome-remote-desktop
GNOME Remote Desktop - GS
gnome-settings-daemon
GNOME Settings Daemon - GS
gnome-shell-extensions
Modify and extend GNOME Shell functionality and behavior - GO
Gom
A GObject to SQLite object mapper. - GR
grilo
Grilo is a framework that provides access to various sources of multimedia content, using a pluggable system - GP
grilo-plugins
A collection of plugins for the Grilo framework - GD
GSettings Desktop Schemas
Shared GSettings schemas for the desktop - GS
GSound
GObject library for playing system sounds - GD
gtk-doc
Documentation generator for C code - GV
gtk-vnc
A VNC viewer widget for GTK+ - GT
gtkmm
C++ bindings for GTK - GV
gvfs
Virtual filesystem implementation for GIO - JG
Jsonrpc-GLib
A JSON-RPC library for GLib - DE
libdex
Future-based programming for GLib-based applications and libraries - GE
libgee
A collection library providing GObject-based interfaces and classes for commonly used data structures - GG
libgit2-glib
GLib wrapper for libgit2 - GS
libgsf
An extensible I/O abstraction library for dealing with structured file formats - GT
libgtop
LibGTop2 - GX
libgxps
XPS Documents library - ME
libmediaart
Library for handling media art - NM
libnma
NetworkManager GUI library - PA
libpanel
IDE paneling library for GTK - PE
libpeas
A GObject plugins library - RE
librest
Helper library for RESTful services - SE
libsecret
Secret Service D-Bus client library - SO
libsoup
HTTP client/server library for GNOME - ML
Menu Library
Library for the Desktop Menu fd.o specification - MC
mm-common
Common build files of the C++ bindings - MB
mobile-broadband-provider-info
Mobile broadband settings for various service providers - MG
MS Graph
GLib / GObject wrapper for the Microsoft Graph API - PA
pango
Internationalized text layout and rendering library - PA
pangomm
C++ bindings for Pango - PH
PhởDAV
A soup DAV server - PY
pyatspi2
Python client bindings for D-Bus AT-SPI. - SU
Sushi
A quick previewer for Nautilus - TG
Template-GLib
A templating library for GLib - TW
Terminal widget
vte terminal widget - TP
totem-pl-parser
Simple GObject-based library to parse and save a host of playlist formats - US
User Sharing
Launch User Sharing if enabled - XD
xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
GNOME Desktop Portal - XU
xdg-user-dirs-gtk
Gtk UI for xdg-user-dirs
