Develop for the GNOME Platform

Welcome to the GNOME developer overview. GNOME offers a range of tools that can be used in your application.

Core technologies

Standard user interface elements, rendering, and animation.

Access structured data storage, networking shares, and files.

Multi-format audio and video playback and editing, streaming from the web, and webcam support.

Client and server HTTP communication, portable socket-based networking IO, and network device management.

Flexible user configuration system.

Instant messaging, networking, social media, email, and calendaring support.

Application and context sensitive user help and documentation.

Localization for user-visible application content.

See a list of all of the development libraries in GNOME.

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