| KDE Plasma 6 | |
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 The KDE Plasma 6 desktop | |
| Developer | KDE |
| Initial release | 28 February 2024; 20 months ago (2024-02-28)[1] |
| Stable release | 6.5.3[2]  / 18 November 2025 |
| Preview release | N/A |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++,QML |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | FreeBSD,OpenBSD[3] andLinux |
| Predecessor | KDE Plasma 5 |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | GPL 2.0 or later[4] |
| Website | kde |
KDE Plasma 6 is the sixth and most recent generation of theKDE Plasma desktop environment. It is the successor ofKDE Plasma 5 and was first released on 28 February 2024.[1]
KDE Plasma 6 was designed to not be a very large departure from KDE Plasma 5, instead being a series of improvements.[5] KDE Plasma 6 is built usingQt 6,KDE Frameworks 6 andKDE Gear 24.02.[1][6] In addition, support for theWayland protocol was mainstreamed as the default graphical session, withX11 support made secondary.[7] It introduces a new sound theme, Ocean, replacingOxygen's sound theme as the default.[1][6][8] Plasma 6 on Wayland has partial support forHigh Dynamic Range (HDR) and color blindness correction filters.[1][6][9] The Discover app and settings were also improved and the 3D cube desktop effect was brought back.[10]
Compared to the latest Plasma 5 release, the sixth generation brings the following new features:
The first stable version of Plasma 6 was released on 28 February 2024.[1]
As of 2025[update], major versions with new features are released every four months, with three updates per year. However, since 2023, the KDE community has expressed that they would prefer to transition to a semi-annual schedule, with updates occurring every six months, if it can be timed to align with the releases of the major Linux distributions that package Plasma (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE Leap, and Fedora).[12][13]
Each release receives up to six patch releases containing bug fixes. Releases will stop receiving bugfixes as soon as the following major release is available. There are no plans to offer along-term support version of Plasma 6.[13]
| Version | Date | Key features |
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| Unsupported: 6.0 | 28 Feb 2024 | First release of KDE Plasma 6.0 (as part of the greater KDE MegaRelease 6)[1][14] |
| Unsupported: 6.1 | 18 Jun 2024 | Remote desktop, better widget editing, persistent apps, synchronizing keyboard LEDs with accent color.[15][16] |
| Unsupported: 6.2 | 8 Oct 2024 | Drawing tablet calibration wizard and test mode, improved HDR support, support forPostmarketOS packages in Discover, overhauled Accessibility page in System Settings.[17][18] |
| Unsupported: 6.3 | 11 Feb 2025 | Improved drawing tablet settings page, overhauled fractional scaling, support forICCcolor profile on Night Light, improved hardware monitoring with added support for GPU statistics onFreeBSD, improved customization settings.[19][20] |
| Latest version:6.4 | 17 Jun 2025 | Modernized KMenuEdit, improved Discover feedback, enhanced accessibility in Calculator and System Monitor, default dimming on admin prompts, terminology cleanup, better clipboard and bell handling, and various widget fixes.[21] |
| Latest version:6.5 | 21 Oct 2025 | Automatic light-to-dark theme switching, pinnable clipboard items, application permissions page, grayscale color filter, improvements to screen reader, various performance and widget enhancements.[22] |
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