GNOME Core Applications

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The GNOME Core Applications (also known as Apps for GNOME) are a software suite that is packaged with GNOME, a free and open-source desktop environment. The suite provides a consistent look and feel to the GNOME desktop, utilizes the Adwaita design language and tightly integrates with the GNOME desktop.^[4] The suite is developed and maintained through GNOME's official GitLab instance.^[5]

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

• Contacts – the contacts book app

• Document Scanner (Simple Scan) - Application for operating printer scanners.
• Image Viewer (Loupe) – Image viewer.
• Document Viewer (Papers) – Viewer for digital documents such as PDF files. (Modern replacement for the previous core app: Evince)^[6]
• Files (Nautilus) – File manager.
• Audio Player (Decibels) - General purpose audio player.^[7][8]
• Video Player (Showtime) – Video player. (Modern replacement for the previous core app: Totem)

• 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
• Software - the software manager, supports native package managers, as well as Flatpaks
• System Monitor - shows CPU usage graphs
• Terminal Emulators
  • Console (King's Cross)
  • Terminal
  • Ptyxis (replaced Terminal starting on Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 25.04)^[9][10]
• Web (Epiphany) - the web browser

• GNOME Clocks - creating alarms and timers
• GNOME Maps - map application, powered by OpenStreetMap
• Weather - the weather app

• Calculator (gcalctool)
• Calendar
• Characters (Modern replacement for the previous core app: Gucharmap)
• Camera (Snapshot) (Modern replacement for the previous core app: Cheese)
• GNOME Tour
• GNOME Text Editor (Modern replacement for the previous core app: Gedit)

• Boxes - the virtualization software
• Builder - the IDE for creating GNOME apps
• D-Spy - D-Bus analyzer
• Dconf Editor - Dconf database editor
• Devhelp - API documentation viewer
• Sysprof - debugging software

GNOME Circle is a collection of applications which have been built to extend the GNOME platform,^[11] utilize GNOME technologies, and follow the GNOME human interface guidelines.^[12] 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.^[11] Circle applications are not part of GNOME Core Applications.

Some examples of such applications include:

• Apostrophe - a markdown editor
• Authenticator - a two-factor authentication code generator
• Eyedropper - a color picker and formatter utility
• Foliate - An ebook reader
• Fragments - a torrent manager
• Gaphor - UML and SysML modeling tool
• Health - a fitness tracker
• Pika Backup - a backup software
• Polari - messaging app
• Wike (software) - a Wikipedia browser

• GNOME
• GNOME Project
• Adwaita (design language)
• Utility software

Wikimedia Commons has media related to GNOME Core Applications.

• apps.gnome.org (a comprehensive list of GNOME Core and Circle apps)
• circle.gnome.org (official GNOME Circle website)