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Opt Green

Independent, energy-efficient Free & Open Source Software for long-term hardware use.

Be Green (End User)

Be Green (End User)

Opt in to lower energy demands, extended hardware life, device independence, and user control for a healthier digital society.

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Grow Green (Advocate)

Grow Green (Advocate)

Build communities and user support networks to bring the benefits of independent, sustainable software to your hometown.

Make Green (Dev)

Make Green (Dev)

Develop applications and software features with a focus on efficiency and sustainability for this and future generations.

Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) guarantees transparency and user autonomy, by design. These are not features, but inherent qualities to open development and software licensing. As a result, software and hardware are no longer dependent on vendors for support.

What makes FOSS sustainable?

Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) guarantees transparency and user autonomy, by design. These are not features, but inherent qualities to open development and software licensing. As a result, software and hardware are no longer dependent on vendors for support.

FOSS can be studied and improved independently, including in its energy consumption. Premature hardware obsolescence is a thing of the past. FOSS runs on devices that are decades old. Keep your computer in use to the end of the hardware operating life, not the software.

Okular Awarded Blue Angel Ecolabel

In 2022, KDE’s popular multi-platform PDF reader and universal document viewer Okular became the first ever eco-certified computer program!

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Okular Awarded Blue Angel Ecolabel

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Join us in the sustainable software development movement!

Events

Installation Workshop at Moos

Installation Workshop at Moos

28 6 月 2024 28 6 月 2024
Berlin, DE Berlin, DE
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften

22 6 月 2024 22 6 月 2024
Berlin, DE Berlin, DE
Umweltfestival

Umweltfestival

28 4 月 2024 28 4 月 2024
Berlin, DE Berlin, DE
KDE is a world-wide community of software engineers, artists, writers, translators, and creators who are committed to Free Software development. We are a cooperative enterprise: we work together to achieve the common goal of building the world's finest Free & Open Source Software. Everyone is welcome to join and contribute to KDE, including you.

About KDE and KDE Eco

KDE is a world-wide community of software engineers, artists, writers, translators, and creators who are committed to Free Software development. We are a cooperative enterprise: we work together to achieve the common goal of building the world's finest Free & Open Source Software. Everyone is welcome to join and contribute to KDE, including you.

Supported by the KDE community since 2021, KDE Eco has the ongoing mission of the development and adoption of sustainable Free & Open Source Software worldwide. As the ecological impact of digitization grows more relevant, we continue to raise awareness about the role of software design in reducing environmental harm. We are proudly a part of a growing number of communities and organizations working to have a positive ecological impact, today.

KDE is a world-wide community of software engineers, artists, writers, translators, and creators who are committed to Free Software development. We are a cooperative enterprise: we work together to achieve the common goal of building the world's finest Free & Open Source Software. Everyone is welcome to join and contribute to KDE, including you.

About This Website

This website is open-source. Source code and asset licenses can be found in the KDE Eco Repository. This website was checked by the greenwebfoundation.org and is labelled "Hosted Green". Website is hosted by: Hetzner Online AG. Supporting evidence for this hoster’s claims: Sustainability Page.