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Gnome
Consult GNOME Human Interface Guidelines for design principles, app naming, icons, navigation, and interface styling.
About Gnome
The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines provide design documentation for creating software with the GNOME development platform. They include design principles, tools and assets, conventions for app naming, icons, text, styling, and input, plus UI patterns for containers, navigation, controls, and feedback, with reference material for keyboard shortcuts and colors.
The material is intended for use with recent versions of the GNOME platform, in particular GTK 4 and Libadwaita.
Key features
- Design principles covering basic rules and goals
- Guidance for app naming and app icons
- Conventions for pointer, touch, and keyboard input
- Writing style, typography, and UI styling guidance
- UI patterns for containers, navigation, controls, feedback
- Reference lists for keyboard shortcuts and UI colors
Best for: App designers and developers creating software with the GNOME development platform.
Good for
- Organizes guidance into principles, guidelines, patterns, and reference sections
- Includes accessibility and scaling and adaptiveness guidance
- Provides a GitLab project for reporting issues and proposing changes
Watch out for
- Written for recent GNOME versions, particularly GTK 4 and Libadwaita
Gnome at a glance
- Website
- developer.gnome.org/hig
- Type
- Online tool
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web, Windows
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Good for
- Designers, Developers
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Gnome FAQ
What platform versions does the HIG apply to?
It is intended for use with recent versions of the GNOME platform, in particular GTK 4 and Libadwaita.
What sections does the HIG include?
Design principles, resources, guidelines, patterns covering containers, navigation, feedback and controls, and reference material.
How can issues be reported or changes proposed?
Through the HIG project on GNOME's GitLab instance.
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