Apple Human Interface Guidelines provides design guidance and best practices for experiences across Apple platforms.
KDE
Read KDE Human Interface Guidelines, with sections on design, formatting, and documentation practices.
About KDE
The KDE Human Interface Guidelines explain how to design apps that fit KDE Plasma and work outside it. They cover design philosophy and culture, common workflows and patterns, standard interface conventions, and platform integration, including layout, input, content display, text, icons, and accessibility. The site also includes formatting and style guidelines.
It focuses on what and why rather than implementation detail, so readers need component usage and API documentation and existing app source code for building components. The guidelines are not presented as strict rules and allow deviation when it produces a better result.
Key features
- Guidance on KDE design philosophy and culture
- Common workflows and patterns for apps
- Standard user interface conventions
- Platform integration recommendations
- Layout, navigation, and content display guidance
- Input, status updates, text, icons, and accessibility guidance
Best for: Developers and designers creating apps intended to run in KDE Plasma.
Good for
- Covers philosophy, workflows, conventions, and integration in one document
- Explains the reasoning behind recommendations, not just rules
- Maintained as a living document that accepts contributions
Watch out for
- Does not include implementation instructions for every specific component
KDE at a glance
- Website
- develop.kde.org/hig
- Type
- Online tool
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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KDE FAQ
What topics does the guide cover?
Design philosophy and culture, common workflows and patterns, standard interface conventions, and platform integration recommendations.
Does it explain how to implement components?
No. It focuses on what and why; implementation detail is in component usage and API documentation and existing app source code.
Must every rule be followed strictly?
No. It is not described as an ironclad law code and allows breaking a guideline when it produces a superior result.
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