Budgie (desktop environment)

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Budgie

Screenshot of a typical Budgie desktop with Raven panel.
Original author(s)	Ikey Doherty, Solus Project
Developer(s)	Buddies of Budgie
Initial release	February 17, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-17)
Stable release	10.9.2[1]  / 22 June 2024; 5 months ago (22 June 2024)
Repository	github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop
Written in	C, Vala
Operating system	Unix-like operating system
Platform	X11
Available in	71 languages
Type	Desktop environment
License	GNU LGPLv2.1 for libraries, GNU GPLv2 for binaries
Website	https://buddiesofbudgie.org

Budgie is an independent, free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems that targets the desktop metaphor. Budgie is developed by the Buddies of Budgie organization, which is composed of a team of contributors from Linux distributions such as Fedora, Debian, and Arch Linux. Its design emphasizes simplicity, minimalism, and elegance, while providing the means to extend or customize the desktop in various ways. Unlike desktop environments like Cinnamon, Budgie does not have a reference platform, and all distributions that ship Budgie are recommended to set defaults that best fit their desired user experience. Budgie is also shipped as a edition of certain Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu Budgie.