deepin

Deepin
Deepin 23 desktop, with the Qt-based Deepin Desktop Environment
Native name
深度操作系统; Shēndù Cāozuò-xìtǒng
DeveloperDeepin Technology Co., Ltd.
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen-source
Initial release28 February 2004 (2004-02-28)
Latest release25.0.1 / 19 January 2026
Marketing targetPersonal computing
Available inMulti-lingual (more than 30)
Update methodDeepin Software Center
Package managerAPT, dpkg
Supported platformsx86-64, RISCV64, ARM64, LoongArch64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux Kernel)
Default
user interface
Deepin Desktop Environment (Qt-based)
LicenseFree software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official websitewww.deepin.org

deepin (Chinese: 深度操作系统; pinyin: Shēndù Cāozuò-xìtǒng; formerly known as Linux Deepin and Hiweed Linux) is a Linux distribution, formerly based on Ubuntu and Debian, that features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), a desktop environment built on Qt and available for a variety of distributions. The Deepin userbase is predominantly Chinese, though DDE is in most prominent Linux distributions' repositories as an alternative desktop environment. The company behind the development, Deepin Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of UnionTech (统信软件), is based in Wuhan, China.