GNOME
| GNOME | |
|---|---|
| Original authors | Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena |
| Developer | GNOME Project |
| Initial release | 3 March 1999 |
| Stable release | 49.4
/ 14 February 2026 |
| Written in | C, XML, C++, C#, HTML, Vala, Python, JavaScript, CSS, Rust, Perl |
| Operating system | Linux and other Unix-like systems |
| Platform | Wayland and X11 |
| Available in | 38 languages |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | www |
| Repository | |
GNOME (/ɡəˈnoʊm, ˈnoʊm/) is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It is distributed as the default desktop environment of many major Linux distributions, including Debian, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE Linux Enterprise, and is the default in Oracle Solaris, a Unix operating system.
GNOME is developed by the GNOME Project, which is composed of both volunteers and paid contributors, the largest corporate contributor being Red Hat. It is an international project that aims to develop frameworks for software development, to program end-user applications based on these frameworks, and to coordinate efforts for the internationalization, localization, and accessibility of that software.
In 2023 and 2024, GNOME received €1,000,000 from Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund.