This is a table of applications that are approximately equivalent. It is not by any means exhaustive, but tries to help a new user of KDE software to find packages that might suit. The section headings are links to take you to pages with more software in that group.
| Description |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
KDE Software
|
| Blogging client
|
Windows Live Writer |
Echo, MarsEdit |
Blogilo
|
| BitTorrent Client
|
BitTorrent |
utorrent, Transmission |
KTorrent, KMLDonkey, KGet
|
| Download Manager
|
FlashGet |
jDownloader, pyLoad |
KGet
|
| eDonkey Client
|
eMule |
aMule |
KMLDonkey
|
| E-mail Client
|
Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail |
Apple Mail, Unibox |
KMail
|
| Feed Aggregator
|
|
Reeder, Vienna |
Akregator
|
| Personal Information Manager
|
Outlook |
Outlook, Together |
Kontact
|
| Web Browser
|
Internet Explorer |
Safari |
Konqueror, rekonq
|
| Instant Messaging Client
|
Windows Live Messenger |
iChat, Adium |
Kopete, KMess
|
| IRC Client
|
mIRC |
Colloquy |
Konversation, Quassel
|
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|
| Description |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
KDE Software
|
| Image Editor
|
Paint.NET, Adobe Photoshop |
Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator |
Krita, KolourPaint
|
| Image Viewer
|
ACDSee |
iPhoto, Quicklook |
Gwenview, KuickShow, digiKam, KPhotoAlbum
|
| Photo Management
|
ACDSee |
iPhoto, Aperture |
digiKam, KPhotoAlbum, Gwenview
|
| PDF Viewer
|
Adobe Reader |
Preview, Adobe Reader |
Okular
|
| Vectorial Drawing
|
Adobe Illustrator |
Adobe Illustrator, Sketch |
Karbon
|
| Description |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
KDE Software
|
| Audio Player
|
Windows Media Player, Winamp |
iTunes |
Amarok, Juk, KsCD, Kaffeine
|
| Video Player
|
Windows Media Player |
QuickTime Player, MPlayer, VLC |
Bangarang, Dragon Player, KPlayer, KMPlayer, Kaffeine
|
| CD and DVD Authoring
|
Nero Burning ROM |
iDVD, Toast |
K3b, K9Copy
|
| Disk image emulator
|
Daemon Tools |
|
Silicon
|
| Non-linear Video Editor
|
Windows Movie Maker |
iMovie |
Kdenlive
|
 |
|
| Description |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
KDE Software
|
| Office Package
|
Microsoft Office |
iWork |
Calligra
|
| Word Processor
|
Microsoft Word |
Pages |
Words, KWord
|
| Spreadsheet
|
Microsoft Excel |
Numbers |
Sheets, KCells
|
| Presentation
|
Microsoft PowerPoint |
Keynote |
Stage, Showcase
|
| Desktop Database Creation
|
Microsoft Access |
FileMaker |
Kexi
|
| Diagram, Flowcharting and Mind Mapping
|
Microsoft Visio |
OmniGraffle |
Flow, Kivio, Semantik
|
| Project Management
|
Microsoft Project |
iTaskX, Merlin |
Plan, KPlato
|
| Personal Information Manager
|
Microsoft Outlook |
Address Book, iCal |
Kontact
|
| Personal Finance Manager
|
Quicken |
Outbank, Pecunia |
KMyMoney, Skrooge
|
| Notetaking
|
Microsoft OneNote |
MacJournal, Evernote |
BasKet
|
| Description |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
KDE Software
|
| Touch-typing trainer
|
TypingMaster, Stamina |
|
KTouch
|
| Description |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
KDE Software
|
| Partition Editor
|
Logical Disk Manager |
Disk Utility |
KDE Partition Manager
|
| System Monitor
|
Windows Task Manager |
Activity Monitor |
KSysGuard
|
| System Information
|
EVEREST |
Systeminformation |
KInfoCenter
|
| Description |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
KDE Software
|
| File archiver
|
WinRAR |
The Unarchiver |
Ark
|
| Text Editor
|
Notepad |
TextEdit |
KWrite, Kate
|
| Description |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
KDE Software
|
| IDE
|
Visual Studio |
Xcode |
KDevelop, Quanta
|
| Computer-aided translation system
|
Poedit, Virtaal |
Poedit, LocFactory |
Lokalize
|
| UML tool
|
Enterprise Architect |
Astah |
Umbrello, Kivio
|
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