Konsole - KDE's Terminal Emulator

Konsole is a terminal program for KDE.

As well as being a standalone program, it is also used by other KDE programs such as the Kate editor and KDevelop development environment to provide easy access to a terminal window. Konsole's features and usage are explained and illustrated in the Konsole handbook, which can be accessed by browsing to help:/konsole in Konqueror.

Directory Structure

Directory	Description
/doc/user	README files, primarily for advanced users, explaining various aspects of Konsole such as fonts and keyboard handling in-depth.
/doc/developer	README files and resources for developers of Konsole. This includes information on the design of Konsole's internals and the VT100 terminal on which Konsole's emulation is based.
/src	Source code for Konsole, including the embedded versions of Konsole which are used in Kate, KDevelop and others.
/desktop	.desktop files for Konsole, used to launch the program from KDE's various menus and other application launchers.
/data	Data files for use with Konsole as well as the keyboard setup and color schemes provided with Konsole.

Contact

Up-to-date information about the latest releases can be found on Konsole's website at https://konsole.kde.org. Discussions about Konsole's development are held on the konsole-devel mailing list, which can be accessed at https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/konsole-devel.

Quick Links

• KDE Release Schedule
• Official Homepage
• Builds
• Forums
• Konsole Bug Reports per Component