GNOME apps

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This page contains a list of GNOME applications and whether they work with mobile devices.

Core apps

Based on the list at apps.gnome.org.

Name Package Purpose GTK3/4? Mobile Mobile replacement Notes
Calculator gnome-calculator Calculator GTK4+Adw Y -
Calendar gnome-calendar Calendar GTK4+Adw P karlender Mostly fits, a few pixels at the bottom cut off in portrait on 16:9 screens under Phosh, and half of the window cut off in landscape.
Characters gnome-characters Character map GTK4+Adw Y squeekboard's emoji selector
Clocks gnome-clocks Clocks GTK4+Adw Y -
Connections gnome-connections Remote desktop access GTK3+Hdy N N GTK4 port is discussed in issue #106, WIP port in MR !140, rejected due to library switch. Looks like there's a new gtk4-port branch.
Console gnome-console Terminal GTK4+Adw Y -
Contacts gnome-contacts Contacts GTK4+Adw Y -
Disk Usage Analyzer baobab Disk usage analyzer GTK4+Adw N gnome-usage No issue for tracking adaptivity, though there is #73 for hiding the chart that takes up significant amounts of space
Disks gnome-disk-utility Disk partitioning/management GTK3+Hdy Y - GTK4+Adw port and redesign are being discussed in #274.
Document Scanner simple-scan Scanning software GTK4+Adw N N GTK4 port is done, but hasn't yet been made adaptive. Some designs are floating around, see #349 and app-mockups/document-scanner.
Document Viewer evince Document viewer GTK3+Hdy Y Firefox can read .pdf files Evince has been forked into Papers; this fork should include GTK4+Adw support and a refreshed design.
Extensions gnome-extensions-app Extension manager for GNOME GTK4+Adw P extension-manager (not in Alpine) Not useful on Phosh.
Files nautilus File manager GTK4+Adw P portfolio Adaptive, but has some minor issues: namely, scrolling is often misregistered as a long-press.
Fonts gnome-font-viewer Font manager GTK4+Adw Y - In my testing, the font waterfall was completely blank (black square with scrollbars). Upstream issue
Help yelp Help document viewer GTK3+Hdy[1] N N Used for the "Help" option in a handful of GNOME apps. GTK4 port tracked in #200.
Image Viewer loupe Image viewer GTK4+Adw Y - Replaces eog.
Logs - Log viewer GTK4+Adw N Not packaged in Alpine, as it requires systemd
Maps gnome-maps Maps GTK4+Adw Y -
Music gnome-music Music player and organizer GTK4+Adw N lollypop
Settings gnome-control-center System settings GTK4+Adw Y -
Snapshot snapshot Camera GTK4+Adw Y megapixels Couldn't test it under Phosh as it requires Pipewire and will crash on startup without it.
Software gnome-software Software store GTK4+Adw Y -
System Monitor gnome-system-monitor System usage monitor GTK4+Adw N gnome-usage GTK4 port is done; no word on adaptivity improvements. Some designs seem to be floating around for another usage monitor app...
Text Editor gnome-text-editor Plain text editor GTK4+Adw Y -
Tour gnome-tour GNOME tour GTK4+Adw N postmarketos-welcome Mostly useless in Phosh
Videos totem Video player GTK3+Hdy[1] N livi, clapper GTK4+Adw port considerations and blockers tracked in #480
Weather gnome-weather Weather forecast GTK4+Adw Y -
Web epiphany Internet browser GTK4+Adw Y firefox

Non-core apps

These are part of the GNOME project but aren't officially considered core apps, and aren't GNOME circle apps.

Name Package Purpose GTK3/4? Mobile Mobile replacement Notes
Calls calls Dialer GTK3+Hdy Y -
Feeds gnome-feeds RSS feed reader GTK4+Adw Y -
Firmware gnome-firmware-updater Firmware updater GTK4+Adw Y -
Fractal fractal Matrix client GTK4+Adw Y -
Games highscore Game library GTK3+Hdy Y - There's a GTK4+Adw port on the main branch, but it hasn't landed in a release yet
Geary geary Mail client GTK3+Hdy Y -
gedit gedit Text editor GTK3 Y gnome-text-editor
GHex ghex Hex editor GTK3 P N Opens fine, but the selection menu opened with the arrow on the bottom goes off-screen
Passwords and Keys seahorse Keyring manager GTK3+Hdy Y -
Photos gnome-photos Photo organizer GTK3+Hdy N N Adaptivity tweaks tracked in #131, seemingly no progress in the last 2 years; no issue for GTK4+Adw port. Dropped from Core.
Power Statistics gnome-power-statistics Power information GTK3 N powersupply
Sound Recorder gnome-sound-recorder Sound recorder GTK4+Adw Y -
Terminal gnome-terminal Terminal GTK3 Y gnome-console

Games

Name Package GTK3/4? Mobile Mobile replacement Notes
2048 gnome-2048 GTK3 Y -
AisleRiot Solitare aisleriot GTK3 Y - ...miraculously works just fine
Chess gnome-chess GTK4+Adw Y -
Five or More - GTK3 Y -
Hitori - GTK3 Y -
Mines gnome-mines GTK3 N -
Sudoku gnome-sudoku GTK3 Y -
Taquin gnome-taquin GTK3 Y -

GNOME Circle

See circle.gnome.org.

Name Package Purpose GTK3/4? Mobile Mobile replacement Notes
Amberol amberol Music player GTK4+Adw Y -
Apostrophe apostrophe Markdown editor GTK3+Hdy N There's a GTK4+Adw port in progress, see Circle#215; some blockers on GTK's side?
Audio Sharing - Device audio sharing GTK4+Adw Y -
Authenticator gnome-authenticator 2FA code generator GTK4+Adw Y numberstation
Blanket blanket Environment sound simulator GTK4+Adw Y -
Boatswain - Elgato Stream Deck controller GTK4+Adw
Cartridges - Game launcher GTK4+Adw Y
Chess Clock - Chess clock GTK4+Adw Y -
Citations - Citation manager GTK4+Adw Y -
Clairvoyant - Magic 8-ball GTK4+Adw P Static window size, only fits in landscape mode. Tracked upstream in #38.
Collision - Checksum/file hash checker GTK4+Adw Y -
Commit - Commit message editor GTK4+Adw Y -
Curtail curtail Image compressor GTK4+Adw Y -
Decibels - Music player GTK4+Adw Y -
Decoder - QR code scanner and generator GTK4+Adw Y -
Déjà Dup Backups deja-dup Backup software GTK4+Adw Y -
Dialect - Translator GTK4+Adw Y -
Ear Tag eartag Audio file tag editor GTK4+Adw Y -
Errands - To-do list GTK4+Adw Y -
Eyedropper - Eyedropper tool GTK4+Adw N Could not get it to capture colors under Phosh; likely doesn't really work in a mobile environment due to the way it works. The window itself fits fine though!
File Shredder - Secure erase utility GTK4+Adw Y -
Forge Sparks - Code forge notifications receiver GTK4+Adw Y - Have yet to test the actual notifications, but the UI seems to fit fine so far
Fragments - BitTorrent client GTK4+Adw Y -
Fretboard - Guitar chord lookup GTK4+Adw Y -
Gaphor - UML and SysML modeling tool GTK4+Adw N Isn't mobile-friendly, and given its use-case, it doesn't need to be.
Graph - Graph plotter GTK4+Adw P Window is too wide to fit in portrait; fits only in landscape.
Health - Fitness tracking GTK4+Adw Y - Goes very slightly off-screen in a way that doesn't really affect usability
Identity - Image/video compare GTK4+Adw Y -
Impression - Image flasher GTK4+Adw Y -
Junction - Application chooser for opening files/links GTK4+Adw Y -
Khronos - Time tracker GTK4+Adw Y -
Kommikku - Comic/manga reader GTK4+Adw Y -
Letterpress - ASCII art generator GTK4+Adw Y -
Metadata Cleaner - Metadata cleaner GTK4+Adw Y -
Mousai - Music identificator GTK4+Adw Y -
NewsFlash newsflash News feed reader GTK4+Adw Y -
Obfuscate obfuscate Blur/obfuscation tool for images GTK4+Adw Y -
Paper Clip - PDF metadata editor GTK4+Adw Y - Goes slightly off-screen, but the window is programmed to have a horizontal scroll, so no functionality is lost.
Pika Backup - Backup utility GTK4+Adw Y -
Plots - Graph plotter GTK4+Adw N Requires GLSL 3.30, doesn't seem to be supported at least on the Samsung Galaxy A5 2015 (samsung-a5).
Podcasts gnome-podcasts Podcast player GTK4+Adw Y -
Polari polari IRC client GTK4+Adw P Some windows go slightly off-screen
Railway - Public transport schedules GTK4+Adw Y -
Secrets gnome-passwordsafe Password manager GTK4+Adw Y -
Shortwave gnome-shortwave Internet radio player GTK4+Adw Y -
Solanum solanum Work/break time manager/timer GTK4+Adw Y -
Switcheroo - Image resizer and converter GTK4+Adw Y -
Tangram tangram Web app browser GTK4+Adw Y -
Text Pieces - Text transformation utility GTK4+Adw Y -
Video Trimmer - Video trimmer GTK4+Adw Y - The ends of the length selector are a bit hard to grab, but otherwise it works fine
Warp warp File transfer tool GTK4+Adw Y -
Wike - Wikipedia reader GTK4+Adw Y -

Development tools

Name Package Purpose GTK3/4? Mobile Mobile replacement Notes
Biblioteca - GTK/GObject documentation reader GTK4+Adw Y - Part of GNOME Circle
Elastic - Spring animation test tool GTK4+Adw Y - Part of GNOME Circle
Emblem - Project avatar generator GTK4+Adw P Part of GNOME Circle; static window size, only fits in landscape
Lorem - Placeholder text generator GTK4+Adw P Part of GNOME Circle; goes veeeery slightly off-screen in portrait, in a way that doesn't really impact usability, but I still consider it "partial".
Share Preview - Local tester for social media card previews GTK4+Adw Y - Has a fixed maximum window size, so sometimes trails off, but fits fine due to sane minimums
Webfont Kit Generator - Webfont @font-face generator GTK4+Adw P Part of GNOME Circle; slightly off-screen
Workbench - GNOME app prototyping tool GTK4+Adw

Removed from Circle

Mostly GTK3 apps that still need a GTK4 port.

Name Package Purpose GTK3/4? Mobile Mobile replacement Notes
Cozy - Audiobook player GTK3+Hdy Y - GTK4+Adw is done and released recently, still needs to be re-added to Circle
Drawing drawing Paint program GTK3 Y - GTK4+Adw port is on the roadmap, discussed in #610
Font Downloader - Font downloader GTK3+Hdy Y - GTK4 conversion is being considered in #106; looks like the maintainer doesn't mind the app being GTK3 for now
Metronome gnome-metronome Metronome GTK4+Adw Y -
Telegraph - Morse code encoder/decoder GTK4+Adw Y - Dropped due to being unmaintained upstream.
Zap - Soundboard app GTK4+Adw Y - Unmaintained (ref)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 This application uses libhandy only to apply libhandy styling, i.e. make the window rounded, and doesn't utilize any of the other widgets besides HdyApplicationWindow (and in some cases, HdyHeaderBar).

See also