KDE Discover Software Center is a key element of our Usability and Productivity initiative because it encompasses the basic experience of discovering, installing, and removing software. Most regular people don’t want to use the command line to do this, and for them, we have Discover.

In the last few weeks, lead developer Aleix Pol has put an enormous amount of work into Discover, fixing bugs and implementing features:

I even got a few patches of my own accepted:

App header data is now vertically aligned (KDE Phabricator revision D9542)

Package changelogs are now shown without a tiny scrollview (KDE Bug 387036)

Search field now only shows a clear button when there’s a search term (KDE Phabricator revision D9536)

List of installed apps now sorted alphabetically, not by user popularity (KDE Phabricator revision D9026)

Here are some screenshots of how Discover looks today:

Browse page:



App page:



Settings page:



Installed apps page:



Updates page:



Eagle-eyed readers will notice a few bugs in these screenshots. Those are tracked by the following:

We’re aware of these issues and are actively working to investigate and resolve them. If you use Discover and find any other issues, please feel free to file a bug.

As always, thank you all for your support. If this work excites you or you find Discover useful, consider becoming a contributor yourself or donating to KDE!