KDE wata al'umma ce ta software ta ƙasa da ƙasa wacce ke haɓaka software kyauta kuma buɗe tushen. A matsayin cibiyar ci gaba ta tsakiya, tana ba da kayan aiki da albarkatu waɗanda ke ba da damar yin aiki tare akan wannan nau'in software. Sanannun samfuran sun haɗa da Desktop Plasma (tsarin yanayi na tebur akan yawancin rarraba Linux), Tsarin tsari da kewayon aikace-aikacen giciye kamar Krita ko digiKam da aka tsara don aiki akan Unix da Unix-kamar tebur, Microsoft Windows da Android.