I-KDE iwumphakathi wesofthiwe yamazwe ngamazwe wamahhala othuthukisa isofthiwe yamahhala nemithombo evulekile. Njengesikhungo sokuthuthukisa esimaphakathi, sihlinzeka ngamathuluzi nezinsiza ezivumela umsebenzi wokubambisana kulolu hlobo lwesofthiwe. Imikhiqizo eyaziwa kakhulu ihlanganisa i-Plasma Desktop (indawo yedeskithophu ezenzakalelayo ekusatshalalisweni okuningi kwe-Linux), Ama-Frameworks nohlu lwezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-cross-platform ezifana ne-Krita noma i-digiKam eklanyelwe ukusebenza kumadeskithophu afana ne-Unix ne-Unix, i-Microsoft Windows ne-Android.