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Plasma Bigscreen

Plasma Bigscreen is a software project from KDE which contains an interface optimized for Smart TVs, set-top boxes, and other computers such as the Raspberry Pi or Xiaomi TV Box, which can be connected to large displays.

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Plasma Bigscreen
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LicenseGNU General Public License version 3
Websiteplasma-bigscreen.org
Repositoryinvent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-bigscreen

Plasma Bigscreen is a software project from KDE which contains an interface optimized for Smart TVs, set-top boxes, and other computers such as the Raspberry Pi or Xiaomi TV Box, which can be connected to large displays.1234

Software

The desktop environment was initially based on KDE Plasma 5, but is planned for future distribution with KDE Plasma 6.56. It has also been ported to KDE Frameworks 6 and Qt6 to give support for Plasma 6 libraries, with some compatibility still for Plasma 5 as of March 2026.7 Voice control was provided through integration with Mycroft AI, but was obsoleted by late 2024.8 Plasma Bigscreen supports HDMI-CEC.9

Availability

Plasma Bigscreen is available in the repositories of distributions shipping KDE Plasma 6.7 or later. It is also available as a KDE Neon-based image, and installable on postmarketOS. In early 2025, it was marked as not available due to inactivity;10 however, active development resumed later that year. As of March 2026, developers were targeting a release date to coincide with Plasma 6.7, so that Plasma Bigscreen could be made more widely available through other KDE-based distribution repositories.6

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "KDE kondigt open Plasma Bigscreen-interface aan voor smart-tv's". Tweakers (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  2. March 2020, Ash Puckett 27 (2020-03-27). "Raspberry Pi Smart TV: Plasma Bigscreen Project Offers Open-Source UI". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2021-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Bauduin, Sven (27 March 2020). "Plasma Bigscreen: KDE bringt den Linux-Desktop auf den Fernseher". ComputerBase (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  4. "Amlogic/Porting set top boxes". postmarketOS Wiki. pmOS Community. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  5. "Add back a metadata key for api minimum version". KDE Invent (GitLab). KDE Community. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  6. "Get Plasma Bigscreen". Plasma Bigscreen. KDE Community. Archived from the original on 12 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  7. "Port to Qt6/KF6 (!81)". KDE Invent (GitLab). KDE Community. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  8. "Feature Overhaul and Updates (!92)". KDE Invent (GitLab). KDE Community.
  9. "README". 16 October 2024.
  10. "Distributions offering Plasma Bigscreen". Archived from the original on 24 February 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
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