# solus-project/budgie-desktop

I Tawt I Taw A Purdy Desktop

Repository: https://github.com/solus-project/budgie-desktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/budgie-desktop
Homepage: https://solus-project.com/
License Family: other
Topics: budgie-desktop, raven, notifications, desktop-environment, linux, solus
Last push: 2022-03-06T22:29:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4645, "days_push": 1641, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2303, forks 153 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:35.582398+00:00)

## What it is
Budgie Desktop is a feature-rich, elegant desktop environment for Linux, originally developed for the Solus distribution, featuring a panel, Raven sidebar, and notification system. This original repository has been moved to the Buddies of Budgie organization, which now maintains active development.

## Use cases
- install a lightweight elegant desktop environment on linux
- use the budgie desktop on my distro
- customize a linux desktop panel and notifications
- replace gnome shell with a simpler desktop
- build a custom linux desktop environment

## When to choose
- you want a clean, modern GTK-based desktop environment on Linux
- you are a Solus user or want the classic Budgie experience
- you want a desktop with an integrated Raven sidebar and applets

## When to avoid
- you need actively developed code - use the BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop fork instead
- you are not on Linux
- you need a desktop environment with long-term support guarantees from this specific repository

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, desktop-framework, alerting
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: desktop-environment, budgie, solus, panel, raven-sidebar, moved-to-new-organization, linux, desktop, gtk

## Member repositories
- solus-project/budgie-desktop (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.582398+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:40:08.747541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/solus-project/budgie-desktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.582398+00:00, sha e68df221ef07)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.