KDE on Mac OS X has a long history, but is seeing new life in KDE4 and Qt4/Mac by bringing native KDE4 applications to the Mac OS X desktop.

• KDE 3
If you are interested in installing KDE 3.x on Mac OS X, check out the KDE 3 page.


• KDE 4
KDE 4.x on Mac OS X is quickly reaching a stable stage, and currently could be considered a "technology preview". Official support for Mac OS X is targeted for KDE 4.1.0.


• Goals for KDE on Mac OS X
Mac OS X is already a "desktop environment" in the sense that it provides window management, application launching, etc. The goal of KDE on Mac OS X is to provide the rich frameworks and applications in KDE to a wider audience.

In KDE 4, we intend to have:


• Solid hardware integration
• Phonon support (already finished, thanks to Trolltech)
• Strigi integration with Spotlight

Perhaps not all of these things will be available by 4.1, but the goal is to do as much as possible for release.