# KDE Discover

5 Hacker News commenters recommended KDE Discover and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A software center for the KDE Linux desktop, recommended as the built-in way to find and install apps, and extensible to pull from different sources.

## Why people recommend it

- Built-in software center for KDE (2 comments): "KDE has the "discover" app which does what it looks like you want" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46967338)) "Just use GNOME Software or Discover (KDE)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46490232))
- Supports extensions for different sources (1 comments): "KDE already has a tool that might work here and which already supports pulling from different sources via extensions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177157))

## What people warn about

- Installs not logged in dnf history (1 comments): "it doesn't get logged in dnf history so you can't use dnf rollback" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46743103))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mac App Store](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mac-app-store.md): 10 recommend
- [Windows Store](https://hackerapproved.com/p/windows-store.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "KDE Discover", https://hackerapproved.com/p/discover/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).