https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar

Sugar GTK shell
https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar

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Sugar GTK shell

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar
• Owner: sugarlabs
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2013-06-10T13:49:20.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-06-20T17:45:33.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-08-01T00:31:11.760Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 24.6 MB
• Stars: 284
• Watchers: 44
• Forks: 272
• Open Issues: 66
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: NEWS
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

          
Sugar

=====

Sugar is the desktop environment component of a worldwide effort to

provide every child with an equal opportunity for a quality

education. Available in more than twenty-five languages, Sugar

Activities are used every school day by children in more than forty

countries.

Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook, Sugar

can run on most computers.

Sugar is free/libre and open-source software.

https://www.sugarlabs.org/

Installing on Debian or Ubuntu

------------------------------

```

sudo apt install sucrose

```

Then log out, and log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

See also [Debian](docs/debian.md) or [Ubuntu](docs/ubuntu.md).

Installing on Fedora

--------------------

```

sudo dnf group install sugar-desktop

```

Then restart your computer.  At the *Sign in* select the *Sugar*

desktop.

See also [Fedora](docs/fedora.md).

Building

--------

Sugar follows the [GNU Coding

Standards](https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/).

Install all dependencies, especially [`sugar-artwork`](https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-artwork), [`sugar-datastore`](https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-datastore),

and [`sugar-toolkit-gtk3`](https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-toolkit-gtk3).

Clone the repository, run `autogen.sh`, then `make` and `make

install`.

See also [Setup a development

environment](docs/development-environment.md).