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Cinnamon
Sign in to saveGTK+ 3-based desktop environment initially developed for Linux Mint
Key facts
- Developer
- Linux Mint team
- Initial release
- 20 December 2011 ; 14 years ago ( 20 December 2011 )
- Stable release
- 6.6.8 / 14 April 2026 ; 50 days ago ( 14 April 2026 )
- Written in
- C ( GTK ), JavaScript , and Python
- Operating system
- Unix-like
- Type
- Desktop environment
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Website
- projects .linuxmint .com /cinnamon /
- Repository
- github .com /linuxmint /cinnamon
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Source code
Cinnamon is a Linux desktop that provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to GNOME 2 with underlying technology forked from the GNOME Shell. Cinnamon makes users feel at home with an easy-to-use and comfortable desktop experience. Note that some issues may not be with Cinnamon itself. For a list of related components, please see
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- projects.linuxmint.com/cinnamon
- Image
- LinuxMint22-Wilma-English.png
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- Commons category
- Cinnamon (desktop environment)
- software version identifier
- 6.6.8
- source code repository URL
- github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon
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Cinnamon is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It was originally based on GNOME 3, but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions.
The development of Cinnamon began by the Linux Mint team following the April 2011 release of GNOME 3, in which the conventional desktop metaphor of GNOME 2 was replaced in favor of GNOME Shell. Following several attempts to extend GNOME 3 so that it would suit the Linux Mint design goals through "Mint GNOME Shell Extensions", the Linux Mint team eventually forked several components of GNOME 3 to build an independent desktop environment. This separation from GNOME was completed with the release of Cinnamon 2.0.0 on 9 October 2013. Applets, extensions, actions, and desklets made explicitly for Cinnamon are no longer compatible with GNOME Shell.