Deepin
Sign in to savedeepin (; formerly known as Linux Deepin and Hiweed Linux) is a Linux distribution, formerly based on Ubuntu and Debian, that features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), a desktop environment built on Qt and available for a variety of distributions. The Deepin userbase is predominantly Chinese, though DDE is in most prominent Linux distributions' repositories as an alternative desktop environment. The company behind the development, Deepin Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of UnionTech (), is based in Wuhan, China.
Key facts
- OS.name
- Deepin
- OS.logo
- 60px
- OS.screenshot
- Deepin 23.webp
- OS.caption
- Deepin 23 desktop, with the Qt-based Deepin Desktop Environment
- OS.developer
- Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.
- OS.family
- Linux (Unix-like)
- OS.working_state
- Current
- OS.source_model
- Open-source
- OS.latest release version
- 25.0.1
- OS.latest release date
- 19 January 2026
- OS.marketing target
- Personal computing
- OS.language
- Multi-lingual (more than 30)
- OS.updatemodel
- Deepin Software Center
- OS.package_manager
- APT, dpkg
- OS.supported_platforms
- x86-64, RISCV64, ARM64, LoongArch64
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic (Linux Kernel)
- OS.ui
- Deepin Desktop Environment (Qt-based)
- OS.license
- Free software licenses(mainly GPL)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- Market share
- Deepin Desktop Environment
- Deepin applications
- Deepin Installer
- Reception
- CNZZ incident
- Performance
- Concerns about connections to Chinese government
- OpenSUSE removal of Deepin Desktop Environment
- See also
- References
deepin (; formerly known as Linux Deepin and Hiweed Linux) is a Linux distribution, formerly based on Ubuntu and Debian, that features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), a desktop environment built on Qt and available for a variety of distributions. The Deepin userbase is predominantly Chinese, though DDE is in most prominent Linux distributions' repositories as an alternative desktop environment. The company behind the development, Deepin Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of UnionTech (), is based in Wuhan, China.
== History == The distribution began in 2004 as Hiweed Linux. In 2011, the development team behind Deepin established a company named Deepin Technology to support commercial development of the operating system. The company received business investments the same year it was founded.