A KDE Plasma effect that rounds the corners of windows when using borderless window decorations.
KDE-Rounded-Corners is a KWin effect for the KDE Plasma desktop that rounds the corners of application windows. It solves the visual problem of sharp window corners that appear when users disable window borders in KDE's system settings, providing a more aesthetically pleasing desktop experience.
KDE Plasma users who prefer borderless window decorations but want smoother, rounded window corners for a modern look.
It offers a simple, focused solution to a specific visual gap in KDE's borderless window mode, is built natively as a KWin effect for seamless integration, and is open-source with community-driven development.
Rounds the corners of your windows
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It directly addresses the sharp corner issue when KDE's borderless window decoration is enabled, as demonstrated in the before/after screenshot in the README, providing a cleaner aesthetic.
Built as a KWin effect, it integrates seamlessly with KDE Plasma, ensuring smooth performance and compatibility without external hacks or plugins.
Despite being deprecated, the project points to an active fork, showing community-driven resilience and allowing users to transition to maintained versions.
The repository is explicitly marked as deprecated, meaning no further updates or bug fixes from the original author, which risks compatibility with newer KDE versions.
Installation requires cloning, building with CMake, and managing system dependencies, which is more complex than a simple package install and prone to errors for non-technical users.
It only works on KDE Plasma, making it useless for other desktop environments or cross-platform desktop theming projects.