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KDialog

Display dialog boxes from shell scripts

UtilitiesFree software· GPL-2.0-or-later
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About

KDialog allows you to display dialog boxes from shell scripts. The syntax is very much inspired from the "dialog" command (which shows text mode dialogs).

Additional information

Project

Publisher
KDE
License
GPL-2.0+ (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage
www.kde.org
Languages
86 languages

Install

Available via
Snap (2) · Arch Linux (2) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Slackware · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 14 packagings

Snap Store, Snap Store (Beta build), AUR (Git build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Slackware, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build)

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Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
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SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Snap StoreKDialog26.04.3—GPL-2.0+Display dialog boxes from shell scripts
Snap Store (Beta build)KDialog26.04.3—GPL-2.0+Display dialog boxes from shell scripts
AUR (Git build)kdialog-git24.04.70_r1478.g33d49400b-1—LGPL-2.0-or-laterA utility for displaying dialog boxes from shell scripts
Debiankdialog4:25.04.0-1Distribution build—Dialog display utility
Ubuntukdialog4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1Distribution build—Dialog display utility
Fedorakdialog26.08.1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Callaway-GFDLNice dialog boxes from shell scripts
Arch Linuxkdialog26.08.2-1Distribution buildLGPL-2.0-or-laterA utility for displaying dialog boxes from shell scripts
Nixpkgskdialog26.08.2Distribution buildCC0-1.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-laterTool to show nice dialog boxes from shell scripts
openSUSEkdialog26.08.2Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterKDE version of xdialog
Alpine Linuxkdialog26.04.2-r0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.2-onlyA utility for displaying dialog boxes from shell scripts
Void Linuxkdialog26.08.1_1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterUtility for displaying dialog boxes from shell scripts
Slackwarekdialog26.08.2-1Distribution build—kdialog (shell dialog box utility)
Soluskdialog25.08.2Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterKDialog can be used to show nice dialog boxes from shell scripts
Gentoo (Candidate build)kdialog26.08.2Distribution buildGPL-2.0-onlyCan be used to show nice dialog boxes from shell scripts
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