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Freedesktop SDK
Other names	FDSDK, freedesktop-sdk
Original author	Alexander Larsson
Release	February 20, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-02-20).^[1]

Stable release	25.08 / August 29, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-08-29)^[2]

Written in	Buildstream, C, Shell
Operating system	Linux and other Unix-like systems
Type	Software development kit
License	MIT License^[3]
Website	freedesktop-sdk.gitlab.io
Repository	gitlab.com/freedesktop-sdk

Freedesktop SDK is a free and open-source software development kit for Linux that provides element-defined runtimes, as well as Platform and SDK Flatpak runtimes for applications^[4].

Developing Freedesktop SDK is primarily a volunteer effort, although various companies and organizations, such as Codethink and the OSU Open Source Lab provide resources and sponsorship for the project ^[5]. Communication within the community takes place via mailing lists, Matrix, and conference talks.

History

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Originally a sub-project underneath the Flatpak project designed to create a basic neutral runtime, it now is an independent project. ^[6] As a result up to version 1.6, the project repository was hosted on GitHub in the Flatpak project space ^[7] built using BitBake as part of a Yocto build system. As part of the move to an independent project, in 2017, Freedesktop SDK was migrated to GitLab and migrated their primary build system to use Buildstream^[8].

Features

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Freedesktop SDK provides resources and documentation for construction of OS images, Flatpak runtimes^[9], OCI Images and Snap^[10] packages. Along with these resources, there is ongoing development for X86-64, ARM, Ppc64le, and RISC-V^[11] architectures with effort towards maintenance of a stable ABI for downstream consumers^[12]^[13]. As of 2026, the Freedesktop SDK platform has over 100M downloads on Flathub^[14]

Maintenance

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Freedesktop SDK has a major release each year, with the current maintenance window being 2 years from the initial release before they are considered end of life^[15].