cromewar/plasma-downloads-stack — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-05-18
Quickly access and open recently downloaded files from the taskbar on a KDE Linux desktop.
Drag a recently downloaded file directly into another open app instead of browsing to it.
Sort recent downloads by date, name, size, or file type.
Customize the panel icon and view style to match a macOS-like dock experience.
| cromewar/plasma-downloads-stack | bjarneo/omarchy-kanagawa-dragon-theme | berkeserce/deepl-translator-plasmoid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| Language | QML | QML | QML |
| Setup difficulty | — | moderate | easy |
| Complexity | — | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | general | developer | general |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Downloads Stack is a small add on widget, called a plasmoid, for the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment on Linux. It recreates the macOS Dock feature where a pile icon in your taskbar shows your most recent downloaded files, and clicking it makes those files pop out for quick access. You can drag a file straight from the pile into another app like a file manager, browser, or chat window, click a file to open it directly, or jump to the folder it lives in. The widget offers three different ways to view your recent downloads: a Fan view where files arc out from the icon like a hand of cards, a Grid view showing thumbnail previews with file names underneath, and a List view showing one file per row with its icon and file type. New downloads appear automatically as soon as they finish. Image files get real thumbnail previews, while other files show an icon based on their type. You can sort the list by date, name, size, or file type, in either order. Settings let you change which folder is being watched, defaulting to your system's normal Downloads folder, how many recent files to display, whether hidden files are shown, and which of the three views is used by default. The panel icon itself can either show the newest download's icon with a count badge, or a plain folder icon if you prefer something simpler. The widget also follows whichever light or dark theme and icon set your desktop is already using. Installing it is a single command that downloads and installs the widget for your user account without needing administrator access, after which you add it to your panel through Plasma's normal widget picker. It requires KDE Plasma 6 and Qt 6, is written entirely in QML with no compilation step needed, and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, a copyleft license that requires derivative works to also be open source.
A KDE Plasma 6 widget that brings the macOS Dock downloads stack, showing recent downloads in a fan, grid, or list view.
Mainly QML. The stack also includes QML, Qt 6, KDE Plasma 6.
Mainly general.
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