linuxmint/cinnamon

A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.

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Cinnamon is a Linux desktop that provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.

The desktop layout is similar to GNOME 2 with underlying technology forked from the GNOME Shell.
Cinnamon makes users feel at home with an easy-to-use and comfortable desktop experience.


Contributing
============
Cinnamon is on GitHub at https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon.

Note that some issues may not be with Cinnamon itself. For a list of related components,
please see https://projects.linuxmint.com/cinnamon/.


License
=======
Cinnamon is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
version 2 or later. See the COPYING file for details.

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Project health

Overall

3.7/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

3/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

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Mike Dalessio

802 followers · starred Dec 2011

Christophe Troestler

139 followers · starred Oct 2018

Álvaro Mondéjar Rubio

142 followers · starred Jan 2025

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424 followers · starred Apr 2018

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linuxmint/cinnamon

A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.

JavaScript

5,614

9,194 commits

updated Oct 11, 2026

See the code

README

Cinnamon is a Linux desktop that provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience.

The desktop layout is similar to GNOME 2 with underlying technology forked from the GNOME Shell.
Cinnamon makes users feel at home with an easy-to-use and comfortable desktop experience.


Contributing
============
Cinnamon is on GitHub at https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon.

Note that some issues may not be with Cinnamon itself. For a list of related components,
please see https://projects.linuxmint.com/cinnamon/.


License
=======
Cinnamon is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
version 2 or later. See the COPYING file for details.

Not written in Markdown, so it's shown here as plain text — view it formatted on GitHub.