Glossary
Plain-language definitions of the terms used in Kilne OS.
- App
- Something you install on Kilne. Either a native Rust app or a web app.
- Capability
- A thing an app asks permission to do, like using the camera or reading and writing files. Shown before you install.
- Catalog
- An index of apps, with a detached signature, that a source publishes.
- Development source
- A source you run yourself while you build. Not signed, and labelled that way.
- Dock
- The row of apps along the bottom of the screen. A dot marks each running app.
- .kilneapp
- A zipped app bundle you can share and install with kilne install.
- kilne
- The command for installing and managing apps. Also the name of the OS.
- Launcher
- The app grid and search box opened with Super+Space.
- Native app
- An app written in Rust: Files, Terminal, Text Edit and Viewer.
- Review screen
- The plain-English summary of what an app asks to do, shown before it installs.
- Runtime
- The engine that runs installed web apps, one window each. Proprietary, accepted by license.
- Source
- A place apps come from. You choose which are on.
- Web app
- A built web bundle with a manifest. Settings and the Store are web apps.