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KDE Mega Sprint 2026
Contributors working on
KDE Goals
, as well as on Plasma, Frameworks, Apps, and everything in between, are invited to join.
Date
Monday 2026-04-06 - Saturday 2026-04-11
First day of the sprint is Monday 2026-04-06
If some people already arrive on Sunday 2026-04-05 then we can gather at the local hackerspace "realraum" again
Tram stop "Neu Technik" (University of Technology, New Campus), on lines 6 and 16 (same route as toward the venue)
Last day of the sprint is Saturday 2026-04-11
Location
The Sprint will be hosted at TU Graz, Campus Inffeldgasse. We'll be located in building 11
Will be partially co-locate with the
Grazer Linuxtage
. Also see
On Saturday we will have a booth at Grazer Linuxtage again, also
submit talks
Topics
Topic
Description
Proposed by
Union + Ocean
Create more Ocean-supported components. Decide where to store Ocean tokens. Decide how to consume Ocean tokens.
Andy Betts (anditosan)
Making our libs portal-ready
To ensure our apps work perfectly when delivered via flatpak or similar packaging let's go through our libs and see where they need/should defer to portals (or maybe it should just be in Qt). Depending on the amount of people interested in this we can split up in groups.
David Redondo
Testing
Notes
Tests are important to catch bugs and regressions, and our testing story has serious issues (like running locally, flaky tests in CI, etc). How can we make testing easy and reliable?
Kristen McWilliam
Plasma Keyboard / More Keys
Notes
Evaluate the state of both (features/bugs/protocols/roadmap/accessibility). Plan UI/UX seamless integration between the two.
Aleix Pol / Kristen McWilliam
Gardening
Notes
We still get new people opening MRs that see no attention at all; this is not a good look, loses KDE potential new contributors, and generally feels bad. Gardening takes a lot of work; lets brainstorm if we can automate some of this (e.g. a GitLab bot that applies a label / sends a weekly email / etc?)
Kristen McWilliam
Akademy Site Visit/Scouting
During the week: check out potential locations and activities for the social events, collect restaurant recommendations, possibly scout group photo location. Scope out the infrastructure/setup during linuxtage to see what (if any) technical issues arise there that we should be prepared to accommodate for in September.
Kieryn Darkwater
Plasma Metrics
How/when do we want to prompt users for metrics? Hopefully a relatively discussion with a concrete answer at the end (see
) .
David Edmundson
KEmoji
KEmoji
. What do we need to meet the needs all potential users emojier, neochat, tokodon, plasma keyboard, etc. What should be the plan for rolling this out
James Graham
Kirigami / QML
Since we have failed to have any online meetings for a while this seems like a good time to catch up on where we are, what we think are the big issues going forward and set some priorities
James Graham
Kirigami / QML
Kirigami ActionCollection module: how to make it a framework
Marco Martin
Kirigami / QML
new Forms module: iron out last issue and get it merged.
Marco Martin
KDE Linux
Discuss stuck topics; plan for how we get to our beta release; invite more developer participation.
Nate Graham
Language Bindings
State of non-C++ languages in KDE. What we have, what is missing, where to take it from here
Nicolas Fella
KWallet
At what point we are for the full migration away from it. Tasks and timeline.
Marco Martin
Sentry Gardening
Sentry needs constant attention to be useful:
Merge duplicate reports
Don't merge reports incorrectly, since they can't be un-merged later
Mark fixed things as resolved
Archive up irrelevant/un-actionable reports
Monitor for relevant reports and escalate to relevant people
Make sure project categorizations are up to date
Let's coordinate how to do this work effectively
Nicolas Fella
Gestures
Discuss UI and backend for touchpad and mouse gesture customization:
Config, defaults & migration
KGlobalAccel API & D-Bus interface
Default assignments &
UX flow
KWin internals
Prioritization & how to get it merged
Natalie Clarius / Jakob Petsovits
AppStream release notes
Volker Krause
KNotification vs Flatpak
Volker Krause
Attendance
Please put your name below if you're coming along with arrival and leave dates.
If you need support for travel or accommodation, please file a
reimbursement request
asap.
Please join the dedicated matrix channel for the sprint for announcements, coordination and general discussion:
Name
Arrival
Leaving
Needs accommodation
Notes
Volker Krause
Monday evening
Sunday
No
Albert Astals Cid
Monday evening
Sunday
No
Harald Sitter
Sunday
Sunday/Monday
No
Kristen McWilliam
Sunday
Sunday
No
Tobias Fella
Monday
Sunday
No
Nicolas Fella
Sunday
Sunday
No
Jakob Petsovits
Monday
Sunday
No
Booked at a&o Hauptbahnhof
Tracey Clark
Sunday
Sunday
No
Nate Graham
Saturday
Sunday
No
David Redondo
Monday
Sunday
No
Kieryn Darkwater
Sunday
Sunday
No
James Graham
Sunday
Sunday
No
Marco Martin
Sunday
Sunday
No
Oliver Beard
Sunday
Sunday
No
Xaver Hugl
Sunday
Sunday
No
David Edmundson
Monday
Friday (eve)
No
Raresh Rus
Monday
Saturday
No
Aleix Pol
Monday
Saturday
No
Ibis
Natalie Clarius
Monday
Saturday
No
Lorenz Wildberg
Monday
No
Cornelius Schumacher
Wednesday evening
Sunday
No
Dinner List
WORK IN PROGRESS!
Sunday: Vietnamese
Monday: Various "build your own dish"
Tuesday: Austrian
Wednesday: Ramen
changed location!!!!
Bao Bar - Ichi Go Ichi E, Dietrichsteinplatz 16, 8010 Graz
Thursday: Irish
@ 19:00
Friday: Austrian Heurigen
@ 19:00 **mind that this is far away**
Saturday: Split up for street food
Select where you want to go so you can form groups
Wilding
Kaiserschmarrn (closes 21:00) 3
Doener Kebab
sitter
Tracey
Kebap 1
Hotels
Motel One Graz
is super central and about 10 minutes by tram from the venue
Ibis Styles Graz Messe
is a bit outside but 10 minute walk from the venue
Near the train station there are a Hotel
InterCity
Best in Hosting
a&o
B&B
. About 30 minutes to the venue by tram
There's also a useful list at
You may also organize sharing an AirBnB.
Getting there
Closest Airport is GRZ with connections to many of the German airport hubs.
From the airport you can take the local "S1" train to Graz main station. On Sunday and Monday (public holiday) they run once an hour, otherwise every half hour.
If you choose a destination in the city center, routing apps might suggest to switch from train to bus. Theoretically faster but far less convenient than going through the main station.
Closest not tiny airport is VIE. From VIE there are direct train services to Graz every couple hours, or hourly services with a change in Wien Hbf. Don't take the CAT (City Airport Train), that is just an express service into Vienna's city center.
Speaking of trains, you can also catch a (night) train to Vienna and then hop on a connection to Graz.
When you leave the main station through its main entrance, you will find busses to your left and the tram station to your right.
Tram station is under ground but the stair case portal is pretty easy to see.
Right side set of stairs/escalators lead to the platform for trams heading into the city. All of them run through the main tram connection hub called "Jakomini Platz".
File:KDE Mega Sprint travel hints.pdf
Getting around
Graz has a magnificent tram and bus network. You can get tickets at ticket machines at some stops - or at the bus driver, trams have a ticket machine inside.
It is also possible to buy tickets with the local public transport app
Week long tickets are available both in the app and at the ticket machines. There are ticket machines at the train station tram stop (see above for how to find the tram stop).
Tram lines 6 and 16 stop at the university campus where this happens.
Closest stop is called "Schulzentrum St. Peter":
About 2min walk from there to the buildings our rooms are located in:
Food & Drink
Lunch near Venue
Trudls Noodle (supposedly right in front of the building)
Mensa
Roesengarten
KEBAB
Cafe Bonbon
Drinks
Steirerpub (probably karaoke on wednesday)
Flann O'Brien
O'Carolan's Irish Pub
Molly Malone Irish Pub
Parkhouse: in one of the main parks, very nice if the weather is good
Cohibar: if you want to go for cocktails
ROX Musicbar & Grill: needs reservation
Cafe / Bar Cuba: closest bar to the campus
Cafe Kork: very chill parkside terrace, beer & hacking compatible
Food
Traditional Austrian
Glöcklbräu
Gösserbräu
Lend Platzl
Landhauskeller
Der Steirer
Herzl Weinstube (traditional)
Gasthaus Lendplatzl
Italian
Vapiano
Ramen
Ichi Go Ichi E
(Closed on Monday!)
Marroccan
Ya Habibi
(Closed this Sunday and Monday!)
Persian
Safran
Tibetan
Himalaya Masala
Irish
Flann O'Brien
Fine dining
Restaurant Schlossberg
Aiola upstairs (good view over the city)
Steak Boutique
dreizehn by Gauster
More casual
Freigeist Burger
Rox
Casa Costiera
Supermarkets
Mind that supermarkets are generally closed on sundays and holidays (that is: Sunday & Monday)
Closest supermarket to venue is Billa
SPAR at Hauptbahnhof is open every day until 22:00
Notes
Akademy Track To Do:
Test the Day Trip idea at
Zotter
. Tickets are ~25€/pp.
The Tasting Tour is ~90 minutes, 2+ hours are recommended for the "Edible Petting Zoo"
There are food & drinks (non chocolate) available on site.
It is
not
Barrier Free, but they have options for visitors using wheelchairs or strollers (free tasting in the shop instead of the factory, access to the cinema, possibly the zoo? we'll investigate when we're there).
Group reservations are available for 20-70 people, so we can buy tickets individually when we get there.
Getting there from Graz
takes a little over an hour by public transit.
Suggested Date/Time: Wednesday April 8.
Leave Graz around 11am, Arrive a little after noon.
Leave Zotter around 16:00, arrive back in Graz between 17:00 and 18:00.
Photos
Blogs
TODO
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