## Desktop Entry Specification

The desktop entry specification describes desktop entries: files describing information about an application such as the name, icon, and description. These files are used for application launchers and for creating menus of applications that can be launched. 



### Mailinglist

Discussion of this specification should occur on [[xdg|http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg]]. 


### git

This specification is hosted in git, see [[desktop-entry-spec|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/]]. 


### Spec

 * [[Latest version|https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/]]
 * Version 1.1 - [[html (one page)|https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.1.html]] -  [[html (multiple pages)|https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/1.1/]] - [[xml|https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.1.xml]]
 * Version 1.0 - [[html (one page)|https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.0.html]] - [[html (multiple pages)|https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/1.0/]] - [[xml|https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.0.xml]]