# Polonium (open-source desktop utility)

> Polonium is a free, open-source desktop utility for Linux. An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. It has 1,158 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at zeroxoneafour/polonium.

An (unofficial) spiritual successor to Bismuth built on KWin 6. X11 is not supported. If you encounter an issue running the script on X11, make sure it is reproducible in Wayland before submitting a bug report.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/zeroxoneafour/polonium |
| Platforms | Linux |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 1,158 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Website | https://polonium.vaughanm.xyz/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Archivers, cleaners & system utilities |
| Latest release | v1.2.1 (Jul 25, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 8, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/zeroxoneafour/polonium/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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