KDE Connect SMS

A KDE Plasma 6 plasmoid to send SMS from your desktop via KDE Connect.

Features

• Send SMS — compose and send text messages from your KDE Plasma desktop
• KDE Connect integration — uses your paired Android phone as the SMS gateway
• Contact autocomplete — search contacts via KPeople integration
• Phone number formatting — automatic country detection and as-you-type formatting via libphonenumber-js
• SMS history — view sent message history per contact, full-page history view with back navigation
• Unread notification badge — dot indicator on the panel icon for unread messages
• Configurable device — select your KDE Connect paired device, multi-device support
• Audible feedback — optional beep sound after sending
• 15 languages — fr, de, es, pt_BR, ru, zh_CN, ja, ko, it, nl, pl, tr, ar, uk, cs

Requirements

• KDE Plasma 6
• KDE Connect (desktop app + paired Android phone)
• kpackagetool6

Installation

From KDE Store (recommended)

1. Right-click your panel → Add Widgets → Get New Widgets → Download New Plasma Widgets
2. Search "KDE Connect SMS" → Install

Or visit store.kde.org/p/1202579.

From .plasmoid file

kpackagetool6 -t Plasma/Applet -i com.comexpertise.plasma.kdeconnectsms-<version>.plasmoid

From source

git clone https://github.com/comxd/plasma-kdeconnect-sms.git
cd plasma-kdeconnect-sms
kpackagetool6 -t Plasma/Applet -i .

Then right-click your panel → Add Widgets → search "KDE Connect SMS".

After updating

If the widget still shows the old UI after an update, restart Plasma shell:

systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell.service

Or log out and log back in.

Building

bash scripts/build-plasmoid.sh

Produces com.comexpertise.plasma.kdeconnectsms-<version>.plasmoid ready for distribution.

Development

Translations

bash translate/merge.sh   # extract strings → update .po files
bash translate/build.sh   # compile .po → .mo

VM Testing

export KDE_NEON_ISO=/path/to/neon-user-current.iso
./vm/launch-vm.sh --setup     # Fully automated VM setup
./vm/reload-plasmoid.sh       # Reload after code changes

License

© 2026 ComExpertise — GPL-2.0-or-later — see individual file headers for details.

Author

David DIVERRES — ComExpertise