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+title: KDE Goals - Last Call For Submissions
+date: 2026-08-07T13:17:00Z
+authors:
+  - frdbr
+categories:
+ - KDE Goals
+discourse: frdbr
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+---
+
+![Last Call](./last-call-img.png)
+
+## Last chance to submit your KDE Goals proposal
+
+The call for submissions for the next KDE Goals cycle closes tomorrow, August 8.
+
+As of the time of writing we've received nineteen proposals, covering a variety of topics like enterprise, gaming, personal well-being, documentation, accessibility, semantic desktops, color management, design, user experience, mobile and more. 
+
+Current proposals (by order of submission): 
+
+- [Better documentation](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/2)
+- [Design System for Plasma 1st-Party Styling](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/3)
+- [Accessibility in KDE](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/4)
+- [KDE for Enterprise and Deployments](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/5)
+- [Give more love to little-loved but important KDE apps](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/6)
+- [KDE Linux — Pillar of KDE](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/8)
+- [Sandbox all the things!](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/9)
+- [Improve UX of customization and theming process with 3rd-party content](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/12)
+- [KDE Kares](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/13)
+- [Improve GUI configuration UX by expanding system settings](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/14)
+- [Gaming as a first-class workload](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/15)
+- [Plasma: From Window Management to Workflow Management](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/17)
+- [Improve color management and HDR support](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/18)
+- [Make Plasma smart](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/19)
+- [Advanced configuration features hidden from GUI](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/20)
+- [Scripting and effect capabilities: Need for review in Get New Stuff](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/21)
+- [Seamless Input Accessibility (Onscreen Keyboard, Emoji & Clipboard)](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/22)
+- [Language/toolkit-agnostic development](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/23)
+- [Prepare Plasma Mobile for Daily Drivability](https://invent.kde.org/teams/goals/goal-setting/2026/-/work_items/24)
+
+## Join in
+
+If any of the proposals above spark your interest, then by all means join the effort as a co-champion or contributor. And if you don't feel inspired by any, then there is still time to submit your own and champion a new KDE Goal. 
+
+Remember that you do not have to be a developer to participate. Read the [selection process](https://community.kde.org/Goals/Goals_Process) carefully before you send your proposal. If you have any doubts, join our [Matrix room](https://matrix.to/#/#goals:kde.org) or create a topic at the [KDE forum](https://discuss.kde.org/c/community/5). 
+
+### What's Next?
+
+Once the submission period is over, we'll move into the **refinement phase**, where champions and the community work together to polish their proposals and finalize them so they're elligible for voting.
+
+### Timeline:
+
+- Call for submissions - June 19 to August 8
+- Refinement of proposals - August 9 to August 27
+- Voting period - August 28 to September 11
+- Tallying & preparation - September 12 to September 18
+- Announcement at [Akademy](https://akademy.kde.org/2026/) - September 19
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