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Kontact vs Evolution: catalog facts
Kontact	Evolution
Free Free and open source, developed by the KDE community.	Free Free and open source, part of the GNOME project.
Linux	Linux
Mail, calendar, contacts and feeds in one window Works offline with your data	Mail, calendar, contacts and tasks in one program Exchange Web Services plugin connects to Microsoft 365
Best suited to the KDE Plasma desktop Large suite with many settings to learn	Linux only Heavier than a mail-only client, and slower to start
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later and LGPL-2.1-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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