KIO
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| Original author(s) | KDE |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | KDE |
| Written in | C++ |
| Type | System library |
| Website | www.kde.org |
KIO (KDE Input/Output) is a library in the KDE Frameworks that lets applications built on the KDE Frameworks read and write local and remote files over a wide range of protocols such as mtp (mtp://), ssh (fish://) and samba (smb://). It is what makes it possible to easily open and work on remote files in text editors like KWrite and Kate, file managers like Konqueror and Dolphin and a whole range of other applications built on the KDE Frameworks.
The KIO library is modular with "slaves" for individual protocols, storage mechanisms and file archives. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, SSH, SMB, TAR (and tar.bz2, etc) and a lot more.
