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{{Short description|Desktop environment}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = XFCE
| logo = Xfce logo.svg
| logo size = 100px
| logo alt = logo XFCE
| screenshot = Void Linux 20210930 Xfce Thunar 4.15.10 default Adwaita theme - English.png
| screenshot alt = XFCE 4.16 with Thunar on Void Linux
| caption = XFCE 4.16 with [[Thunar]] on [[Void Linux]]
| author = [[Olivier Fourdan]]
| developer = [[Free software community]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xfce.org/about/credits |title=Credits |website=Xfce |date=28 April 2012 |access-date=4 September 2012 |archive-date=19 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919195434/http://xfce.org/about/credits |url-status=live }}</ref>
| released = {{Start date and age|1997}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q170821|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q170821|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q170821|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q170821|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| repo = {{URL|https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] ([[GTK]])
| middleware = X Window System, 
Xorg
| engine = GTK
| operating system = Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and GNU/Hurd
| platform = [[Unix-like]]
| language count = at least 31 different
| genre = [[Desktop environment]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]], [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]], [[BSD licenses|BSD]]
| website = {{URL|https://xfce.org}}
}}

'''Xfce''' or '''XFCE''' (pronounced as four individual letters, {{IPAc-en|ɛ|k|s|_|ɛ|f|_|s|iː|_|iː}}) is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[desktop environment]] for [[Linux]] and other [[Unix-like]] operating systems.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=XFCE |url=https://en.linuxportal.info/encyclopedia/x/xfce-desktop-environment |website=linuxportal}}</ref>

Xfce aims to be fast and [[Lightweight software|lightweight]] while still visually appealing and easy to use. The desktop environment is designed to embody the traditional [[Unix philosophy]] of [[Modular programming|modularity]] and re-usability, as well as adherence to standards; specifically, those defined at [[freedesktop.org]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xfce.org/about|title=About – general information about the Xfce desktop|website=Xfce|access-date=4 January 2016|archive-date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103151751/http://www.xfce.org/about|url-status=live}}</ref>