Incubation Request for kio-onedrive

[Bernardo Negri]

On 27/01/2026 15:50, Bernardo Negri wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to start the incubation process for kio-onedrive[1] and 
> to seek a sponsor for this process. The KDE Invent issue to track the 
> incubation request is at 
> <https://invent.kde.org/bernardogn/kio-onedrive/-/issues/20>.
>
> kio-onedrive is a kio worker that allows applications such as Dolphin 
> to access files stored on the user's Microsoft OneDrive account and 
> the files stored in it, similarly to how kio-gdrive allows Dolphin to 
> access the user's Google Drive.
>
> The people committing to the project, as far as I know, would be just 
> me. However, a few KDE developers have expressed interest in the past.
>
> I agree to follow the principles of the KDE manifesto.
>
> This project would also advance KDE's strategy to reach its mission by 
> "interoperating well with proprietary services."
>
> However, there may be one technical hiccup: right now, the project 
> needs to be compiled with Ninja as the CMake generator, and with Clang 
> as the C++ compiler. When GCC 16 releases, it will be possible to 
> compile kio-onedrive with GCC, but the requirement to use Ninja as the 
> CMake generator will stay for the foreseeable future. I do not believe 
> this is a too onerous requirement for distributions, I have managed to 
> make builds for Debian, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, Arch Linux and Fedora[2].
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bernardo
>
> [1] https://invent.kde.org/bernardogn/kio-onedrive/
>
> [2] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:bernardogn/kio-onedrive
>
Another thing I'd like to add: like most OAuth applications, 
kio-onedrive needs a Client ID. Client IDs to access Microsoft services 
need to be registered at Azure with a Microsoft account. Right now, 
kio-onedrive offers the build-time option to choose what Client ID to 
use (but it can be changed after building by editing the kaccounts 
file), and by default it uses a Client ID associated with my personal 
Microsoft account.

I do not know what KDE's policy on such OAuth Client IDs is. I'd be 
willing to change the default Client ID, but I think having a default 
functional Client ID is useful.

Cheers,

Bernardo