awesome-qt

Qt toolkit

A curated list of tools, libraries, and resources for building GUI applications using the Qt framework.

A curated list of awesome tools, libraries, and resources for the Qt framework.

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Awesome Qt / Official Resources
Official Website The official website for the Qt framework
Qt Documentation Official Qt documentation. Massive and comprehensive
Qt Newsletters The best of Qt, straight to your spam filter
Qt Bug Tracker If you think you've found a bug with Qt or one of its related projects, report it here (or see if someone else already has)
Qt Code Review See how the Qt maintainers ensure their code is well-written
Source Code Browse the various source trees that comprise the Qt project. Has mirrors at several GitHub organizations:

Awesome Qt / Official Resources / Source Code
Qt
Qt Project
Qt Labs

Awesome Qt / Communities / Official
Mailing Lists Mailing lists for users and developers of Qt alike. Arguably the best place to communicate directly with Qt's maintainers. Sees frequent activity
Qt Forum If e-mail's not your thing, then you might also consider getting help or sharing knowledge on the forums
Qt Wiki The premier source for user-contributed Qt knowledge
IRC For real-time chat with other Qt developers and users. The most popular channels are on Freenode, and include , , , and

Awesome Qt / Communities / Official / IRC
here For a full list of Qt-related IRC channels, see

Awesome Qt / Communities / Unofficial
QtForum.org Not to be confused with the official

Awesome Qt / Tools / Official Tools
Qt Creator By no means does Qt lock you into its provided IDE, but its firm integration with the framework makes it a good sell. Among other things, it provides a UI designer, modeling tools, a documentation browser, and great QML support if you're into that sort of thing. There's also a plugin system, but third-party plugins are unfortunately scarce

Awesome Qt / Tools / Official Tools / Qt Creator
Qt Designer If you'd rather just design the interfaces and let someone else hook them up to logic, the GUI designer is available as a separate application
Qt Assistant So is the documentation viewer, for that matter

Awesome Qt / Tools / Official Tools
Qt Visual Studio Add-in If you'd rather stick to Visual Studio, this add-in will let you do that
Qt Linguist Qt provides excellent internationalization/localization support, and this tool is very much responsible for it. Write translatable strings in your code with special macros, and this tool will aggregate them all for you so you or your translator(s) can broaden your software's audience
Qt Installer Framework Nobody seems to talk about this, but Qt also provides a way to write an installer for your application. Does not support creation of macOS disk images, app bundles, or Linux packages, so be mindful of that when considering your project's distribution

Awesome Qt / Tools / Official Tools / Qt Installer Framework
macdeployqt Generates macOS application bundles for Qt projects

Awesome Qt / Tools / Official Tools
qmake The bundled build system designed for Qt, though it can be used for non-Qt projects
qbs If QML is more your style, consider this alternative build system
Emulator Don't forget about Qt's mobile support!
qt/qttools 198 7 days ago Command-line tool that prints out a lot of information pertaining to both your Qt installation and your system in general. No link because there's no dedicated web page; just run on the command line. Excellent for troubleshooting
qt/qtdeclarative 225 5 days ago Lets you make easing curves suitable for QML, though if you understand the underlying math there's no reason you couldn't use the resulting numbers elsewhere

Awesome Qt / Tools / Third-Party Tools
CMake General C++ build tool that happens to have great Qt support
GammaRay Powerful debugger and general inspection tool for Qt-built software. Lets you inspect and manipulate the hierarchy, view object properties, edit widgets at runtime, and far, more. A two-sentence blurb can't do it justice, seriously check it out
moc-ng 205 over 2 years ago Alternative implementation of that's binary-compatible with Qt's version
Qt-Inspector 402 almost 3 years ago Inspection tool with similar goals to GammaRay, though much simpler
SIP Generates Python bindings for C or C++ libraries. Has special support for Qt signals and slots, and was used to create
linuxdeployqt 2,220 3 months ago Lets you bundle your Qt based application as an AppDir or , making it possible to ship it to users of many desktop Linux distributions. Similar to the official and tools but for Linux
Qompoter 24 8 months ago Dependency manager for Qt / C++

Awesome Qt / Bindings in Other Languages
Python (via PyQt) Arguably the most comprehensive and well-known binding of Qt to another language
Python (via PySide) Another binding for Python, which has been officially adopted by the Qt project
Ring (via RingQt) I've never heard of this language either, honestly
Mono/.NET languages (via QtSharp) 574 over 5 years ago Experimental wrapper for Qt that allows it to be used by .NET-based languages such as C#. Young, but active

Awesome Qt / Libraries / Integrations
mupdf-qt Qt wrapper for the PDF viewer
neiasound 1 8 months ago OpenAL wrapper designed for games, with and support
PythonQt Script your Qt applications with Python. Not to be confused with or
QScintilla Absurdly versatile and customizable text editor widget that provides syntax highlighting, code completion, code folding, recordable macros, and more. Built around . Created by the same company that developed
QtAwesome 791 2 days ago Add icons to your Qt application. Other icon sets are supported, too
QtLua Use Lua as a scripting language for Qt-based software
qtruby 2 about 9 years ago Use Ruby as a scripting language within your application
QuaZIP Read from and write to ZIP archives. Uses under the hood
VLC-Qt Wrapper for that lets you add a VLC-like media player to your application
SCodes 114 7 days ago Qt & QML wrapper for with ready-made QML items for decoding and generating 1D and 2D barcodes (aka. QR codes)

Awesome Qt / Libraries / New Functionality
Communi Cross-platform IRC framework. We've got enough IRC clients out there already, but I suppose this could also be used to implement a chat function in your application (e.g. for community support)
cutelyst Web framework that takes some ideas from Perl's Catalyst framework
DiceParser 125 11 months ago Dice Roller framework based on its own syntax
DOtherSide 200 about 1 year ago Binding for QML in C, primarily designed as an API for languages to support QML
Felgo Cross-platform game engine and app framework that relies heavily on QML. Has a lot of tools and resources, and may even deserve its own list
glraw 63 almost 4 years ago Convert images from any Qt-supported format to OpenGL-format textures. Useful for speeding up texture loading in graphics applications
grantlee 141 over 1 year ago Django-inspired text templating
injeqt 103 about 4 years ago Dependency injection for Qt
KDE Frameworks Metric ass-ton of libraries for KDE, but many of them can be used with regular Qt applications as well. Cross-platform, for the most part
Marble Virtual globe and map that can be used standalone or embedded within other applications
qgexedit2 364 29 days ago Embed a hex editor in your application
qml-material 2,569 almost 7 years ago Material Design implemented in QML
QNodeView 198 over 8 years ago Widget that lets you create and edit nodes in a graph similar to the kind provided by Unreal Engine, Substance Designer, or PureData
QSimpleUpdater 932 4 days ago Let your application update itself
qt-maybe 29 almost 2 years ago Fans of type theory will enjoy these sum and optional types
qt-mustache 84 over 1 year ago Render templates
QtAV Actively developed multimedia framework
Qtilities Powerful set of libraries that provide GUI, logging, testing, configuration, and project functionality (among other things) for your application
QtitanChart Chart generation framework. Commercial
QtitanRibbon For fans of the ribbons that Microsoft uses in their software. Commercial
qtnotify 11 almost 10 years ago Notification framework
QtTerminalWidget 54 almost 10 years ago Make your application capable of
QtVerbalExpressions 64 almost 10 years ago Create regular expressions using natural English expressions. Part of the project, which does the same thing for a wide variety of languages
qtwebserver 62 8 months ago If you need to write a web application server in Qt for some reason, this'll help you along
QtXlsx Read and write spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel format
Qwt Qt widgets designed for scientific and technical applications
verdigris 643 5 months ago Experimental library to write Qt applications using the

Awesome Qt / Software Repositories
#inqlude The most well-known aggregation of Qt-centric libraries out there. A package manager is also available
QtPods 59 about 5 years ago Another Qt-centric package manager. If you want to see the offerings without using QtPods, the full list is available , and can be added to by submitting a pull request
Linux-Apps.com Despite the name, Linux-Apps.com aggregates a wide variety of Qt-based tools and libraries for both end-users and developers
Stephan Binner's Ubuntu PPAs Ubuntu users who are hesitant to install anything outside of their package managers can obtain any recent version of Qt from these repositories. Instructions for adding them are found within

Awesome Qt / Blogs
Planet Qt Official aggregation of first-party and third-party Qt-related blogs
ICS Qt-centric software consulting firm with a really neat blog. Specializes in graphics applications

Awesome Qt / Blogs / ICS
1 Qt Tips and Tricks [ , ] - Odds and ends that might be nice to keep in your back pocket
Mastering Qt File Selectors Sometimes you need different variations of the same asset, but you won't know which ones to load until runtime. This class will decide for you
1 Some Lesser Known Qt Tools and Commands [ , , , , ] - You don't find hidden gems by staying on the beaten path
Using Self-Signed Certificates in Qt Code Trust nobody
Integrating C++ with QML Talk to your scripting language. That's what it's there for
1 Qt and OpenGL: Loading a 3D Model with Open Asset Import Library (Assimp) [ , ] - Assimp supports a lot of different model types; these articles will help you support all of them
What's new in Qt 5: QStandardPaths This feature's been around for a few years, but it's still useful enough to warrant an entry on this list
What's New in Qt 5.2: QCommandLineParser Another oldie, but still a goodie

Awesome Qt / Blogs
Woboq Another software consulting firm that also contributes code to Qt. They seem to specialize in Qt's core architecture

Awesome Qt / Blogs / Woboq
Moc myths debunked The magic that Qt appears to rely in is really just a bunch of code generators. This post will bring you up to speed on the reality of the , the most notable one
1 How Qt Signals and Slots Work [ , , ] - Qt's signals/slots system lets any object talk to any other object. Understanding these three articles will help you take full advantage of the feature
QMetaType knows your types C++ isn't known for having good run-time type information, so Qt brings its own
C++11 in Qt5 Stop writing C++ like it's 2003; learn how you can take advantage of recent C++ features in your Qt applications
C++14 for Qt programmers -
QStringLiteral explained String literals are widely used in many applications; wouldn't it be nice if you could make them faster to access?
Nicer debug output in Qt using QT_MESSAGE_PATTERN It's nice to be able to read your application's logs

Awesome Qt / Blogs
KDAB consulting firm that specializes in Qt

Awesome Qt / Blogs / KDAB
GammaRay: Taking a deep look into your Qt application Talk about and how it can help you dissect your Qt applications. Talk given at QtCon 2016 by
Multithreading with Qt I want to make my application do more than once thing at once. What could possibly go wrong? Talk given at QtCon 2016 by
Linux perf for Qt developers How to make your Qt application faster, Linux-style. Talk given at QtCon 2016 by

Awesome Qt / Blogs
Scythe-Studio Yet another consulting company specialized in Qt

Awesome Qt / Blogs / Scythe-Studio
Qt Creator Cheat Sheet Convenient document for improving your familiarity with Qt Creator IDE
Qt Installer Framework tutorial Series about practical usage of Qt Installer framework with in-depth overview of different features
How to interface Qt with Android Java code Getting wild and "native" with Android code in your Qt application
How to use NFC in Qt/Qml application? Have you ever wondered how to use NFC in Qt/Qml application? This blog post will give you a complex overview of the concept of near-field communication technology with examples of its usage in real life

Awesome Qt / Books
Qt5 C++ GUI Programming Cookbook , by - Overview of advanced GUI programming techniques for those familiar (but not satisfied) with the basics. The source code used in the book is available for free
Game Programming Using Qt: Beginner's Guide by Witold Wysota and Lorenz Haas - Good place to start learning how to program games with QML
Application Development with Qt Creator - 2nd Edition , by - Beginner's guide to Qt, with a lot of focus on Qt Creator and its associated tools
Qt 5 Blueprints , by - Seems to be about the overall structure of a Qt project
Mastering Qt 5 , by and - Not your daddy's Qt. Tips and tricks for the experienced. The source code used in the book is available for free
PySide GUI Application Development - 2nd Edition , by Gopinath Jaganmohan and Venkateshwaran Loganathan - Imagine these other books, but in Python
Qt5 Cadaques Free book that focuses on QML, named for this town in northeastern Spain that the authors vacationed to once
Qt6 QML Book , by Johan Thelin, Jürgen Bocklage-Ryannel and Cyril Lorquet - Free book created by Qt Company. It provides you with a walk through of the different aspects of application development using the new Qt 6. It focuses on the Qt Quick technology, but also provides necessary information about writing C++ back-ends and extension for Qt Quick

Awesome Qt / Software that Uses Qt
Autodesk Maya 3D animation and design software that has been used to create visual effects for some of the most popular movies and TV shows of all time
Davinci Resolve Non-linear video editing freeware with commercial plan used to create some Hollywood movies
CMake The closest thing to a standard C++ build system out there. The bundled GUI uses Qt
CRYENGINE But can it run Crysis? Some auxillary tools use Qt
Doxygen The most popular documentation generator for C++, though it supports other languages as well. The bundled GUI uses Qt
Google Earth virtual globe
KDE One of the most popular desktop environments for Linux
LMMS Digital audio workstation
Malwarebytes Your Windows desktop's personal bodyguard
MuseScore Music notation software
Parallels Desktop Consumer-focused virtualization
Qt Creator Something something eating your own dog food. Listed in the , but not listing it here doesn't feel right
Rolisteam Virtual tabletop for remote Role Playing Games
Shotcut Video editor
RUBE Level design tool for any game that uses the Box2D physics engine
TeamSpeak When gamers want to voice chat in a game that doesn't support it, they'll use this
Telegram Desktop Secure your conversations so well, you'll raise the blood pressure of potential eavesdroppers. The desktop client uses Qt and is open source
Tiled Perhaps the world's most popular tilemap editor. Suitable for level design in games
VirtualBox Virtualization software for x86/64 processors. The bundled GUI uses Qt
VLC One of the most flexible open source video players in existence
Vuo — Realtime visual programming language for interactive media
Wireshark The most popular packet-sniffer out there. You going to use this for good and not evil, right?
Wolfram Mathematica Programming language, symbolic calculator, and an engineer's best friend
Yabause Sega Saturn emulator
Ultimaker Cura Slicer application used to prepare your 3D models for printing with a 3D printer. Built with Uranium framework which is based on Qt 5 and Python 3

Awesome Qt / Other Relevant Awesome Lists
Awesome C/C++ 60,053 4 days ago There's no reason you can't use C++ libraries that weren't designed for Qt. Sometimes they might even suit your needs better than what Qt offers
Awesome C 3,487 about 2 years ago Same goes for C libraries; might wanna brush up on those RAII techniques while you're at it
Awesome CMake 5,067 3 months ago If you're not using qmake for your project, you're likely using CMake instead
Awesome OpenGL 2,172 over 1 year ago Qt is commonly used for graphics applications, even providing its own wrappers around OpenGL

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