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The latest official release is 6.210, released in September 2021October 2025. The major version indicates API and binary compatibility.

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QtQt (pronounced officially as cute (/'kjuːt/) though commonly pronounced as Q.T. (/ˈkjuː.tiː/)) is a cross-platform application development framework widely used for the development of GUI programs (where it functions like a cross-platform widget toolkit), and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as console tools and servers. ^{wikipediawikipedia}

Qt was created by Trolltech, and was acquired by Nokia in 2008. One month after the end of symbian development at Nokia, Nokia decided to sell Qt. From September 2012 and until now Qt is managed by the Qt CompanyQt Company which is subsidiary of Digia.

Qt is available under four different licensesfour different licenses:

GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.0
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0
Qt Commercial License (which comes in three versionsthree versions with different features and prices: "Indie Mobile", "Professional" and "Enterprise")

The latest official releaselatest official release is 6.2, released in September 2021. The major version indicates API and binary compatibility.

You will often see questions tagged specifically as qt3qt3, qt4qt4, qt5qt5 or qt6qt6 to indicate that the question is related to Qt 3.x, 4.x, 5.x or 6.x respectively. Qt 3.x is no longer supported. The latest released major version is Qt 6.x so, when not specifically mentioned, version 6.x of the API should be assumed for questions posted after September, 2021.

There is an extensive official documentationofficial documentation (all classesall classes) available on Qt's website, in addition to tutorials and examplestutorials and examples. You will often see these tutorials and examples referenced in the questions and answers on this site. Qt also provides an integrated development environment, IDE, named Qt CreatorQt Creator. Although it mainly aims at creating Qt applications, it can be used to create regular C++ applications as well.

PluralsightPluralsight has a series of three courses on Qt:

Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Application FrameworkIntroduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Application Framework
Qt Quick FundamentalsQt Quick Fundamentals
Integrating Qt Quick and C++Integrating Qt Quick and C++

PacktpubPacktpub also has a video tutorial based on Qt 5.

Voidrealm released a full free series of Qt tutorials for beginnersfree series of Qt tutorials for beginners on his youtube channel.

C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second EditionC++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition
Foundations of Qt DevelopmentFoundations of Qt Development
Mastering Qt 5: Create stunning cross-platform applications using C++ with Qt Widgets and QML with Qt Quick, 2nd EditionMastering Qt 5: Create stunning cross-platform applications using C++ with Qt Widgets and QML with Qt Quick, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, Second EditionIntroduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, Second Edition

The Design of Everyday ThingsThe Design of Everyday Things
GUI Design HandbookGUI Design Handbook
Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented SoftwareDesign Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Macintosh Human Interface GuidelinesMacintosh Human Interface Guidelines
The Microsoft Windows User ExperienceThe Microsoft Windows User Experience
The Icon BookThe Icon Book

Check out the official Qt documentationofficial Qt documentation for more details of recommended books about Qt programming.

Qt (pronounced officially as cute (/'kjuːt/) though commonly pronounced as Q.T. (/ˈkjuː.tiː/)) is a cross-platform application development framework widely used for the development of GUI programs (where it functions like a cross-platform widget toolkit), and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as console tools and servers. ^wikipedia

Qt was created by Trolltech, and was acquired by Nokia in 2008. One month after the end of symbian development at Nokia, Nokia decided to sell Qt. From September 2012 and until now Qt is managed by the Qt Company which is subsidiary of Digia.

Qt is available under four different licenses:

GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.0
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0
Qt Commercial License (which comes in three versions with different features and prices: "Indie Mobile", "Professional" and "Enterprise")

The latest official release is 6.2, released in September 2021. The major version indicates API and binary compatibility.

You will often see questions tagged specifically as qt3, qt4, qt5 or qt6 to indicate that the question is related to Qt 3.x, 4.x, 5.x or 6.x respectively. Qt 3.x is no longer supported. The latest released major version is Qt 6.x so, when not specifically mentioned, version 6.x of the API should be assumed for questions posted after September, 2021.

There is an extensive official documentation (all classes) available on Qt's website, in addition to tutorials and examples. You will often see these tutorials and examples referenced in the questions and answers on this site. Qt also provides an integrated development environment, IDE, named Qt Creator. Although it mainly aims at creating Qt applications, it can be used to create regular C++ applications as well.

Pluralsight has a series of three courses on Qt:

Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Application Framework
Qt Quick Fundamentals
Integrating Qt Quick and C++

Packtpub also has a video tutorial based on Qt 5.

Voidrealm released a full free series of Qt tutorials for beginners on his youtube channel.

C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition
Foundations of Qt Development
Mastering Qt 5: Create stunning cross-platform applications using C++ with Qt Widgets and QML with Qt Quick, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, Second Edition

The Design of Everyday Things
GUI Design Handbook
Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines
The Microsoft Windows User Experience
The Icon Book

Check out the official Qt documentation for more details of recommended books about Qt programming.

Qt (pronounced officially as cute (/'kjuːt/) though commonly pronounced as Q.T. (/ˈkjuː.tiː/)) is a cross-platform application development framework widely used for the development of GUI programs (where it functions like a cross-platform widget toolkit), and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as console tools and servers. ^wikipedia

Qt was created by Trolltech, and was acquired by Nokia in 2008. One month after the end of symbian development at Nokia, Nokia decided to sell Qt. From September 2012 and until now Qt is managed by the Qt Company which is subsidiary of Digia.

Qt is available under four different licenses:

GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.0
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0
Qt Commercial License (which comes in three versions with different features and prices: "Indie Mobile", "Professional" and "Enterprise")

The latest official release is 6.2, released in September 2021. The major version indicates API and binary compatibility.

You will often see questions tagged specifically as qt3, qt4, qt5 or qt6 to indicate that the question is related to Qt 3.x, 4.x, 5.x or 6.x respectively. Qt 3.x is no longer supported. The latest released major version is Qt 6.x so, when not specifically mentioned, version 6.x of the API should be assumed for questions posted after September, 2021.

There is an extensive official documentation (all classes) available on Qt's website, in addition to tutorials and examples. You will often see these tutorials and examples referenced in the questions and answers on this site. Qt also provides an integrated development environment, IDE, named Qt Creator. Although it mainly aims at creating Qt applications, it can be used to create regular C++ applications as well.

Pluralsight has a series of three courses on Qt:

Packtpub also has a video tutorial based on Qt 5.

Voidrealm released a full free series of Qt tutorials for beginners on his youtube channel.

Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, Second Edition

Check out the official Qt documentation for more details of recommended books about Qt programming.

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Qt Qt (pronounced officially as cute (/'kjuːt/) though commonly pronounced as Q.T. (/ˈkjuː.tiː/)) is a cross-platform application development framework widely used for the development of GUI programs (where it functions like a cross-platform widget toolkit), and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as console tools and servers. ^{wikipediawikipedia}

Qt was created by Trolltech, and was acquired by Nokia in 2008. One month after the end of symbian development at Nokia, Nokia decided to sell Qt. From September 2012 and until now Qt is managed by the Qt CompanyQt Company which is subsidiary of Digia.

Qt is available under four different licensesfour different licenses:

GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.0
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0
Qt Commercial License (which comes in three versionsthree versions with different features and prices: "Indie Mobile", "Professional" and "Enterprise")

The latest official releaselatest official release is 6.2, released in September 2021. The major version indicates API and binary compatibility.

You will often see questions tagged specifically as qt3qt3, qt4qt4, qt5qt5 or qt6qt6 to indicate that the question is related to Qt 3.x, 4.x, 5.x or 6.x respectively. Qt 3.x is no longer supported. The latest released major version is Qt 6.x so, when not specifically mentioned, version 6.x of the API should be assumed for questions posted after September, 2021.

There is an extensive official documentationofficial documentation (all classesall classes) available on Qt's website, in addition to tutorials and examplestutorials and examples. You will often see these tutorials and examples referenced in the questions and answers on this site. Qt also provides an integrated development environment, IDE, named Qt CreatorQt Creator. Although it mainly aims at creating Qt applications, it can be used to create regular C++ applications as well.

Pluralsight Pluralsight has a series of three courses on Qt:

Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Application Framework Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Application Framework
Qt Quick Fundamentals Qt Quick Fundamentals
Integrating Qt Quick and C++ Integrating Qt Quick and C++

Packtpub Packtpub also has a video tutorial based on Qt 5.

Voidrealm released a full free series of Qt tutorials for beginnersfree series of Qt tutorials for beginners on his youtube channel.

C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second EditionC++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition
Foundations of Qt DevelopmentFoundations of Qt Development
Mastering Qt 5: Create stunning cross-platform applications using C++ with Qt Widgets and QML with Qt Quick, 2nd EditionMastering Qt 5: Create stunning cross-platform applications using C++ with Qt Widgets and QML with Qt Quick, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, Second EditionIntroduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, Second Edition

The Design of Everyday ThingsThe Design of Everyday Things
GUI Design HandbookGUI Design Handbook
Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented SoftwareDesign Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Macintosh Human Interface GuidelinesMacintosh Human Interface Guidelines
The Microsoft Windows User ExperienceThe Microsoft Windows User Experience
The Icon BookThe Icon Book

Check out the official Qt documentationofficial Qt documentation for more details of recommended books about Qt programming.

Qt (pronounced officially as cute (/'kjuːt/) though commonly pronounced as Q.T. (/ˈkjuː.tiː/)) is a cross-platform application development framework widely used for the development of GUI programs (where it functions like a cross-platform widget toolkit), and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as console tools and servers. ^wikipedia

Qt was created by Trolltech, and was acquired by Nokia in 2008. One month after the end of symbian development at Nokia, Nokia decided to sell Qt. From September 2012 and until now Qt is managed by the Qt Company which is subsidiary of Digia.

Qt is available under four different licenses:

GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.0
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0
Qt Commercial License (which comes in three versions with different features and prices: "Indie Mobile", "Professional" and "Enterprise")

The latest official release is 6.2, released in September 2021. The major version indicates API and binary compatibility.

You will often see questions tagged specifically as qt3, qt4, qt5 or qt6 to indicate that the question is related to Qt 3.x, 4.x, 5.x or 6.x respectively. Qt 3.x is no longer supported. The latest released major version is Qt 6.x so, when not specifically mentioned, version 6.x of the API should be assumed for questions posted after September, 2021.

There is an extensive official documentation (all classes) available on Qt's website, in addition to tutorials and examples. You will often see these tutorials and examples referenced in the questions and answers on this site. Qt also provides an integrated development environment, IDE, named Qt Creator. Although it mainly aims at creating Qt applications, it can be used to create regular C++ applications as well.

Pluralsight has a series of three courses on Qt:

Packtpub also has a video tutorial based on Qt 5.

Voidrealm released a full free series of Qt tutorials for beginners on his youtube channel.

Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, Second Edition

Check out the official Qt documentation for more details of recommended books about Qt programming.

Qt (pronounced officially as cute (/'kjuːt/) though commonly pronounced as Q.T. (/ˈkjuː.tiː/)) is a cross-platform application development framework widely used for the development of GUI programs (where it functions like a cross-platform widget toolkit), and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as console tools and servers. ^wikipedia

Qt was created by Trolltech, and was acquired by Nokia in 2008. One month after the end of symbian development at Nokia, Nokia decided to sell Qt. From September 2012 and until now Qt is managed by the Qt Company which is subsidiary of Digia.

Qt is available under four different licenses:

GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.0
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0
Qt Commercial License (which comes in three versions with different features and prices: "Indie Mobile", "Professional" and "Enterprise")

The latest official release is 6.2, released in September 2021. The major version indicates API and binary compatibility.

You will often see questions tagged specifically as qt3, qt4, qt5 or qt6 to indicate that the question is related to Qt 3.x, 4.x, 5.x or 6.x respectively. Qt 3.x is no longer supported. The latest released major version is Qt 6.x so, when not specifically mentioned, version 6.x of the API should be assumed for questions posted after September, 2021.

There is an extensive official documentation (all classes) available on Qt's website, in addition to tutorials and examples. You will often see these tutorials and examples referenced in the questions and answers on this site. Qt also provides an integrated development environment, IDE, named Qt Creator. Although it mainly aims at creating Qt applications, it can be used to create regular C++ applications as well.

Pluralsight has a series of three courses on Qt:

Introduction to Qt: A C++ Cross Platform Application Framework
Qt Quick Fundamentals
Integrating Qt Quick and C++

Packtpub also has a video tutorial based on Qt 5.

Voidrealm released a full free series of Qt tutorials for beginners on his youtube channel.

C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition
Foundations of Qt Development
Mastering Qt 5: Create stunning cross-platform applications using C++ with Qt Widgets and QML with Qt Quick, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt, Second Edition

The Design of Everyday Things
GUI Design Handbook
Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines
The Microsoft Windows User Experience
The Icon Book

Check out the official Qt documentation for more details of recommended books about Qt programming.

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New Qt version bump (again!): https://blog.qt.io/blog/2019/04/17/qt-5-12-3-released/

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