Qt version history

The latest version of Qt is 5.15 from 26 May 2020.

Main article: Qt (software)

5.12 LTS, which was released on 6 December 2018, is supported for three years.

5.9 LTS, which was released on 31 May 2017, is no longer supported – support ended 31 May 2020.[1]

Pre-releases and Qt 1

Version	Release date	New features
0.90[2][3]	20 May 1995	First public pre-release version
0.97[4]	May 1996
1.0[4]	24 September 1996	First stable release
1.1[4]	Late 1996
1.2[4]	April 1997
1.3[4]	September 1997
1.40[4]	September 1998
1.41	2 October 1998
1.42	19 December 1998
1.44	13 March 1999
1.45	1999	Last stable release in the 1.x series^a

Qt 2

Version	Release date	New features
2.0	26 June 1999	Qt/X11 open source under QPL (Q Public License)[4][5]
2.1	13 April 2000
2.2	7 December 2000	GNU General Public License 2[4][5]
2.3	8 March 2001

Qt 3

Version	Release date	New features
3.0	16 October 2001
3.1	14 November 2001
3.2	24 July 2003
3.3	5 February 2004

Qt 4

Qt 4 was first released in 2005 and has been unsupported since 2015.[6]

Version	Release date	New features
4.0	28 June 2005[4][5]	Tulip: A set of template container classes. Interview: A model–view–controller architecture for item views. Arthur 2D painting framework. Scribe Unicode text renderer with a public API for performing low-level text layout. MainWindow: A modern action-based main window, toolbar, menu, and docking architecture.
4.1	20 December 2005[7]	Introduced integrated SVG Tiny support, a PDF backend to Qt's printing system, and a few other features.
4.2	4 October 2006[8]	Introduced Windows Vista support, introduced native CSS support for widget styling, as well as the QGraphicsView framework for efficient rendering of thousands of 2D objects onscreen, to replace Qt 3.x's QCanvas class.
4.3	30 May 2007[9]	Improved Windows Vista support, improved OpenGL engine, SVG file generation, added QtScript (ECMAScript scripting engine based on QSA).[10]
4.4	6 May 2008[11]	Features included are improved multimedia support using Phonon, enhanced XML support, a concurrency framework to ease developing multi-threaded applications, an IPC framework with a focus on shared memory, and WebKit integration.
4.5	3 March 2009[12]	Major included features are QtCreator, improved graphical engine, improved integration with WebKit, OpenDocument Format write support and new licensing options, as well as OS X Cocoa framework support.
4.6	1 December 2009[13]	New APIs are Framework Animation, Gestures, Multi-touch. Now supports (as Tier 1) Symbian and (as Tier 2) Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6, support extended for some Unix systems. Improvements have also been made to overall performance.
4.7	21 September 2010[14]	QML and Qt Quick.
4.8 LTS (4.8.7)	15 December 2011[15]	Qt Platform Abstraction, Threaded OpenGL support, Multithreaded HTTP, and optimized file system access.

Qt 5

Qt 5 was officially released on 19 December 2012. This new version marked a major change in the platform, with hardware-accelerated graphics, QML and JavaScript playing a major role. The traditional C++-only QWidgets continued to be supported, but did not benefit from the performance improvements available through the new architecture.[16] Qt 5 brings significant improvements to the speed and ease of developing user interfaces.[17]

Framework development of Qt 5 moved to open governance, taking place at qt-project.org. It is now possible for developers outside Digia to submit patches and have them reviewed.[18]

Version	Release date	Standard Support Until	Extended Support Availability	New features
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.0 (5.0.1)	2012-12-19[19]	Already ended	Yes	Major overhaul of the Qt 4.x series. Complete Wayland support, including the client-side decorations.
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.1 (5.1.1)	2013-07-03	Already ended	Yes	New modules and experimental Android and iOS support as technology preview.[20]
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.2 (5.2.1)	2013-12-12	Already ended	Yes	First release with official support of Android and iOS. Some code from KDE Platform 4 moved into Qt instead of KDE Frameworks 5.
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.3 (5.3.2)	2014-05-20	2016-12-10	Yes	Focus on stability and usability[21]
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.4 (5.4.2)	2014-12-10	2017-07-01	Yes	Full WinRT and Windows Phone support Introduction of Qt WebEngine based on Chromium internal components that will eventually replace QtWebKit in future versions. Dynamic GL switching between graphic backends on Windows (ANGLE or OpenGL) Native "look and feel" for Qt Quick Controls backends on Android platforms[22] Introduction of Qt WebChannels providing a QObject bridge over WebSockets. Initially only integrated with Qt WebKit, but with Qt WebEngine integration under way for 5.5
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.5 (5.5.1)	2015-07-01	2018-03-16	Yes	Features available in Qt 5.5 according to official Qt.io website:[23] New modules: Qt 3D, Qt Canvas 3D, Qt Location Deprecated modules: Qt WebKit, Qt Declarative (Qt Quick 1), Qt Script Bluetooth Low Energy API final release On Windows, there will be no more OpenGL-only or ANGLE-only builds and Qt will manage this dynamically GStreamer 1.0 support New video filtering framework Camera and QML MediaPlayer improvement on iOS Qt NFC for Linux SSL/TLS improvements for Qt Network
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.6 LTS (5.6.3)	2016-03-16	2019-03-16	Yes	Notable improvements:[24] Deprecated Modules: Qt Script, Qt Enginio Removed Modules: Qt WebKit, Qt Declarative (Qt Quick 1) Qt Core: Several performance improvements, including reduction of memory usage in dynamic properties, and performance optimisations in QString Qt Network: Support HTTP redirection Qt Gui: Improved cross-platform OpenGL ES 3.0 and 3.1 Qt Multimedia: Adding playlist QML type Qt WebEngine: Based on Chromium 45, with support for pepper plugins including Flash, API for custom URL schemes, intercepting and blocking network requests and also tracking or blocking cookies Qt QML: Reduced memory consumption Embedded platforms: support for Intel Atom-based NUCs This release was the first Qt5 release to be Long Term Supported with three years standard support.[25]
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.7 (5.7.1)	2016-06-16	2017-06-16	Yes	Notable improvements:[26] New modules: Qt 3D[27] and Qt Quick Controls 2, a set of embedded and mobile oriented controls Open-sourced modules (previously commercial-only): Qt Charts, Qt Data Visualization, Qt Virtual Keyboard, Qt Purchasing, and Qt Quick 2D Renderer Qt WebEngine now uses Chromium 49
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.8	2017-01-23[28]	2018-01-23	Yes	Notable improvements:[28][29] New Qt Lite configuration system allowing savings of more than 60% in binary size compared to Qt 5.6 Qt Wayland Compositor (included as a Technology Preview in Qt 5.7) is now fully supported Qt Serialbus is now fully supported Qt Network and Web Sockets gained full support for TLS PSK cyphersuites Reduced startup time and memory consumption of The QML engine, by caching binary representations of QML and JS files on disk Performance improvements to the Qt Quick 2D renderer, by supporting partial updates in the Qt Quick scene graph The Qt Quick Controls 2 have gained new types such as dialogs, rounded buttons and tool separators. Qt WebEngine now has the ability to print web pages. Qt SCXML is now fully supported
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.9 LTS (5.9.9)	2017-05-31[30]	2020-05-31[1]	Yes	Notable improvements:[30][31] Qt Network has gained support for HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) Qt Web Sockets can now use external TCP sockets Improvements in NFC support for Android Various improvements to the 3D engine Performance and memory improvements QML engine Qt WebEngine now uses Chromium 56 Qt Gamepad has graduated from Tech Preview status to being fully supported Qt Quick scenes can now be embedded within a Qt 3D application, e.g. to place 2D UI controls inside a 3D environment
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.10 (5.10.1)	2017-11-30[32]	2018-10-30	Yes	Notable improvements:[33] Qt Quick got a plugin that allows placing arbitrarily shaped items into the scene Qt Quick: new pointer handlers New styles for Qt Quick Controls 2 Streaming UI into WebGL enabled browser Qt WebEngine now uses Chromium 61
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.11 (5.11.3)	2018-05-22[34]	2019-05-22	Yes	Notable improvements:[35][36] Optimized QML Compiler Pipeline Expanded Support for Loading Compressed Textures in Image element New Accessibility Backend on Windows Qt High-DPI Support Qt WebEngine now uses Chromium 65 new Python module: Qt for Python 5.11
Older version, yet still maintained: 5.12 LTS (5.12.8)	2019-01-31[37]	2021-12-05	Yes	Notable improvements:[38] Technology preview of Qt for WebAssembly. Support of Qt for Python was announced to follow shortly after the release. Qt WebEngine now uses Chromium 69
Old version, no longer maintained: 5.13	2019-06-19[39]	2020-06-19	?	Notable improvements: Gapless playback in QML VideoOutput Qt Design Studio: can import from Sketch Qt Lottie (new Tech Preview): can import animations from Adobe After Effects Qt WebEngine now uses Chromium 73 (adds PDF viewing, disabled on Linux in official packages[40]). Qt Canvas 3D removed. Qt CoAP: now supports DTLS. Qt Multimedia: Added support of GStreamer for Windows/macOS. Qt Quick: Added support to TableView for hiding rows and columns.
Current stable version: 5.14	2019-12-12[41]	2020-12-12	?	New Modules Qt Quick Timeline Notable improvements Qt WebEngine now uses Chromium 77 Qt Network supports Kerberos Proxy Authentication Deprecated modules: Qt Script Qt Quick Controls 1 Qt XML Patterns
Current stable version: 5.15 LTS	2020-05-26[42]	2023-05-26[43]	Yes[42]	New Modules Qt Quick 3D Qt Lottie is now officially supported Notable improvements Qt WebEngine now uses Chromium 80 Abstracting 3D graphics APIs Deprecated modules: Qt Script Qt Quick Controls 1 Qt XML Patterns

Notes

^a On 14 October 2016, KDE’s 20th anniversary, a KDE developer re-released a variant of Qt 1.45 that he made work with modern Linux systems.[44]

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44. "KDE Project releases KDE 1 !". 14 October 2016.

External links

• Qt downloads archive