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Plugin Repository Security Enhancements

April 23, 2026 by Tim Sutton in Uncategorized

We want to share some updates we have made on the QGIS Plugin Repository. In January 2026 we shared QEP 409. The proposal seeks to improve the general working practices with QGIS plugins, adding some optional and some mandatory checks to every plugin that gets published in the QGIS plugin repo. This…

We’re Hiring! QGIS Administrative Assistant Wanted

April 13, 2026 by Tim Sutton in Uncategorized

QGIS.org is pleased to announce that we will be using some of the funding that is donated to us by our users and sustaining members to fund a dedicated administrative role for the project. Principle duties: Support the PSC in activities such as organisation of the annual QGIS user conference,…

QGIS Sustaining Member Campaign 2026

March 18, 2026 by Marco Bernasocchi in QGIS Funding

QGIS 4.0 is out. After years of work by hundreds of volunteers and organisations around the world (migrating to Qt6, reworking the codebase, shipping over 100 new features on top) we have a platform that will serve the community for the next decade. That’s worth celebrating. It’s also a…

Welcoming our latest flagship sustaining member – COSS

March 17, 2026 by Anita Graser in Sustaining Membership Updates

It is with great pleasure that we would like to welcome COSS as our latest flagship sustaining member! The COSS National QGIS collaboration launched in Finland to safeguard the sustainability of critical geospatial technology. About COSS COSS aims to ensure the sustainability of the open source QGIS…

QGIS Grants #11: Call for Grant Proposals 2026

March 16, 2026 by Anita Graser in QGIS Grant Programme

Dear QGIS Community, We are very pleased to announce that this year’s round of grants is now available. The call is open to anybody who wants to make a contribution to QGIS funded by our grant fund, subject to the call conditions outlined in the application form. This year’s budget is €40k and…

Reports from the winning grant proposals 2025

March 15, 2026 by Anita Graser in QGIS Grant Programme

With the QGIS Grant Programme 2025, we were able to support 6 enhancement proposals that improve the QGIS project. The following reports summarize the work performed: QEP 332: Port SQL Query History to Browser — Report This enhancement has ported the “history” component of the DB…

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released!

March 9, 2026 by Anita Graser in QGIS Release Announcements

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out. What’s new? On the surface, existing users should expect to engage with a QGIS experience familiar to what they have come to know and love from previous…

Call for contributions: QGIS User Conference & Contributor Meeting 2026

March 5, 2026 by Marco Bernasocchi in QGIS Hackfest QGIS User Conference

📅 Call for Papers The call for papers is now open! We welcome proposals for talks and workshops from all levels of expertise, end users, technical developers, academics, and community contributors alike. Deadline: 12 April 2026 at 23:59 (Europe/Zurich) 👉 Submit your proposal:…

Documentation and Infrastructure Report 2025

February 3, 2026 by Selma Vidimlic in Uncategorized

It’s our pleasure to share our first Documentation and Infrastructure Report with highlights ranging across documentation, web infrastructure, and community-facing work. While this blog post provides a brief summary and team introduction, you can find the full report here. Throughout the year,…

QGIS User Conference 2026 in LAAX

January 8, 2026 by Marco Bernasocchi in QGIS User Conference

We are happy to announce that the QGIS User Conference 2026 will take place on 5–6 October 2026 in Laax, in the heart of the Swiss Alps. Visit the conference website to find out all details. The conference will be hosted at Crap Sogn Gion, at 2,222 metres above sea level, offering a unique setting…