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Laax, Switzerland, 10 October 2026. More than 420 people from over 30 countries and five continents gathered in Laax from 4 to 9 October for the QGIS User Conference 2026, the largest event ever held on Crap Sogn Gion at 2222 metres above sea level. Two conference days at the Galaaxy venue carried…

Dear QGIS community We know that many of you were waiting patiently for the next LTR release based on QGIS 4.x and Qt6. However, there are still a number of issues with the 4.x builds which leave us hesitant to assign LTR status to a 4.2.x release as originally planned. To address this, we will be…

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…

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,…

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,…

Following the earlier announcement that QGIS is moving to Qt 6 and launching QGIS 4.0, we want to share an important update about the QGIS 4.x roadmap. After extensive discussion on the developer mailing list, the QGIS community has agreed to adjust the 4.x release schedule to ensure a smooth…

We are pleased to announce that the minutes from the QGIS.ORG Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2024 are now available for public review. Since the establishment of QGIS.ORG as a formal legal entity in 2016, we have held virtual AGMs to ensure transparent governance. These meetings allow QGIS Voting…

We are thrilled to announce that QGIS has been officially recognized as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)! This recognition underscores our commitment to open-source geospatial solutions that contribute to the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable…

This year’s user conference took place in Bratislava, organized by the Slovak QGIS User Group and hosted at the Slovak University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering. The event was sold out early and the venue was full of energy and excitement. If you missed the conference or…

📒 Background Our web site (https://qgis.org) dates back to 2013, it is time for a revision! As well as modernizing the look and feel of the site, we want the content to be updated to represent changes in the maturity of the project. We want to appeal to new audiences, especially business and NGO…