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Save the date: QGIS User Conference 2026🇨🇭

December 15, 2025 by Marco Bernasocchi in QGIS Hackfest QGIS User Conference

We’re happy to announce that the next QGIS User Conference will take place in Switzerland in October 2026. Please mark the following dates in your calendar: 4 October 2026 – Informal active outdoor pre-event day 5–6 October 2026 – QGIS User Conference 7 October 2026 – Workshops 7–9 (10) October 2026…

New QGIS documentation writer

November 7, 2025 by Anita Graser in QGIS Documentation

Meet Hefni Azzahra – our new QGIS documentation writer, joining us from Indonesia! Hefni holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geodetic Engineering and brings a strong background in geospatial science and mapping to the QGIS project. She’s passionate about GIS and has a curious mind that loves exploring new…

Update on QGIS 4.0 Release Schedule and LTR Plans

October 7, 2025 by Anita Graser in Uncategorized

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…

Presentation and feedback from the QGIS-fr Users Meeting in Avignon

July 6, 2025 by Anita Graser in QGIS User Conference

This is a guest post by Guilhem Allaman. Mid-June, the French-speaking QGIS Users Meeting was held in Avignon, Southern France – a city often described as “the City of the Popes“, thanks to the Popes’ Palace, the city’s number one attraction. Not far from the…

Plugin Update – April, 2025

May 14, 2025 by adelcidesvGIS in Plugin update

In the past month of April, there were 28 new plugins published in the QGIS plugin repository. Here follows the quick overview in reverse chronological order. If any of the names or short descriptions catches your attention, you can find the direct link to the plugin page in the table below: Spatial…

QGIS Grant Programme 2025 Results

April 24, 2025 by Anita Graser in QGIS Grant Programme

We are extremely pleased to announce the six funded proposals for our 2025 QGIS.ORG grant programme. Funding for the programme was sourced by you, our project donors and sponsors! Note: For more context surrounding our grant programme, please see: QGIS Grants #10: Call for Grant Proposals 2025 These…

🎉 Changes Ahead: QGIS Is Moving to Qt6 and Launching QGIS 4.0!

April 17, 2025 by Marco Bernasocchi in Public Service Announcement QGIS Board

We’re happy to share some major updates coming to the QGIS platform over the next few months. These changes are part of a long-planned technical migration that will bring new possibilities and ensure QGIS stays modern, fast, and future-ready. 🚀 QGIS Is Migrating to Qt6 Qt6 is the latest version of…

Plugin Update – February to March, 2025

April 7, 2025 by adelcidesvGIS in Plugin update

In the last couple of months a total of 57 new plugins were published in the QGIS plugin repository. Highlights In early February a new web portal for QGIS plugins was launched, in line with the main website overhaul, intending on improving the user experience and with new functionalities as well as…

QGIS.ORG Annual General Meeting 2024 – Minutes Now Available

March 6, 2025 by Anita Graser in Uncategorized

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…

QGIS 3.42 Münster is released!

February 24, 2025 by Anita Graser in QGIS Release Announcements

We are pleased to announce the release of QGIS 3.42 Münster! Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out. QGIS 3.42 comes with tons of new features, as you can see in our visual changelog. QGIS 3.42 Münster was named by the German QGIS User Group. We would like to thank the developers,…