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🎉 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,…

QGIS Grants #10: Call for Grant Proposals 2025

February 23, 2025 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 €50k and…

Plugin Update – January, 2025

February 11, 2025 by adelcidesvGIS in Plugin update

January, the first month of 2025, brought us 36 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:…

QGIS recognized as Digital Public Good

February 8, 2025 by Anita Graser in Uncategorized

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…

Reports from the winning grant proposals 2024

February 7, 2025 by Anita Graser in QGIS Grant Programme

With the QGIS Grant Programme 2024 (Updates #1 & #2), we were able to support 7 enhancement proposals that improve the QGIS project. The following reports summarize the work performed: QEP#269 Update older annotation items to new framework — report This enhancement introduced new…

Plugin Update – December, 2024

January 13, 2025 by adelcidesvGIS in Plugin update

In December, there were 37 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: Filtra Selecionados |…

Plugin Update – November, 2024

December 14, 2024 by adelcidesvGIS in Plugin update

November was a really productive month, with a remarkable total of 43 new plugins published in QGIS plugin repository. In addition there are 3 more plugins from October listed here, which somehow were missed, and for that we apologize to their authors. Here follows the quick overview in reverse…