Qt 6

This repository, qt5.git, is the Qt super-repository. It records a git submodule pointer to each Qt module repository, such as qtbase and qtdeclarative, along with the build system, the configure scripts, and the continuous integration configuration that build those modules as a single tree.

Each submodule points at a specific revision. The combination of revisions that a branch records is a snapshot that has passed Qt's continuous integration. Clone this repository first and let it select the module revisions for you. If you move a submodule to a different revision, you are building a combination that nobody has tested.

Despite the name qt5.git, the dev and 6.x branches contain Qt 6.

To use Qt rather than build it from sources, see Get and Install Qt.

Repository layout

Each Qt module lives in its own directory, such as qtbase or qtdeclarative. Those directories are git submodules.

The other top-level entries are:

Entry	Purpose
.gitmodules	Lists modules for the current branch.
CMakeLists.txt	Entry point for the top-level build of all modules.
configure, configure.bat	Wrappers that configure that build.
init-repository	Checks out the submodules. Git clones only.
cmake/	CMake modules shared by the top-level build.
coin/	Continuous integration configuration and provisioning.
LICENSES/, REUSE.toml	License texts and per-file licensing metadata.

Get the sources

For instructions, see Getting Qt Sources from the Git repository.

Build Qt

For instructions, see Build from sources.

Documentation

The Qt 6 documentation covers the framework itself.

Report an issue

Report bugs at bugreports.qt.io, following these steps.

Security

To report a security vulnerability in Qt, and to read what the Qt Project commits to in response, see SECURITY.md.

Contribute to Qt

The Qt Project does not accept pull requests on GitHub. Every contribution goes through Gerrit, so read how to contribute before you push a change. All participation in the project is subject to our code of conduct. To learn who decides what, and how someone becomes an approver or a maintainer, see how the project is governed. Development discussions happens in the open on the Qt Project mailing lists.

License

Qt is available under both commercial and open source licenses, and the terms depend on the module you use. LICENSE explains how licensing is declared across the Qt repositories and where to find the terms that apply to a given module.

For the full picture, see the Qt licensing overview and qt.io/licensing.