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It simplifies developing cross-platform native apps. Imagine electron apps, except it uses less resources, and has a consistent look and feel with the rest of
by dx87 7y ago
It simplifies developing cross-platform native apps. Imagine electron apps, except it uses less resources, and has a consistent look and feel with the rest of the OS. You also don't have to pay if you don't want, but Qt is licensed under the LGPL so you have to be aware of what you can and can't do under that license.
- amedvednikov 7y agoSpoiler alert: you can do anything with LGPL as long as you don't modify Qt.
- freedomben 7y agoAnd IIRC no static linking unless you make your source available.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoIs that just actual static linking, or is bundling everything in a directory okay?
- shakna 7y agoBundling a directory is fine if you're still dynamically linking.
- freedomben 7y agoCorrect. As long a linking is dynamic, Qt doesn't care how/where the Qt libs are distributed. They typically recommend bundling for Windows and using system packages for Linux.
- jcelerier 7y agoNo, you only have to make your proprietary compiled object files available. what lgpl requires is for the user to be able to update the LGPL parts - so Qt in this case and this does not need your code. Source: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#LGPLStaticVsDynamic https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#LGPLStaticVsDyn...
- ken 7y agoEvery Qt application I've ever used has been ... off. Granted, it's closer than Swing. That's a pretty low bar. We need to either start qualifying this ("it's a good GUI toolkit for a cross-platform one"), or accepting that this is a scale (10 is "actually native", 0 is "just looks like Motif everywhere"). I'd give Qt 8/10 -- it's pretty good, and the screenshots look great but after a moment using it I'll say "wait, I think I know why everything feels just a little bit off".
- WaxProlix 7y agoAs a counter to that, you've only got one set of data points, the ones you noticed. Potentially there are dozens or hundreds of well-made Qt apps that you haven't noticed, and so they by definition wouldn't be a part of your dataset.
- jcelerier 7y ago> Every Qt application I've ever used has been ... off. even Microsoft OneDrive ? even battle.net ? even your AMD drivers ? even Telegram ?
- wwright 7y agoThose programs definitely do not use the same UI conventions as the rest of the platform.
- Data_Junkie 7y agoYeah but if you use Qml you can do whatever you want. That's the magic.