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Qt is terrible. Since a couple of years they want a login just to download the code required for a build and I really have zero desire to get a bunch of markete
by jacquesm 10mo ago
Qt is terrible. Since a couple of years they want a login just to download the code required for a build and I really have zero desire to get a bunch of marketeers that are wondering if I'm ripe for the plucking yet just because I've decided to fix some bugs in open source code.
- ranger_danger 10mo agoIMO Qt is amazing. No login is technically required to download anything, especially code. The official SDK installer GUI does require a login, but you don't have to use it in order to download or use Qt at all. Not only can you download all the individual components that the GUI fetches via download.qt.io yourself, there's also third-party installers like aqtinstall, as well as many different OS package managers that provide Qt binaries.
- StellarScience 10mo agogit clone --branch v6.10.1 https://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git . No login required. They do require a login to download precompiled binaries, but what self-respecting Hacker News reader wants those?! Ok, I'll admit, I've done it. And yes, I received Qt marketing at that email alias for a while, but they've stopped. And remember, Qt has an LPGL license too, not just Commercial and GPL. EDIT: Ah, ranger_danger pointed out that https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/6.10/ https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/6.10/ hosts binaries with no login required as well!
- jcelerier 10mo ago> They do require a login to download precompiled binaries, but what self-respecting Hacker News reader wants those?! even then, they're freely accessible and there's a simple CLI to get them. uvx --from aqtinstall aqt install-qt linux desktop 6.10.1 and tada