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Qt (software)
Qt (/ˈkjuːt/pronounced “cute”12) is a cross-platform application development framework for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms such as Linux, Windows, macOS, Android or embedded systems with little or no change in the underlying codebase while still being a native application with native capabilities and speed.
Qt is currently being developed by The Qt Company, a publicly listed company, and the Qt Project under open-source governance, involving individual developers and organizations working to advance Qt.345 Qt is available under both commercial licenses[^4] and open-source6 GPL 2.0, GPL 3.0, and LGPL 3.0 licenses.[^5][
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“Qt - About Us”. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. ↩
Ashlee Vance (16 February 2010). “That Smartphone Is So Qt”. Retrieved 19 February 2010. ↩
Pintscher, Lydia (21 October 2011). “KDE Applauds Qt’s Move to Open Governance”. KDE.News. Retrieved 8 May 2013. ↩
Meyer, David (24 October 2011). “Nokia gives Qt open-source governance”. ZDNet. Retrieved 8 May 2013. ↩
Knoll, Lars (6 August 2014). “Defragmenting Qt and Uniting Our Ecosystem”. ↩
“Legal - FAQ - Qt”. www.qt.io. The Qt Company. Retrieved 25 April 2019. ↩
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