Qt, the most known cross-platform web framework of application development, released a new version, Qt 6.8.1 just at the end of the year on December 2nd, 2024. On the official release note of QT, they have claimed that they fixed almost 550+ bugs and this version is going to be an LTS version for the users. The newly released version of the QT toolkit is already available to download on the QT’s official download page. Business users of the QT tool can download the latest 6.8.1 QT version from the QT partner portal. With all updates included, the QT open-source version is also available to download at the offline installer site.
On the newest version of QT 6.8.1, users will get a handful of features of web development, and the major update will be seen with the QSerialPortInfo for resolving the behavioral change on Linux, Windows, and other platforms. The 6.8.1 version of QT has also fixed the Wayland software, and a few crash issues have been fixed for better communication protocol. In this version, the security updates are also seen. On the language side, users will get the QT for Python 6.8.1 with the QT’s latest release.
Many users and developers have already reported on tech communities that they have seen smooth integrations, better license handling through the moc-wrapper, and better user experience. If you’re very new at QT or thinking about what apps or games can be built with QT, here you can take a look at the list of tools that mostly are created based on QT.
Among all of the other minor updates on QT 6.8.1, users will see better license and feedback management. Users can now submit their feedback through bugreports.qt.io.
With smooth license key handling, developers will now be able to integrate the QT framework swiftly with other 3rd party apps and plugins. They have also mentioned on the release note that QT will check and update the user’s feedback from QT’s official feedback management tools and bug reports to make the QT framework even better for users.
Over years of regular updates, bug fixing, and releases QT has already established itself as a strong cross-platform web framework tool. They are mostly loved for their awesome GUI and open-source resources. Despite QT’s announcement that this 6.8.1 version has the LTS version, they are also going to release a new QT 6.8.2 update in January 2025, which you can check from the QT official release page.
