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UI design and development tool. Version 4.8.3-0-202609070646 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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UI design and development tool
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Project history and usage
Qt Design Studio is Qt's visual environment for designing, prototyping, and implementing Qt Quick user interfaces. It combines graphical editing and QML-oriented workflows for designers, front-end developers, and technical artists.
Project history
Qt released Qt Design Studio 1.0 in October 2018 after a technology preview earlier that year. The initial product emphasized graphical UI design, QML editing, timelines, Photoshop import, and live previews on target devices.
The environment developed from Qt's QML and Qt Quick design tooling and remains based on Qt Creator. Modern projects combine .qmlproject metadata and QML UI files with CMake output that developers can open, build, and run in Qt Creator.
Adoption history
Qt positions Design Studio as a bridge between designers and developers working on Qt Quick interfaces. Its workflow combines graphical editing with QML and supports moving production-ready projects into Qt Creator.
Qt expanded availability after the initial release: the 1.1 beta added Linux packages, while later releases developed the product through the 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x series. The official Qt wiki now describes both community and commercial editions.
How it is used
Designers and developers use Qt Design Studio to create screens and reusable components, edit QML, build animations and interactions, import design assets, preview interfaces, and hand compilable projects to Qt Creator.
Qt Account login can be required by Qt's installer or licensed distributions, but no separate Qt Design Studio credentials-file location is officially documented.
Why package nerds care
Qt Design Studio occupies a specialized place beside Qt Creator: it focuses on visual UI construction and designer-developer handoff while Qt Creator handles broader application implementation. The Homebrew cask provides repeatable installation of this substantial vendor tool on macOS.
Its source relationship is also notable: Qt Design Studio is based on Qt Creator, and the official Qt Creator repository carries dedicated qds branches and tags.
Timeline
- 2018: Qt released Qt Design Studio 1.0.
- 2019: The 1.1 release line added Linux packages.
- 2020: Qt released Qt Design Studio 2.0.
- 2023: Qt released Qt Design Studio 4.0.
Related projects
- Qt
- Qt Quick
- QML
- Qt Creator
- Qt for MCUs
- Figma
Sources
- Official Qt Creator repository: https://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/
- Official Qt Design Studio 1.0 announcement: https://www.qt.io/ja-jp/blog/2018/10/28/qt-design-studio-1-0-released
- Official Qt Design Studio documentation: https://doc.qt.io/qtdesignstudio/
- Official Qt Design Studio wiki: https://wiki.qt.io/QtDesignStudio
- Official designer-developer workflow documentation: https://doc.qt.io/qtdesignstudio/studio-designer-developer-workflow.html
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~/.config/QtProject/QtDesignStudio.ini
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install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:qt-design-studio |
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| Version | 4.8.3-0-202609070646 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/qt-design-studio |
| Homepage | https://www.qt.io/product/ui-design-tools |
| Upstream docs | https://www.qt.io/product/ui-design-tools |
| Source archive | https://download.qt.io/online/qtsdkrepository/mac_x64/desktop/tools_qtdesignstudio_generation2/qt.tools.qtdesignstudio/4.8.3-0-202609070646opensource.7z |
| SHA-256 | b1459ec8ec89d18560ed0439dee491e2513a311c1c5f1ed167832b53efb15693 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | qt-design-studio |
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