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IDE for application development. Version 20.0.2 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Project history and usage
Qt Creator is the Qt project's cross-platform integrated development environment for C++, QML, and application development. It originated inside Trolltech and became part of the official Qt development-tool stack in 2009.
Project history
The IDE began inside Trolltech as a Creative Friday project called Workbench, was subsequently called Project Greenhouse, and was renamed Creator shortly before release. An official retrospective says work had begun more than two years before the Qt Creator 1.2 release in June 2009.
Qt Creator 1.0 was publicly released in early March 2009. The project subsequently expanded beyond its original Qt-focused editing workflow to support multiple build systems, debuggers, version-control systems, devices, plugins, and QML development.
Adoption history
Qt Creator launched alongside the Qt 4.5 era in 2009 and became the first-party IDE distributed for Qt development. Its integration with Qt kits, qmake, CMake, QML tooling, debuggers, and device targets made it a standard entry point for Qt application developers.
It remains available as a standalone IDE and through Qt installation workflows, while package managers provide an alternative installation path for developers who manage tools independently.
How it is used
Developers use Qt Creator to edit, build, run, debug, profile, and deploy applications. Projects are configured through kits that associate Qt installations, compilers, debuggers, devices, and build systems.
Why package nerds care
Qt Creator is important in developer-tool packaging because it is both a substantial cross-platform C++ application and the reference IDE for the Qt ecosystem. Packagers must distinguish the IDE from the Qt SDK and toolchains it discovers, since installing Qt Creator alone does not necessarily install Qt, a compiler, or every build tool.
Timeline
- Circa 2007: Development begins internally under the names Workbench and Project Greenhouse.
- 2009: Qt Creator 1.0 is publicly released and Qt Creator launches with the Qt 4.5 generation.
- 2009: Qt Creator 1.2 adds further debugger and editor integration.
Related projects
- Qt, the cross-platform framework for which Qt Creator provides first-party development tooling.
- qmake and CMake, build systems supported in Qt Creator workflows.
- Qt Design Studio, a related Qt product focused on user-interface design.
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Configuration files
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- Linux
~/.config/QtProject~/.local/share/data/QtProject/qtcreator- macOS
~/.config/QtProject~/Library/Application Support/QtProject/Qt Creator- Windows
%APPDATA%\QtProject%LOCALAPPDATA%\QtProject
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version20.0.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.qt.io/developers/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:qt-creator |
|---|---|
| Version | 20.0.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/qt-creator |
| Homepage | https://www.qt.io/developers/ |
| Upstream docs | https://www.qt.io/developers/ |
| Source archive | https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qtcreator/20.0/20.0.2/qt-creator-opensource-mac-universal-20.0.2.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 810e0ef687adf9f6d551e22a9872ad7360d7f0dd1b9862ae7abd0a4f87921a92 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | qt-creator |
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