Qt Creator Releases

Upcoming Releases

Tentative dates:

Qt Creator 20

• Feature freeze wk17 (~ Apr 23 2026)
• Beta release wk19 (~ May 7 2026)
• String freeze wk21 (~ May 21 2026)
• RC release wk23 (~ Jun 4 2026)
• Final release wk25 (~ Jun 17 2026 (Wednesday))

Qt Creator 21

• Feature freeze wk38 (~ Sep 17 2026)
• Beta release wk40 (~ Oct 1 2026)
• String freeze wk42 (~ Oct 15 2026)
• RC release wk44 (~ Oct 29 2026)
• Final release wk46 (~ Nov 12 2026)

Qt Creator 22

• Feature freeze wk2 (~ Jan 14 2027)
• Beta release wk4 (~ Jan 28 2027)
• String freeze wk6 (~ Feb 11 2027)
• RC release wk8 (~ Feb 25 2027)
• Final release wk10 (~ Mar 11 2027)

Qt Creator 23

• Feature freeze wk16 (~ Apr 22 2027)
• Beta release wk18 (~ May 5 2027 (Wednesday))
• String freeze wk20 (~ May 20 2027)
• RC release wk22 (~ Jun 3 2027)
• Final release wk24 (~ Jun 17 2027)

Qt Creator 24

• Feature freeze wk36 (~ Sep 9 2027)
• Beta release wk38 (~ Sep 23 2027)
• String freeze wk40 (~ Oct 7 2027)
• RC release wk42 (~ Oct 21 2027)
• Final release wk44 (~ Nov 4 2027)

The mentioned dates are typically Thursdays of the weeks, packages are meant to be ready by Tuesday. Actual release then typically happens on Wednesday or Thursday.

A collection of older release plans is found at Old Qt Creator Releases.

Qt Creator Release Cycle

We aim for 3 Qt Creator major releases each year. Each release goes through the following stages before the final release date:

• T-8 Weeks: Feature freeze
• T-6 Weeks: Beta release + soft string freeze
• T-4 Weeks: String freeze
• T-2 Weeks: Release candidate
• T-0 Weeks: Final release

These times are approximate and can vary a bit, depending on the state of Qt Creator during the process.

Patch releases can happen after the final major release, mostly with the scope of fixing embarrassing bugs and high priority issues (see also the Qt Creator Submit Policies [qt.io]). We do not maintain multiple Qt Creator major releases in parallel, usually there is no patch release after the beta of the next release has been released. Qt Creator’s schedule is not aligned with Qt’s schedule, but we typically provide a patch release exactly matching Qt releases which is then released at the same time.

The time after a final (.0) release starts with a period of about two months (52 weeks / 3 releases - 8 weeks from feature freeze to final = 9 1/3 weeks) which focuses on feature development for the upcoming release. (During that time there might be patch releases as described above.)