Installing Qt on Windows

This is a step-by-step manual how to easily download and install Qt toolchain for Windows. Please remember that Qt is free and open-source software and you don't need for a paid license: the commercial license is required for a closed-source software.

Download installer
Unfortunately, an official site became tricky to find a download link. So, there are simple rules how to find it:

- Open qt.io - an official site of Qt project.

- Click the "Download. Try. Buy" button (no, you don't need to buy anything, just find a download link).



- Find the "Download for open source users" block:



- Scroll to the down of a page and find the "Download Qt Online installer" button:



- Click the "Download" button. Alternatively you can get an offline installer for your platform:



- After downloading of installer, run it.

Online installer


























Offline installer
Offline installer should don't ask you to login. It hasn't difference from an online installer except of a components list.