Qt Creator Release Cycle Explained: Versions, LTS & Update Schedule

Qt CREATOR RELEASE CYCLE

3 Releases Per Year

There are 3 Qt Creator releases per year, typically in the spring, summer, and fall.

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Maintenance Releases

In between releases, there may be patches for bug fixing and high priority issues.
Multiple Qt Creator releases are not, however, maintained in parallel, and typically there are no more patches after the beta of the next release is available.

The Qt Creator release or maintenance schedule is not aligned with the Qt Framework release cycle. However, there is typically a patch available for Qt Creator at the time of each
Qt Framework Minor release.

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The Latest Release

Qt Creator 18 was released in October 2025, highlighting:

Development containers to significantly ease kit configuration,
A convenient Overview tab, showing content from the other tabs, suggested learning content, and developer blogs,
A possibility to request publishing IDE Extensions for a limited group of 3rd party publishers (in closed beta).

In addition, Qt Creator 18 comes with various user experience improvements.

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Qt Creator 16 released

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Qt Creator 15 released

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