QtBuilder

Last update: 26 May 2008.

Welcome to the official web site of QtBuilder!

QtBuilder is a free software making it easier to configure and to compile the Qt 4 development framework from Trolltech® with Microsoft Visual C++ (2005 or 2008). QtBuilder is completely free and its source code is freely available (MIT license).

Introduction

QtBuilder consists in a wizard which automatically detects the available compilers and configures the build environment to compile Qt with the selected one.

QtBuilder also allows to set advanced compiler specific options which are normally only available to people who have a strong knowledge of the Qt build system and of the used compiler as well.

For example, with Visual C++, it is possible to compile a special version of Qt which better exploits the optimizating capabilities of this compiler, or to obtain standalone binaries which require no dll installation on the target machine (like msvcr80.dll / msvcp80.dll or msvcr90.dll / msvcp90.dll).

Features

• Works on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
• Support of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
• Support of Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
• Detects installed Platform SDK (needed for Visual C++ 2005 Express)
• Support of basic Qt configuration options
• Support of advanced compiler options
• Tested with Qt/Windows Open Source Edition 4.3.3 and 4.4.0
• Should work with Qt/Windows Commercial Edition

Download QtBuilder 0.6.1 (Beta)

Future developement

Many new functionalities are planned, like the support of more compilers, the port on other platforms, or the association to .pro files to make QtBuilder becomes a graphical front-end for qmake. This way, it will be possible to compile every project based on qmake in only one click!

If you are interested in participating in this project, do not hesitate to contact the administrator.