What's New in Qt 6.0
Build System Changes in Qt 6
Building Qt from sources now requires CMake and Ninja. See Build System Changes in Qt 6 for more details on this and other changes in configure.
Changes to Supported Modules
Qt 6.0 is streamlined compared to Qt 5 and some modules are no longer in the default installation of Qt 6.0. Because of the modularized structure of Qt, new modules or previous Qt 5 modules may appear in future releases of Qt 6. For more information, visit the All Modules page.
The Changes to Qt Modules in Qt 6 has a list of API changes.
New Modules in Qt 6.0
The following are new modules in Qt 6.0.
- Qt 5 Core Compatibility APIs
- Qt 5 Compatibility APIs: Graphical Effects
- Qt Shader Tools - for graphics and compute shaders
Removed Modules in Qt 6.0
The following are Qt 5 modules that are not in Qt 6.0. They may be re-introduced in a future release of Qt 6.
| Module | qmake | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Qt Android Extras | androidextras | See Changes to Qt Extras Modules |
| Qt Bluetooth | bluetooth | |
| Qt Charts | charts | |
| Qt Data Visualization | datavisualization | |
| Qt Graphical Effects | Available through Qt 5 Compatibility APIs: Graphical Effects | |
| Qt Location | location | |
| Qt Mac Extras | macextras | See Changes to Qt Extras Modules |
| Qt Multimedia | multimedia | |
| Qt Multimedia Widgets | multimediawidgets | |
| Qt NFC | nfc | |
| Qt Positioning | positioning | |
| Qt Purchasing | purchasing | |
| Qt Quick Extras | Merged into Qt Quick Controls | |
| Qt Remote Objects | remoteobjects | |
| Qt Script | qtscript | |
| Qt SCXML | scxml | |
| Qt Script Tools | scripttools | |
| Qt Sensors | sensors | |
| Qt Serial Bus | serialbus | |
| Qt Serial Port | serialport | |
| Qt Speech | texttospeech | |
| Qt WebChannel | webchannel | |
| Qt WebEngine | webenginecore | |
| Qt WebSockets | websockets | |
| Qt WebView | webview | |
| Qt Windows Extras | winextras | See Changes to Qt Extras Modules |
| Qt X11 Extras | x11extras | See Changes to Qt Extras Modules |
| Qt XML Patterns | xmlpatterns |
List of API Changes
These pages contain an overview of API changes in Qt 6.0:
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