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QGIS — a cross-platform GIS integrating spatial editing, analysis, and cartography

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Stars
14,371
Primary language
C++
License
GPL-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 13, 2026

Overview

QGIS is a full-featured free and open-source geographic information system for Windows, macOS, and Unix platforms. It works with raster, vector, mesh, and point-cloud data and spans map production, geospatial analysis, automation, and server delivery.

Features and best fit

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Handle data management, cartography, and spatial analysis in one project

GeoPackage, GeoTIFF, PostGIS, WMS, WFS, and other sources appear as layers for reprojection, digitizing, 2D and 3D styling, layouts, and reports. QGIS also provides more than 200 native algorithms, external providers, a model designer, batch processing, plugins, PyQGIS, and QGIS Server.

Sources: [1]

For workflows expanding from desktop GIS into services and automation

It fits users in research, planning, emergency response, environment, and asset management who need to visualize, edit, and analyze heterogeneous spatial data. Validate coordinate systems, formats, algorithms, plugins, and output accuracy with representative datasets.

Sources: [1]

Choose among LTR, Latest, Nightly, desktop, and server

Installable branches include Long Term Release, Latest Release, and Development Nightly, and normal users are directed to official precompiled binaries. QGIS Server and source builds have separate guides; also verify plugin and provider compatibility for the selected version. QGIS is GPL Version 2 or later.

Sources: [1][2]

Official sources

  1. [1]QGIS README(2026-09-13)
  2. [2]QGIS GitHub repository(2026-09-13)
Supplemental curator note

Selected for building durable discovery through OSGeo, specialist communities, and multilingual documentation despite having no GitHub topics.

Growth

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14,371 Stars

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Commits (last 30 days)
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Open PRs
73

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Stars
14,371
Forks
3,520
Watchers
357
Open issues
5,423
Primary language
C++
License
GPL-2.0
Repository last updated
Sep 13, 2026
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