Gis Software



QGIS in OSGeo4W:

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  • OSGeo4W Network Installer (64 bit)

Gis Software Download

  • OSGeo4W Network Installer (32 bit)

In the installer choose Desktop Express Install and select QGIS to install the latest release.
To get the long term release (that is not also the latest release) choose Advanced Install and select qgis-ltr-full
To get the bleeding-edge development build choose Advanced Install and select qgis-full-dev

Standalone installers from OSGeo4W packages
Latest release (richest on features):
  • QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.18 (64 bit)
  • QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.18 (32 bit)
Long term release (most stable):
  • QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.16 (64 bit)
  • QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.16 (32 bit)
QGIS in OSGeo4W testing (upcoming replacement with newer dependencies, alternative, 64bit only):
  • OSGeo4W Network Installer

CAUTION: Upgrades from previous installations are not supported. Install into a separate directory (eg. C:OSGeo4W instead of C:OSGeo4W64)
In the installer choose Desktop Express Install and select QGIS to install the latest release.
To get the long term release (that is not also the latest release) choose Advanced Install and select qgis-ltr-full

Standalone installers from OSGeo4W testing packages (MSI)
Latest release (richest on features):
  • QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.18
Long term release (most stable):
  • QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.16

Note that the MSI installers are much bigger than the previous installers. This is because they include significant larger packages (eg. PROJ 8). The main reason for the switch to MSI were the size limits previously used NSIS has, which was blocking updates of dependencies.

Official All-in-one, signed installers

Mac Installer Packages for macOS High Sierra (10.13) and newer.

QGIS is not yet notarized as required by macOS Catalina (10.15) security rules. On first launch, please right-click on the QGIS app icon, hold down the Option key, then choose Open.

Gis Software
Latest release (richest on features):
Long term release (most stable):

Alternative build

Mac Installer Packages for macOS Sierra (10.12) and newer.

Installation instructions are in the Read Me on the disk image. GDAL and Python (both included on the disk image) are installed separately and outside the QGIS app so they are usable on their own. These packages use the python.org Python 3 - other distributions are not supported.

For many flavors of GNU/Linux binary packages (rpm and deb) or software repositories (to add to your installation manager) are available. Please select your choice of distro below:

The QGIS experience does not stop on the desktop. Various touch optimized apps allow you to take QGIS into the field

Third-party touch optimized apps

QField for QGIS (formerly QGIS for Android)

Free Gis Software For Windows

Input (available for Android, iOS and Windows devices)
IntraMaps Roam

QGIS for Android

Gis Software For Mac

An old and deprecated not touch optimised release of QGIS for Android can be found inAll downloads

All downloads

More specific instructions about downloading QGIS stable vs QGIS development can be found in All downloads.

Datasets

For testing and learning purposes, a sample dataset is available, which contains collections of data from different sources and in different formats.

Previous releases of QGIS are still available here - including older releases for OS X here.

More older releases are available here and for OS X here.

Plugins for QGIS are also available here.

QGIS is open source software available under the terms of the GNU General Public License meaning that its source code can be downloaded through tarballs or the git repository.

QGIS Source Code is available here (latest release) and here (long term release)

Refer to the INSTALL guide on how to compile QGIS from source for the different platforms: here

Note that you can also install the development version (nightly) via an installer from the normal downloads for your platform: here

Plugins for QGIS are also available here.