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QGIS

QGIS is a community-developed, open-source desktop geographic information system hosted on QGIS.org. It is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or later and is free to download.

Licensing at a Glance

  • Open source

  1. QGIS is a public project hosted on QGIS.org, licensed under GNU GPLv2+ and owned by its contributors.[1]

  2. QGIS is available free of charge when downloaded from QGIS.org.[2]

  3. QGIS source code is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License as tarballs or from the git repository.[3]

  4. QGIS publishes both a Long Term Release (LTR) and a Latest Release line, plus nightly builds.[4]

  5. The project's licence page reproduces the text of the GNU General Public License version 2.[5]

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References

  1. Spatial without Compromise · QGIS · qgis.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. Download · QGIS · qgis.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. Download · QGIS · qgis.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. Download · QGIS · qgis.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  5. QGIS License · QGIS · qgis.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
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