Qt Toolkit Comparisons

Discussions compare Qt to alternatives like Electron for cross-platform GUI development, debating developer experience, features, and suitability for desktop and embedded applications.

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Sample Comments

positronium β€’ Dec 10, 2019 β€’ View on HN

A better Qt already exists. It's called Electron.

abjKT26nO8 β€’ May 27, 2020 β€’ View on HN

Are there (even non-cross-platform) toolkits that provide better developer experience than Qt?

CamperBob2 β€’ May 6, 2019 β€’ View on HN

What would be the arguments for/against using this instead of, say, Qt?

chaosfox β€’ Sep 8, 2016 β€’ View on HN

Qt makes that easy, thats why they are using it.

McP β€’ Nov 5, 2019 β€’ View on HN

Qt is great for cross platform UI, for Mac/Win/Linux at least

brnt β€’ Jul 9, 2020 β€’ View on HN

Hoe is it ahead of Qt (on desktop)?

amelius β€’ Nov 11, 2016 β€’ View on HN

Does Qt have something like React?

ttybird β€’ Dec 1, 2021 β€’ View on HN

You are probably looking for Qt.

cromka β€’ Jan 13, 2026 β€’ View on HN

Don’t they use Qt for their Win/macOS version already?

korijn β€’ Jun 14, 2021 β€’ View on HN

There are plenty of alternatives such as Qt