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alaenix··on LeanQt – GUI is here, Widgets are near
Would love the same thing with QML and QtQuick modules!
alaenix··on Ask HN: What software do I use to create a commercial desktop GUI?
Qt (C++ + QML, python + QML or even C++ + QtWidgets) is well suited for desktop application development. You can easily stay with the open source licence of Qt. The Qt website is not really clear about this and they will push you to go for a commercial licence.

Electron (+ any web front-end UI framework, like React) will also do the job.

You can also check for Java Swing or Java Jetpack Compose.

alaenix··on Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
Wonderful promise ! I'm really thinking that I need an app like that one but how to justify the price ? I'm ready to pay for that kind of service but it's seems too expensive to me. How an app like this can cost you 10$ per month and in comparison an app like Procreate (best drawing app on iPad) cost you only 10$ (not per month or year, just 10$).
alaenix··on Qt 6 will provide additional libraries via Conan package manager
It's the same with npm for Node.js, there is a company behind the package manager.
alaenix··on Krita, OpenGL and Qt
> While my Qt apps are very much coded against Qt, it’s actually pretty easy for me to currently switch them to other UI frameworks as needed.

Are yours apps open-source or do you know some architectured in the same way ? Curious and interested to dive into a well designed Qt application with logic and UI separation.

alaenix··on Ask HN: Languages/frameworks for desktop development: recommendations?
You should consider Qt to develop a crossplateform desktop application. Scaling from windows to linux and / or macOS will be easier.
alaenix··on What's New with Qt for Android
Repaper Studio, a drawing application designed to be used with the Slate, a digital drawing tablet. I've been working in the company behind it and the app is Qt-based (QML/QtQuick).

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iskn.imagi...

alaenix··on Ask HN: What Git GUI client do you use?
I'm using and loving gitkraken ! A lot of git functionalities are accessible in one or two clicks. The UX is really well thought and I personally like the UI. I'm using it for 3/4 years and I'm sure everyone can improve and speed his git workflow by using gitkraken. Super efficient specially if you work with multiple repo / submodules.

Seriously, how can you work without visualizing a git tree like gitkraken does it for you ? I can't go back to a full git-cli workflow... I didn't find any equivalent or real challenger. The only drawback is that it's not open source and free to use with private repo.

alaenix··on Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?
Personally, I use the Dark Reader addon on Firefox and I'm pretty happy like this.

https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/darkreader/

alaenix··on Qt 5.15 Alpha
* Last LTS release before Qt 6
alaenix··on Qt 5.14 Released
Yep, Qt Quick 3D is available under Qt commercial and GPLv3 license [1]. "New" Qt modules, like for example Qt 3D, are used to be licensed under LGPL and not GPL for the open-source part [2].

But recently they started to change some modules licensing from LGPLv3/Commercial to GPLv3/Commercial [3].

[1] https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtquick3d-index.html#license-and-attr... [2] https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qt3d-index.html#licenses-and-attribut... [3] https://www.qt.io/blog/change-in-open-source-licensing-of-qt...

alaenix··on The Qt Marketplace
Junior Qt/C++ developer here. In my opinion, the Qt community is poorly developed and not booming at all currently, which I greatly regret.

What are you thoughts about this Marketplace and it's future potential impact ? Is it gonna promote the open source and "plugin" community around Qt/QML ? It seems pretty "company" oriented.