LXQt

{{Infobox software

| logo = File:Helix lxqt.svg

| screenshot = LXQt 2.0.0 Ambiance screenshot.png

| caption = LXQt 2.0.0 Screenshot

| author = Hong Jen Yee (“PCMan”)

| developer = The LXQt team{{cite web|url= https://lxqt-project.org/release/2018/05/21/lxqt-0130/|title= LXQt Release 0.13.0|access-date= 22 June 2021|author= The LXQt team|work= lxqt-project.org|date= 21 May 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210622195856/https://lxqt-project.org/release/2018/05/21/lxqt-0130/|archive-date= 22 June 2021|url-status= live}}

| released = {{Start date and age|2013|07|21}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q18341825|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q18341825|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q18341825|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q18341825|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language = C++, C, Qt

| operating system = Unix-like

| language = Multilingual

| genre = Desktop environment

| license = GPL, LGPL

}}

LXQt is a free and open source lightweight desktop environment. It was formed from the merger of the LXDE and Razor-qt projects.

Like its GTK predecessor LXDE, LXQt does not ship or develop its own window manager, instead LXQt lets the user decide which (supported) window manager they want to use.{{cite web |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWindowManagers |title=ConfigWindowManagers - LXQt Github wiki |website=GitHub |access-date=27 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221027191011/https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWindowManagers |archive-date=27 October 2022 |url-status=live}} Linux distributions commonly default LXQt to Openbox, Xfwm4, or KWin.

History

Dissatisfied with GTK 3, LXDE maintainer {{ill|Hong Jen Yee|zh|洪任諭}} experimented with Qt in early 2013{{cite web |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=966 |title=PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt? |publisher=LXDE Blog |date=19 February 2013 |access-date=4 May 2013}} and released the first version of a Qt-based PCMan File Manager on 26 March 2013.{{cite web |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=990 |title=PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released |publisher=LXDE Blog |date=26 March 2013 |access-date=4 May 2013}} He clarified, though, that this means no departure from GTK in LXDE, saying "The GTK and Qt versions will coexist". He later ported LXDE's xrandr front-end to Qt.{{cite mailing list |url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.desktop.lxde.devel/3269 |title=LXDE xrandr GUI Frontent lxrandr is Ported to Qt in One Day |date=1 May 2013 |mailing-list=LXDE Development |author=PCMan |access-date=4 May 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170709193654/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.desktop.lxde.devel/3269|archive-date =9 July 2017}}

On 3 July 2013 Hong Jen Yee announced a Qt port of the full LXDE suite,{{cite web |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1013 |title=LXDE - LXDE-Qt Preview |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=3 July 2013 |access-date=27 March 2014}} and on 21 July 2013, Razor-qt and LXDE announced that they had decided to merge the two projects.{{cite web |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1046 |title=The Future of Razor and LXDE-Qt |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=19 May 2014}}{{cite mailing list |url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=31196887 |title=The Future of Razor and LXDE-Qt |date=20 July 2013 |mailing-list=LXDE |last=Leclanche |first=Jerome |access-date=19 May 2014}} This merge meant that the GTK and the Qt versions coexisted in the short term, but eventually development of the GTK version significantly slowed and most efforts were focused on the Qt port. The merge of LXDE-Qt and Razor-qt was renamed LXQt,{{cite web |url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=1100 |title=The First Alpha Release of LXDE-Qt (or LXQt) is in Preparation |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=27 April 2014 |access-date=7 May 2014}} and the first release, version 0.7.0, was made available on 7 May 2014.{{cite mailing list |url=https://sourceforge.net/p/lxde/mailman/message/32310545/ |title=LXQt 0.7.0 Released |date=7 May 2014 |mailing-list=LXDE |last=Leclanche |first=Jerome |access-date=7 May 2014}}

With the 0.13 release on 21 May 2018 the LXQt project formally split from LXDE with the move to a separate GitHub organization.

Software components

LXQt consists of many modular components, some of them depending on Qt and KDE Frameworks 5.{{cite web|url=https://github.com/lxde/lxqt/wiki/KF5-usage-in-LXQt|title=lxqt/lxqt|website=GitHub}}

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! Name

! Dependencies (besides Qt)

! Comments

QTerminal

|Use the command line, composed for and now part of LXQt

LXImage-Qt

| Image viewer

lxqt-menu-data

|Files required for freedesktop.org desktop menus

lxqt-about

| About dialog

lxqt-admin

|System administration tool

lxqt-archiver

|File archiver

lxqt-common

|Common files (graphics files, themes, desktop entry files ...)

lxqt-config

| KScreen

|System settings center

lxqt-globalkeys

|Daemon and library for global keyboard shortcuts registration

lxqt-notificationd

|Notification daemon

lxqt-openssh-askpass

|openssh password prompt

lxqt-panel

| Solid

| Desktop panel (taskbar)

lxqt-policykit

| Polkit authentication agent

lxqt-powermanagement

| Solid

|Power management daemon

lxqt-qtplugin

| Qt platform integration plugin (all Qt-based programs can adopt settings of LXQt)

lxqt-runner

| Application launcher

lxqt-session

| session manager

lxqt-sudo

| GUI frontend for sudo/su

menu-cache

ObConf-Qt

| Openbox configuration tool written in Qt

pavucontrol-qt

|PulseAudio

|Volume manager for PulseAudio

compton-conf

| GUI configuration tool for Compton X composite manager (metacity ⇒ xcompmgr ⇒ dcompmgr ⇒ Compton){{cite web |url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton |title=Compton in ArchLinux Wiki}}

PCManFM-Qt

| File manager, Qt port of PCManFM

qt-gtk-engine

| Theming GTK 3 programs with Qt styles

ScreenGrab

|Screenshot program

Adoption

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!Operating

System

!Officially

Supported

!Notes

Arch Linux{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LXQt|title = LXQt - ArchWiki}}

|{{Yes}} {{Cite web|url=https://archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/lxqt/|title = Arch Linux Packages - lxqt}}

|Offered as a desktop in archinstall. Also other Arch Linux based Linux distributions.

Artix Linux{{Cite web |title=Artix Linux - Download |url=https://artixlinux.org/download.php |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=artixlinux.org}}

|{{Yes}}

|A LXQt ISO is available.

Debian{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/LXQt|title = LXQT - Debian Wiki}}

|{{Yes}}

|Also other Debian-based Linux distributions.

Fedora Linux{{Cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/spins/lxqt/|title= Fedora Spins LXQt}}

|{{Yes}}

|Available as a Fedora Spin.

Lubuntu{{cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/lubuntu-19-04-released-with-latest-lxqt-desktop-and-latest-calamares-installer-525772.shtml|title=Lubuntu 19.04 Released with Latest LXQt Desktop and Calamares Installer|first=Marius|last=Nestor|website=softpedia|date=23 April 2019|access-date=30 April 2019}}

|{{Yes}}

|Official Ubuntu flavor with LXQt by default.

Manjaro{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=LXQt|title=LXQT - Manjaro|date=27 July 2022 }}

|{{Yes}}

Void Linux{{Cite web|url=https://voidlinux.org/download/|title=Download Void Linux|access-date=18 April 2025|website=voidlinux.org }}{{Cite web|url=https://voidlinux.org/packages/?arch=x86_64&q=lxqt|title=Find binary packages|access-date=18 April 2025|website=voidlinux.org }}

|{{Yes}}

|Fully supported but needs to be installed separately by the user.

NixOS{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|{{Yes}}

|NixOS packages LXQt and is available in their installer.{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Comparison_of_NixOS_setups#Definitions|title = Comparison of NixOS setups - NixOS Wiki}}

openSUSE{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

|GeckoLinux offers a LXQt ISO.{{cite web |url=https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project/wiki/GeckoLinux-Editions#geckolinux-lxqt |title=GeckoLinux LXQt - GeckoLinux Github wiki |website=GitHub |access-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221028175526/https://github.com/geckolinux/geckolinux-project/wiki/GeckoLinux-Editions%23geckolinux-lxqt |archive-date=28 October 2022 |url-status=live}}

Version history

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|+ LXQt releases

! Version

! Date

! Key features

| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|05|07|abbr=on}}

{{Version|o|0.8}}{{cite mailing list |url=https://sourceforge.net/p/lxde/mailman/message/32927295/ |title=LXQt 0.8.0 Released! |date=13 February 2014 |mailing-list=LXDE |last=Leclanche |first=Jerome |access-date=13 February 2014}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|11|13|abbr=on}}

| bringing full Qt 5 compatibility

{{Version|o|0.9}}{{cite web |url=https://blog.lxqt.org/2015/02/memory-usage-of-lxqt-0-9/ |title=Memory Usage of LXQt 0.9 |date=12 November 2015 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=3 November 2016 |archive-date=18 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718033923/https://blog.lxqt.org/2015/02/memory-usage-of-lxqt-0-9/ |url-status=dead }}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2015|02|08|abbr=on}}

| Featuring heavy internal cleanups and refactorings. Compatibility with Qt 4 was dropped, requiring Qt 5 & KDE Frameworks 5. Qt 5.3 is now the minimum required version.{{cite mailing list |url=https://sourceforge.net/p/lxde/mailman/message/33373317/ |title=LXQt 0.9.0 Released! |date=8 February 2015 |mailing-list=LXDE |last=Leclanche |first=Jerome |access-date=10 February 2015}}

{{Version|o|0.10}}{{cite web |url=http://lxqt.org/release/2015/11/02/release-0-10-0/ |title=Release LXQt 0.10 |date= 2 November 2015 |publisher=LXQt |access-date= 3 November 2016}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2015|11|02|abbr=on}}

{{Version|o|0.11}}{{cite web |url=http://lxqt.org/release/2016/09/24/lxqt-011-et-al/ |title=Release LXQt 0.11 |date=24 September 2016 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=26 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026064113/http://lxqt.org/release/2016/09/24/lxqt-011-et-al/ |url-status=dead }}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2016|09|24|abbr=on}}

| To address concerns that LXQt being Qt-based might cause heavy memory usage, this release was benchmarked, revealing that LXQt used slightly less memory than Xfce, and that the "memory usage of LXQt is quite similar to the original LXDE (gtk2) while many new features are added".{{cite web |url=https://blog.lxde.org/2016/10/04/benchmark-memory-usage-lxqt-desktop-environment-vs-xfce/ |title=Benchmark: Memory Usage: LXQt desktop environment vs XFCE – LXDE Blog |date=4 October 2016 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=11 January 2017}}

{{Version|o|0.12}}{{cite web |url=http://lxqt.org/release/2017/10/21/lxqt-0120/ |title=Release LXQt 0.12 |date=21 October 2017 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=21 October 2017 |archive-date=26 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026230129/http://lxqt.org/release/2017/10/21/lxqt-0120/ |url-status=dead }}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2017|05|21|abbr=on}}

| minimum Qt version 5.6.1{{cite web|url=http://lxqt.org/release/2017/09/22/libqtxdg-300/|title=Release libqtxdg 3.0.0 - LXQt|website=lxqt.org}}

{{Version|o|0.13}} {{cite web |url=https://lxqt.org/release/2018/05/21/lxqt-0130/ |title=Release LXQt 0.13.0 |date=21 May 2018 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=26 May 2017}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2018|05|21|abbr=on}}

| All packages are ready for Qt 5.11

{{Version|o|0.14}}{{cite web |url=https://lxqt.org/release/2019/01/25/lxqt-0140/ |title=Release LXQt 0.14.0 |date=25 Jan 2019 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=7 Feb 2019 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724044750/https://lxqt.org/release/2019/01/25/lxqt-0140/ |url-status=dead }}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2019|01|25|abbr=on}}

{{Version|o|0.15}}{{cite web |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/0.15.0 |title=Release LXQt 0.15.0 |date=24 April 2020 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=25 April 2020}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2020|04|24|abbr=on}}

{{Version|o|0.16}}{{cite web |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/0.16.0 |title=Release LXQt 0.16.0 |date=4 November 2020 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=4 November 2020}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2020|11|04|abbr=on}}

| Three new themes; Clearlooks, Leech and Kvantum.

{{Version|o|0.17}}{{cite web |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/0.17.0 |title=Release LXQt 0.17.0 |date=15 April 2021 |publisher=LXQt |access-date=15 April 2021}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|04|15|abbr=on}}

{{Version|o|1.0.0}}{{cite web |author1=The LXQt team |title=Release 1.0.0 · lxqt/lxqt |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/1.0.0 |website=GitHub |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|11|05|abbr=on}}

{{Version|o|1.1.0}}{{cite web |author1=The LXQt team |title=Release 1.1.0 · lxqt/lxqt |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/1.1.0 |website=GitHub |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=en}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|04|15|abbr=on}}

{{Version|o|1.2.0}}{{cite web |author1=The LXQt team |title=Release 1.2.0 · lxqt/lxqt |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/1.2.0 |website=GitHub |access-date=5 November 2022 |language=en}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|11|5|abbr=on}}

{{Version|o|1.3.0}}{{cite web |author1=The LXQt team |title=Release 1.3.0 · lxqt/lxqt |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/1.3.0 |website=GitHub |access-date=26 Mar 2023 |language=en}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|04|15|abbr=on}}

{{Version|co|1.4.0}}{{cite web |author1=The LXQt team |title=Release 1.4.0 · lxqt/lxqt |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/1.4.0 |website=GitHub |access-date=5 Nov 2023 |language=en}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|11|5|abbr=on}}

| Last Version based on Qt 5.15

{{Version|o|2.0.0}}{{cite web |author1=The LXQt team |title=Release 2.0.0 · lxqt/lxqt |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/2.0.0 |website=GitHub |access-date=18 Apr 2024 |language=en}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2024|04|15|abbr=on}}

| First version based on Qt 6.6

{{Version|o|2.1.0}}{{cite web |author1=The LXQt team |title=Release 2.1.0 · lxqt/lxqt |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/2.1.0 |website=GitHub |access-date=5 Nov 2024 |language=en}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2024|11|05|abbr=on}}

| Optional experimental Wayland session added

{{Version|c|2.2.0}}{{cite web |author1=The LXQt team |title=Release 2.2.0 · lxqt/lxqt |url=https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/releases/tag/2.2.0 |website=GitHub |access-date=18 Apr 2025 |language=en}}

| {{dts|format=dmy|2025|04|17|abbr=on}}

| Enhanced Wayland support

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References

External links

{{Official website|https://lxqt-project.org/}}
[https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/Roadmap LXQt Roadmap] (last update on Jun 16, 2016 for version 0.11)

Category:2013 software

Category:Free desktop environments

Category:Software that uses Qt

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LXQt

History

Software components

Adoption

Version history

See also

References

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