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Qt 6.12 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 6.12.0. 3 of 20 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 6.8, on April 2, 2025.

Latest version

6.12.0

Sep 30, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

1

of 20 tracked

Total cycles tracked

20

since Dec 15, 2011

Support pattern

How Qt has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

6 months

median of 20 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

6 months

median gap between releases

Compared with framework

−14 mo

shorter than the framework median

Next end of life

158 days

Qt 6.12

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 6 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Qt. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life
Today
6.12Latest
6.12.0 · Sep 30, 2026
6.11
EOL Sep 30, 2026
6.10
EOL Apr 7, 2026
6.9
EOL Oct 7, 2025
6.8
EOL Apr 2, 2025
6.7
EOL Oct 7, 2024
6.6
EOL Apr 2, 2024
6.5
EOL Dec 13, 2023
6.4
EOL Mar 31, 2023
6.3
EOL Sep 28, 2022
6.2
EOL Apr 11, 2022
6.1
EOL Sep 30, 2021
6.0
EOL May 5, 2021
5.15
EOL Dec 8, 2020
5.14
EOL Dec 12, 2020
5.13
EOL Jun 19, 2020
5.12
EOL Dec 5, 2021
5.9
EOL May 31, 2020
5.6
EOL Mar 16, 2019
4.8
EOL Dec 31, 2015
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