Platform and Compiler Notes

This page contains information about the platforms Qt is currently known to run on, with links to platform-specific notes, including any known bugs or incompatibilities.

Information about the combinations of platforms and compilers supported by Qt can be found on the Supported Platforms page.

General Compiler Notes

Supported Features

Qt can be compiled with any compiler that is compliant with the C++98 standard. C++11 support is automatically enabled on compilers supporting it.

Building Qt is currently being tested on the following list of compilers:

  • gcc 4.2.1 (Mac OS X only)
  • Apple clang 3.1 (Mac OS X / XCode 4)
  • gcc 4.5 and newer (Linux)
  • MSVC 2008 and newer
  • MinGW-builds GCC 4.7.2
  • Intel CC (latest version)