A Sincere Request: Please Bring AI Assistant to the Open-Source Edition of Qt Creator
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I have been a devoted Qt and Qt Creator user for more than ten years and truly appreciate the value this framework and IDE bring to cross-platform development. Nevertheless, the AI Assistant is currently available only in the commercial edition, leaving many in the open-source (GPL/LGPL) community disappointed.
Intelligent coding assistants are now a staple of modern development. VS Code, Cursor, and other mainstream IDEs already integrate either cloud-based or on-device language models. By comparison, Qt Creator currently offers only basic GitHub Copilot completion, which falls short of today’s AI-augmented workflows. Even if I am willing to host an LLM locally (e.g., through Ollama or another self-hosted solution), the open-source edition simply cannot enable the AI Assistant.
In my daily work I rely heavily on models like OpenAI Codex and GPT. Because Qt Creator lacks such support, I must push my projects to Git and continue coding in cloud IDEs just to leverage AI—yet the productivity gains remain undeniable.
Therefore, I kindly ask Qt to consider:
Is there a roadmap for bringing AI Assistant to the open-source edition of Qt Creator?
If cloud-computing cost is the primary concern, could open-source users be allowed to connect their own local LLM back-ends?
Given that individual developers and small companies cannot easily afford the high commercial license, would Qt consider a more flexible pricing model—such as a separate subscription for the AI plug-in?
If AI Assistant remains exclusive to the commercial edition, Qt Creator risks losing a significant portion of its loyal individual developer base as AI capabilities become standard elsewhere. I sincerely hope the Qt team will listen to the community and open the door to AI features for the open-source edition—or at least provide a clear roadmap and viable alternatives. Thank you for your consideration!
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I have been a devoted Qt and Qt Creator user for more than ten years and truly appreciate the value this framework and IDE bring to cross-platform development. Nevertheless, the AI Assistant is currently available only in the commercial edition, leaving many in the open-source (GPL/LGPL) community disappointed.
Intelligent coding assistants are now a staple of modern development. VS Code, Cursor, and other mainstream IDEs already integrate either cloud-based or on-device language models. By comparison, Qt Creator currently offers only basic GitHub Copilot completion, which falls short of today’s AI-augmented workflows. Even if I am willing to host an LLM locally (e.g., through Ollama or another self-hosted solution), the open-source edition simply cannot enable the AI Assistant.
In my daily work I rely heavily on models like OpenAI Codex and GPT. Because Qt Creator lacks such support, I must push my projects to Git and continue coding in cloud IDEs just to leverage AI—yet the productivity gains remain undeniable.
Therefore, I kindly ask Qt to consider:
Is there a roadmap for bringing AI Assistant to the open-source edition of Qt Creator?
If cloud-computing cost is the primary concern, could open-source users be allowed to connect their own local LLM back-ends?
Given that individual developers and small companies cannot easily afford the high commercial license, would Qt consider a more flexible pricing model—such as a separate subscription for the AI plug-in?
If AI Assistant remains exclusive to the commercial edition, Qt Creator risks losing a significant portion of its loyal individual developer base as AI capabilities become standard elsewhere. I sincerely hope the Qt team will listen to the community and open the door to AI features for the open-source edition—or at least provide a clear roadmap and viable alternatives. Thank you for your consideration!
@JasonWong Keep in mind that this is user forum.
You should ask on Qt developer mailing list or file a change request in Qt bug tracker.
