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qtcanvaspainter for Mac

Accelerated 2D painting solution for Qt Quick and QRhi-based render targets

Quick answer: qtcanvaspainter is a design tool for macOS. Install it with brew install qtcanvaspainter. It is distributed under the GPL-3.0-only AND (GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND Zlib licence. It has 76 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What qtcanvaspainter is

qtcanvaspainter is a design tool for macOS: accelerated 2D painting solution for Qt Quick and QRhi-based render targets.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. It is distributed under the GPL-3.0-only AND (GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND Zlib licence.

How to install qtcanvaspainter

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install qtcanvaspainter.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install qtcanvaspainter on Mac?

Run brew install qtcanvaspainter in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is qtcanvaspainter open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the GPL-3.0-only AND (GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND Zlib licence.

Does qtcanvaspainter run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is qtcanvaspainter?

It was installed 76 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #3909 in this catalogue.

What version of qtcanvaspainter is current?

The latest packaged version is 6.12.0.