# Qt 6.12 LTS Released!

DevFeed: [Qt 6.12 LTS Released!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/qt-6-12-lts-released-62718.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.12-released>)

Author: volker.hilsheimer@qt.io (Volker Hilsheimer)

Published: 2026-09-30T13:03:03Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Qt](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/qt-blog.md>)

Topics: [Qt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/qt.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [gRPC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/grpc.md>)

Tags: [c-plus-plus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c-plus-plus.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [grpc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/grpc.md>), [it](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/it.md>), [lts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lts.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [pinned](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinned.md>), [qt-6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qt-6.md>), [qt-6-12](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qt-6-12.md>), [qtreleaseblog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qtreleaseblog.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

Qt 6.12 is an LTS release featuring cybersecurity and UI performance improvements, a new accelerated Canvas Painter engine, QML Canvas2D, StyleKit, updates to QRangeModel and QtGrpc, and built-in QML hot reload. The release supports HarmonyOS and provides a five-year maintenance period.

## Source excerpt

The 6.12 release for Qt Framework is now available, with improved cybersecurity, UI performance, and a wealth of capabilities to mix-and-match from across your architectural layers. As a Long-Term Support release, Qt 6.12 is not a simple incremental update, but a culmination of various efforts started years ago. Take a closer look.