Is QGIS free and open source?

Yes. QGIS is free and open source, released under the GPL-2.0 license. You can view and contribute to the source at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS.

What are open-source alternatives to QGIS?

Other open-source science & education tools on OSSDrop include TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenCV, Tesseract.

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Free, cross-platform desktop GIS for creating, editing, analysing, and publishing geospatial data.

Science & Education·GPL-2.0·14.4k stars·final-4_2_2·added 2026-07-23

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What is QGIS?
QGIS is an open-source science & education tool — Free, cross-platform desktop GIS for creating, editing, analysing, and publishing geospatial data.
Is QGIS free and open source?
Yes. QGIS is free and open source, released under the GPL-2.0 license. You can view and contribute to the source at https://github.com/qgis/QGIS.
What are open-source alternatives to QGIS?
Other open-source science & education tools on OSSDrop include TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenCV, Tesseract.

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