QGIS in OSGeo4W (recommended for regular users):
Mac OS X / macOS¶ Official All-in-one, signed installers for macOS High Sierra (10.13) and newer can be downloaded from the QGIS download page. Alternative builds supporting macOS High Sierra (10.13) and newer are available from kyngchaos.com. What is Quantum GIS for Mac. QGIS is a free and open-source geographic information system. QGIS aims to be an easy to use GIS, providing common functions and features. The initial goal was to provide a GIS data viewer. QGIS has reached that point in its evolution and is being used by many for their daily GIS data viewing and editing needs.
- OSGeo4W Network Installer
In the installer choose Express Install and select QGIS to install the latest release or QGIS LTR to install the long term release.
The express installations have several optional packages including non-free software. To avoid those you have to use the Advanced Install and choose qgis and/or qgis-ltr in the desktop section.
NOTE FOR EXISTING USERS: OSGeo4W v2 (previously known as testing) is now the regular repository. The latest QGIS release is only available here, as it already requires dependencies not available in the old repository. The long term release is additionally also available in the old repository using the same dependencies as before (see below). This also includes a 32-bit version, which OSGeo4W v2 does not support.
CAUTION: Upgrades of old setups using the new repository are not supported. You need to do a fresh install or use a different directory.
CAUTION: Windows 7 no longer works as we are now using Python 3.9, which dropped support for it.
Standalone installers (MSI) from OSGeo4W packages (recommended for new users)
Latest release (richest on features):
- QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.20
Long term release (most stable):
- QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.16
Note that the MSI installers are much bigger than the previous installers. This is because they include significant larger packages (eg. PROJ 8). The main reason for the switch to MSI were the size limits previously used NSIS has, which was blocking updates of dependencies.
Long-term release in old OSGeo4W (continued with previous dependencies):
- OSGeo4W Network Installer (64 bit)
- OSGeo4W Network Installer (32 bit)
In the installer choose Advanced Install and select qgis-ltr-full to install the long term release.
Packages for the latest release and nightly thereof and master are discontinued in old OSGeo4W.
This installer also allows installing QGIS without non-free software
Standalone installer for long term release (continued with dependencies from old OSGeo4W):
- QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.16 (64 bit)
- QGIS Standalone Installer Version 3.16 (32 bit)
Official All-in-one, signed installers
Mac Installer Packages for macOS High Sierra (10.13) and newer.
QGIS is not yet notarized as required by macOS Catalina (10.15) security rules. On first launch, please right-click on the QGIS app icon, hold down the Option key, then choose Open.
Latest release (richest on features):
Long term release (most stable):
Alternative build
Mac Installer Packages for macOS High Sierra (10.13) and newer.
Installation instructions are in the Read Me on the disk image. GDAL and Python (both included on the disk image) are installed separately and outside the QGIS app so they are usable on their own. These packages use the python.org Python 3 - other distributions are not supported.
For many flavors of GNU/Linux binary packages (rpm and deb) or software repositories (to add to your installation manager) are available. Please select your choice of distro below:
The QGIS experience does not stop on the desktop. Various touch optimized apps allow you to take QGIS into the field
Third-party touch optimized apps
QField for QGIS (formerly QGIS for Android)
Input (available for Android, iOS and Windows devices)
IntraMaps Roam
QGIS for Android
An old and deprecated not touch optimised release of QGIS for Android can be found inAll downloads
All downloads
More specific instructions about downloading QGIS stable vs QGIS development can be found in All downloads.
Datasets
For testing and learning purposes, a sample dataset is available, which contains collections of data from different sources and in different formats.
Previous releases of QGIS are still available here - including older releases for OS X here.
More older releases are available here and for OS X here.
Plugins for QGIS are also available here.
QGIS is open source software available under the terms of the GNU General Public License meaning that its source code can be downloaded through tarballs or the git repository.
QGIS Source Code is available here (latest release) and here (long term release)
Refer to the INSTALL guide on how to compile QGIS from source for the different platforms: here
Qgis Download Per Mac
Note that you can also install the development version (nightly) via an installer from the normal downloads for your platform: here
Download Qgis For Windows
Plugins for QGIS are also available here.