# \#qt

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## [Qt 5 support to end starting in ParaView 6.2](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qt-5-support-to-end-starting-in-paraview-6-2/17365)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qt-5-support-to-end-starting-in-paraview-6-2/17365 "2026-10-01T14:50:25Z")

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To finalize ParaView’s transition to Qt 6, the ParaView team is planning to stop supporting Qt 5 in ParaView starting with ParaView 6.2. Qt 6 will be the only major version of Qt supported by ParaView going forward. Para…

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## [How to define an entry point when using \`paraview\_client\_add\`?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-define-an-entry-point-when-using-paraview-client-add/17378)

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**Author:** [@CsatiZoltan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CsatiZoltan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-define-an-entry-point-when-using-paraview-client-add/17378 "2026-01-02T09:02:06Z")

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I would like to make ParaView accept custom command line arguments in my ParaView custom application. To achieve that, I want to pass the optional argument of type vtkCLIOptions\* to the pqPVApplicationCore constructor. Y…

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## [Qt minimum version will be updated to 5.15](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qt-minimum-version-will-be-updated-to-5-15/17354)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qt-minimum-version-will-be-updated-to-5-15/17354 "2025-12-09T00:14:46Z")

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ParaView currently does not build against Qt 5.12, which was end-of-lifed in 2021. We are planning to make the minimum 5.15 for ParaView 6.1. Please let us know if that causes any difficulties. Update: In ParaView 6.2, …