QGIS
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Mar 7, 2026first mention
Oct 12, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Nonetheless it's an obvious gem and I hope they're able to arrive at a balanced and sustainable policy.”
limited, basic useron “QGIS enacts moratorium on AI contributions”
“this piece of (free!) software that essentially runs circles around the software we pay heavily for.”
works at a grid management companyon “QGIS 4.0”
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Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- QGIS 4.0 4 mentions
- QGIS enacts moratorium on AI contributions 1 mention
- AI Agent Has Root 1 mention
- Stop Making TUIs 1 mention
- Google Earth Desktop Client to Be Retired in 2027 1 mention
- Spherical Voronoi Diagram 1 mention
Data: qgis.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“Nonetheless it's an obvious gem and I hope they're able to arrive at a balanced and sustainable policy.”
“the GUI is for leaving things like QGIS running full screen”
“there is no way to replace graphical-heavy programs (GIMP, QGIS etc.) with TUIs”
“While QGIS is incredible and powerful, it is too complicated sometimes”
“I used for intersection crash analysis to make sure each crash was assigned to at most intersection.”
“I used QGIS 2.x and 3.x a lot when making maps for research papers.”
“this piece of (free!) software that essentially runs circles around the software we pay heavily for.”
“qgis is the best gis software ever...”
“QGIS is great. One of the truly good open source projects.”