LXQt

Point Release lxqt-wayland-session 0.3.2

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:06:00 +0100

The LXQt team announces a point release of lxqt-wayland-session 0.3.2

Changes:

Updated configurations to cover labwc 0.9.5 and Hyprland 0.54.1.
Enabled launch of lxqt-leave by pressing the powerbutton in niri configuration.
Fixed hyprland config for breaking changes of 0.53.

The release can be downloaded from Github.

Point Release lxqt-config 2.3.1

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:52:00 +0100

The LXQt team announces a point release of lxqt-config 2.3.1

Changes:

Updated the code for kscreen 6.6.
Added monospace setting to lxqt-config-appearance.
Added draglock and disable-while-typing touchpad settings for X11.
Added unsupported notice for brightness on Wayland to lxqt-config-brightness.
Gave parent to advanced settings dialog of monitor dialog.
Removed unneeded .ui tags.
Added missing colons to labels of lxqt-config-input.
Restore margins of Default Applications page.

The release can be downloaded from Github.

Point release for lxqt-panel 2.3.1 and lxqt-wayland-session 0.3.1

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The LXQt team announces two point releases:

lxqt-panel 2.3.2

Changes:

Used QPointer for handling wlroots desktops to prevent dangling pointers, especially with bad compositor codes (previously, Hyprland could make the panel crash).

The release can be downloaded from Github.

lxqt-wayland-session 0.3.1

Updated manpages.
Updated configurations to cover labwc 0.9.3 and niri 25.11. Also, split niri’s config by default.

The release can be downloaded from Github.

Point Release lxqt-notificationd 2.3.1

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The LXQt team announces a point release of lxqt-notificationd 2.3.1

Changes:

Fixed an old bug that interfered with the time-out after the cursor left the notification window.

The release can be downloaded from Github.

Point Release libfm-qt 2.3.1

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 21:04:00 +0100

The LXQt team announces a point release of libfm-qt 2.3.1

Changes:

Reverted the workaround for moving directory over directory.
Removed redundant hints tags in ui files.

The release can be downloaded from Github.

Point Release lxqt-panel 2.3.1

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:24:00 +0100

The LXQt team announce a point release of lxqt-panel 2.3.1.

Changes:

Fixed build failure with Qt < 6.8.
Translation updates.

The release can be downloaded from Github.

Release obconf-qt 0.16.6

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:26:00 +0100

The LXQt team releases obconf-qt 0.16.6.

Changes:

Fixed window icon.
Assigned file dialog to parent window.
Translation updates.

Obconf-Qt is not actively developed anymore, but code contributions and bugfixes are still welcome.

The release can be downloaded from Github.

Release LXQt 2.3.0

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:30:00 +0100

The LXQt team announces the release of LXQt 2.3.0, the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment.

Highlights

General

The enhancement of Wayland support has been continued, especially in LXQt Panel, whose Desktop Switcher is now enabled for Labwc and niri. It is also equipped with a backend specifically for Wayfire. In addition, the Custom Command plugin is made more flexible, regardless of Wayland and X11.
ScreenGrab, which started to work under Wayland compositors supporting “wlr screencopy protocol” in its version 3.0.0, has a better border color for its selection rectangle on X11.
lxqt-qdbus is added to lxqt-wayland-session for making various qdbus commands easier to use with all Wayland compositors.
“Safely Remove” is added to the side-pane context menu of PCManFM-Qt when possible. Also, an option is added for disabling file tooltips on desktop.

Apart from changes in components, LXQt has a new Wiki with a better search support and nicer look at lxqt-project.org/wiki. The old Wiki pages are kept though.

LXQt also got back its old domain lxqt.org which now redirects to the actual domain.

LXQt Panel

Desktop Switcher works with Wayland compositors that support ext-workspaces-v1 protocol, like Labwc and niri.

A new backend based on IPC is added for Wayfire, such that Wayfire now comes after KWin-Wayland regarding the number of supported panel actions.

Custom Command is made more flexible, by supporting structured output and being updated every time it receives output. Advanced users might find a much wider use case for it and share their works with others.

Other changes:

The initial config file is made available outside LXQt, for preventing an empty panel there.
The Show Desktop plugin is activated on drag-and-drop.
Backlight can be adjusted by turning the mouse wheel on the button of the backlight plugin.
Locale-aware sorting is used in Fancy Menu and Main Menu.
Other small enhancements and fixes.

LXQt (Wayland) Session

The script lxqt-qdbus is added as a wrapper for various qdbus commands, for making them easier to use on Wayland.

Other changes:

Auto-start applications are put in the correct category.
Setting of global scale factors is limited to X11 (on Wayland, scaling should be adjusted by the compositor or a tool like kanshi).
Miscellaneous updates and improvements.

LibFM-Qt / PCManFM-Qt

“Safely Remove” is added to the side-pane context menu when possible.
An option is added for disabling file tooltips on desktop.
A crash is fixed on mount failure after closing a tab.
A workaround is added for GLib’s problem with moving directory over directory.

And other small fixes and enhancements.

QTerminal and QTermWidget

In addition to some fixes,

Emoji flags are now supported.
“Toggle Bookmarks” is added to the view context menu.
“Do not ask again” is removed from prompt dialog.

LXQt Power Management

A section is added for turning off monitor on Wayland (supporting KWin, niri and Hyprland).

LXQt Archiver

LZ4 is supported.
Handling of wrong passwords is fixed with 7z.
The enabled states of delete and view actions are set appropriately.
Going back to the root dir is fixed after adding/deleting file.

And some other fixes and enhancements.

Release Notes

Please see the release page of each LXQt component for its release note.

Release pcmanfm-qt 2.3.0

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:20:00 +0100

The LXQt team announces the release of pcmanfm-qt 2.3.0. The release can be downloaded from Github.

Main changes:

Fixed removal of shortcut items with multi-screen setups on Wayland.
Prevented an imminent crash after removing a Wayland screen.
Added an option to disable file tooltips on desktop.
Fixed showing of ampersand in recent files menu.
Added Apply button to Preferences.
Silenced a Clang warning.
Fixed a crash on mount failure after closing a tab.
Disabled File Properties menu action with no file selection.
Set windows icon.
Code cleanup.
Gave parent windows to some dialogs.

A full list of changes is in the CHANGELOG file.

Release qterminal 2.3.0

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:15:00 +0100

The LXQt team announces the release of qterminal 2.3.0. The release can be downloaded from Github.

Main changes:

Respect geometry and state options on closing with prompt.
Removed “Do not ask again” from prompt dialog.
Added bookmarks action to view context menu.
Silenced Clang warnings.

A full list of changes is in the CHANGELOG file.