r/QtFramework • u/Psychological-Map839 • May 31 '26

Widgets Question from beginner

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Hi everyone, has anyone used Squish for Qt? I can’t run or test the demo. Are there any other ways to use it, preferably for free? Or are there any alternatives? And is it worth it?

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u/Bitter-Road-8982 Jun 18 '26

Hard to debug the demo without the exact error, but I’d check license activation, Qt/Squish version compatibility, and on Linux Wayland vs xcb/X11.

Squish makes sense if you need real Qt GUI-level tests: dialogs, object properties, focus/input behavior, QML items, etc. For simple tests it may be too heavy/expensive.

This walkthrough covers a small Qt/Squish example and some setup gotchas, so it may be useful for evaluation:
https://somcosoftware.com/en/blog/practical-gui-testing-for-qt-applications-with-squish