[Qgis-user] Cannot find the QT designer in MacOS.

jacob chaar jacobchaar at live.ca
Tue Feb 24 07:34:57 PST 2026 

Hello everyone,

I am currently maintaining a QGIS plugin and would like to add a new Qt dialogue to it.

I have been reading some Stack Overflow questions about how to enable the Qt Designer in QGIS. Most of them are saying that you can open the Designer app via /Applications/QGIS.app/Contents/MacOS/bin
However, after installing the QGIS app (master and latest official version 3.44), the bin directory does not exist. If I type the ls command:


-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   243744 Feb 21 07:13 crssync

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       30 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_calc -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_calc

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       33 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_calc.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_calc.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   528768 Feb 21 07:13 gdal_contour

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   632416 Feb 21 07:13 gdal_create

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       30 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_edit -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_edit

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       33 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_edit.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_edit.py

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       36 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_fillnodata -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_fillnodata

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       39 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_fillnodata.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_fillnodata.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   529792 Feb 21 07:13 gdal_footprint

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   528768 Feb 21 07:13 gdal_grid

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       31 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_merge -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_merge

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       34 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_merge.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_merge.py

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       36 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_pansharpen -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_pansharpen

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       39 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_pansharpen.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_pansharpen.py

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       36 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_polygonize -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_polygonize

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       39 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_polygonize.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_polygonize.py

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       35 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_proximity -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_proximity

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       38 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_proximity.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_proximity.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   529584 Feb 21 07:13 gdal_rasterize

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       32 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_retile -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_retile

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       35 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_retile.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_retile.py

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       31 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_sieve -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_sieve

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       34 Feb 21 07:14 gdal_sieve.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal_sieve.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   531200 Feb 21 07:13 gdal_translate

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   593872 Feb 21 07:13 gdal_viewshed

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       31 Feb 21 07:14 gdal2tiles -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal2tiles

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       34 Feb 21 07:14 gdal2tiles.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal2tiles.py

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       29 Feb 21 07:14 gdal2xyz -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal2xyz

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       32 Feb 21 07:14 gdal2xyz.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdal2xyz.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   629728 Feb 21 07:13 gdaladdo

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       34 Feb 21 07:14 gdalattachpct -> ../Resources/scripts/gdalattachpct

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       37 Feb 21 07:14 gdalattachpct.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdalattachpct.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   529232 Feb 21 07:13 gdalbuildvrt

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       32 Feb 21 07:14 gdalcompare -> ../Resources/scripts/gdalcompare

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       35 Feb 21 07:14 gdalcompare.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdalcompare.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   529136 Feb 21 07:13 gdaldem

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   548576 Feb 21 07:13 gdalenhance

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   529936 Feb 21 07:13 gdalinfo

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   613264 Feb 21 07:13 gdallocationinfo

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   550368 Feb 21 07:13 gdalmanage

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   528656 Feb 21 07:13 gdalmdiminfo

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   529056 Feb 21 07:13 gdalmdimtranslate

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       29 Feb 21 07:14 gdalmove -> ../Resources/scripts/gdalmove

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       32 Feb 21 07:14 gdalmove.py -> ../Resources/scripts/gdalmove.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   547600 Feb 21 07:13 gdalsrsinfo

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   528928 Feb 21 07:13 gdaltindex

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   547200 Feb 21 07:13 gdaltransform

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   530928 Feb 21 07:13 gdalwarp

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   547712 Feb 21 07:13 gnmanalyse

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   563920 Feb 21 07:13 gnmmanage

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   528896 Feb 21 07:13 nearblack

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       38 Feb 21 07:14 ogr_layer_algebra -> ../Resources/scripts/ogr_layer_algebra

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       41 Feb 21 07:14 ogr_layer_algebra.py -> ../Resources/scripts/ogr_layer_algebra.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   529680 Feb 21 07:13 ogr2ogr

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   529552 Feb 21 07:13 ogrinfo

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   626512 Feb 21 07:13 ogrlineref

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       29 Feb 21 07:14 ogrmerge -> ../Resources/scripts/ogrmerge

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       32 Feb 21 07:14 ogrmerge.py -> ../Resources/scripts/ogrmerge.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   608848 Feb 21 07:13 ogrtindex

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       28 Feb 21 07:14 pct2rgb -> ../Resources/scripts/pct2rgb

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       31 Feb 21 07:14 pct2rgb.py -> ../Resources/scripts/pct2rgb.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin  5531984 Feb 21 07:13 pdal_wrench

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       27 Feb 21 07:14 python -> ../Resources/scripts/python

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   117744 Feb 21 07:13 python3.12

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin  1268240 Feb 21 07:14 QGIS

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin  1281920 Feb 21 07:13 qgis_process

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       28 Feb 21 07:14 rgb2pct -> ../Resources/scripts/rgb2pct

lrwxr-xr-x  1 jacobchaar  admin       31 Feb 21 07:14 rgb2pct.py -> ../Resources/scripts/rgb2pct.py

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin   591968 Feb 21 07:13 sozip

-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 jacobchaar  admin  5607696 Feb 21 07:13 untwine

Does someone know where to get the Qt Designer app from QGIS? Or should I install it from the Qt website? (How can I add the QGIS widgets?)

Thanks,
Jacob Chaar.

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