On 30 October 2026, QGIS 4.4 is released, and for the first time it ships with native hydrology tools in QGIS core. No extra providers to install, no dependency headaches: flow direction, Strahler order, channel networks, drainage basins, upslope areas and thin plate spline interpolation are right there in the Processing Toolbox.
With my new QGIS plugin AHN Streamer, you can look at the AHN point cloud of any place in the Netherlands in a few clicks, without downloading a single file.
I've released a new QGIS plugin: the Map Algebra Calculator. It's a raster calculator in the spirit of the familiar QGIS Raster Calculator, but you choose the engine that does the work: PCRaster map algebra, the GDAL raster calculator (numpy syntax) or GRASS r.mapcalc.
Last week the international QGIS community gathered in Laax, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden: the QGIS User Conference on 5 and 6 October, followed by the 29th QGIS Contributor Meeting from 7 to 9 October.
The second edition of the book Geomorphometry has officially been released, marking an important update to one of the key reference works in the field. I'm very happy to share that I contributed to a chapter on QGIS and PCRaster, included in a broader chapter that introduces the current software landscape used in geomorphometric analysis.
We are excited to share that the initial and extended crowdfunding goal for the new QGIS hydrology tools has been successfully achieved. Thanks to the generosity and commitment of the QGIS community, we not only reached the initial €6000 target, but also surpassed the extended €7000 goal. This support enables the development of powerful, native...
For years, QGIS users have relied on external toolsets from processing providers such as SAGA, GRASS, WhiteboxTools and PCRaster for hydrological analysis. These tools are powerful, but they also introduce challenges: installation issues, inconsistencies across operating systems and versions, and workflows that break when dependencies change....
This morning, the PCRaster Tools plugin for QGIS officially passed 100,000 downloads. For a project that began as a modest prototype, this milestone marks a major achievement! It shows how deeply practitioners value robust, transparent, and reproducible workflows, and how PCRaster Tools has become a trusted foundation for those workflows.
Nine years ago, we held the very first FOSS4GNL in Groningen. This year, we returned, and it felt like coming home. Thanks to the generous support of the Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology and AI at the University of Groningen, we enjoyed two inspiring days in their beautiful venues.
It's always a joy to arrive at FOSS4G Europe and immediately be surrounded by familiar faces: people you've worked with, collaborated with, debated with, or shared a drink with over the years. But what makes this community truly special is that every edition also brings new people, new ideas, and new energy. This year in Timișoara, Romania, was no...