# QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop

7 Hacker News commenters recommended QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Lets developers run QNX on their own desktop, with a non-commercial license again. Critics find the account and download process cumbersome and distrust the license changes.

## What people warn about

- Account and download manager required (2 comments): "You have to create an account, get a license, deploy it and then you get a fucking download manager just for linux and windows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403490)) "bundling an entire JRE for the only rightful architecture x86-64 just to download and unzip a few files" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46406325))
- Free license revoked after adoption (2 comments): "They got lots of people using it and porting software to it, and then they revoked that free license." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46404785)) "the license was changed overnight leaving a large enthusiast community in the lurch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401180))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [JetBrains IDEs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-ides.md): 233 recommend
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intellij-idea.md): 206 recommend
- [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/visual-studio.md): 165 recommend
- [Delphi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delphi.md): 126 recommend
- [Xcode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcode.md): 100 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://qnx.software/en)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop", https://hackerapproved.com/p/qnx-self-hosted-developer-desktop/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).