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QElectroTech is built, maintained, and thriving because of a passionate global community of users, developers, and contributors.
You're not alone in using QElectroTech. 3,747+ registered users worldwide are creating diagrams, sharing knowledge, and building amazing things together. Whether you're a student, professional engineer, hobbyist, or educator, there's a place for you here.
- 3,747+ registered users worldwide
- 21,856 forum posts across 2,959 discussion topics
- 25+ languages supported in interface and documentation
- 8,200+ community-contributed symbols in element library
- Active daily — Last posts today (September 2026)
The heart of the community — ask questions, share projects, get help, and connect.
Most Active Sections:
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EN: Help, suggestions, discussions — 850 topics, 4,815 posts
- English-language support and advice
- General usage questions
- Workflow discussions
- International participation
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FR: Aide, suggestions, discussions — 1,124 topics, 7,571 posts
- French-language support (largest community section)
- Element sharing and recommendations
- Technical discussions
- Strong European presence
Specialized Forums:
- Code/Programming — 91 topics, 1,231 posts (development, compilation)
- Import DXF — 40 topics, 507 posts (file format workflows)
- Elements — 163 topics (custom element design and sharing)
- Video Tutorials — 16 topics, 171 posts
- Professional Discussions — "Chez nous les Pros" (professional users)
- General Chat — "Bar Fourre-tout" (off-topic conversation)
- Platform-Specific — Windows, Linux, macOS help
Languages Supported:
- 🇫🇷 French (dominant)
- 🇬🇧 English (large)
- 🇩🇪 German
- Plus others (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, etc.)
The home of QET source code and development.
- Issues — Report bugs, request features
- Discussions — Feature ideas, technical questions
- Pull Requests — Code contributions welcome
- Release Notes — Version history
Share and access community element libraries.
- Project information
- Downloads and releases
- Documentation links
- Official announcements
- Quick Start Guide
- User Manual
- FAQ
- Creating custom elements
- Community documentation
- Students — Learning electrical design and engineering
- Hobbyists — Personal projects and experimentation
- Professionals — Industrial automation, electrical engineering, system design
- Educators — Teaching circuit design and electrical concepts
- Technicians — Field documentation and installation planning
- Strong European presence (especially French-speaking)
- International reach (users across Americas, Asia, Australia)
- Multilingual — Forums in 3+ languages, interface in 25+
- Beginners — Just starting with electrical design
- Intermediate — Creating professional diagrams regularly
- Advanced — Custom elements, scripting, contributing code
Just getting started? Do this:
- Create diagrams — Use QET for your projects
- Share your work — Post examples in the forum or gallery
- Ask questions — Community is very responsive to new users
- Thank contributors — Recognition is appreciated!
Know the ropes? Help back:
- Answer questions — Reply to forum posts from new users
- Share tips — Post your favorite workflows and techniques
- Create tutorials — Write guides for common tasks
- Translate — Help internationalize QET
Ready to contribute?
- Search issues to avoid duplicates
- Report with details: steps to reproduce, version, OS, screenshots
- Follow up to help developers diagnose
- Start a discussion
- Describe what you want and why it would be useful
- Engage with others interested in the same feature
- Be patient — popular features get prioritized
- Design custom symbols using the element editor
- Test and document your elements
- Share on Elements Repository
- Maintain — Update as QET evolves
- Improve this wiki — Fix gaps, add examples
- Create guides — Step-by-step tutorials for common tasks
- Translate — Help with internationalization
- Report issues — Point out unclear documentation
See Contributing for:
- Development setup
- Coding standards
- PR process
- Build instructions
Very experienced? Consider:
- Become a maintainer — Help moderate forum/GitHub
- Lead a feature initiative — Drive implementation of major features
- Build tools — Create utilities for the community
- Mentor — Help other contributors grow
Electrical engineers and system designers use QET for:
- Industrial automation documentation
- Vehicle wiring diagrams
- Renewable energy system planning
- Building automation schemes
Teachers and students use QET for:
- Circuit theory lessons
- Laboratory documentation
- Student project portfolio
- Affordable design tool
Contributors maintain:
- 8,200+ professional symbols
- Multiple language translations
- Automation scripts and plugins
- Documentation and guides
Consultants and service companies use QET for:
- Client documentation
- Field installation planning
- Equipment documentation
- Cost-effective tool
- Treat everyone with courtesy and kindness
- Welcome diverse perspectives and backgrounds
- Disagree constructively
- Listen to understand, not to respond
- Share your knowledge generously
- Help answer questions when you can
- Create tutorials and guides
- Celebrate others' successes
- Zero tolerance for harassment or discrimination
- Respect privacy and intellectual property
- No spam or inappropriate self-promotion
- Everyone deserves to feel welcome
- Report issues clearly
- Suggest improvements thoughtfully
- Provide positive feedback
- Assume good intent
If you witness inappropriate behavior:
- Don't engage with hostile or abusive content
- Report to maintainers — Use forum/GitHub report tools
- Trust the process — Leadership will investigate and act
- Respect privacy — Don't public call-out individuals
→ FAQ — Most common questions answered
→ Quick Start Guide → User Manual
→ Forum — Ask (very responsive!)
→ GitHub Issues — Report with details
→ GitHub Discussions — Start conversation
→ Forum Code section or GitHub Discussions
QElectroTech wouldn't exist without contributions from:
- Developers — Writing code and fixing bugs
- Designers — Creating 8,200+ community elements
- Translators — Making QET accessible in 25+ languages
- Documenters — Writing guides and improving wikis
- Moderators — Keeping forums welcoming and on-topic
- Supporters — Answering questions and mentoring
See GitHub Contributors for code contributors.
Every contribution matters:
- Your bug report helps fix issues for thousands
- Your element saves time for others
- Your tutorial helps beginners get started
- Your forum post might solve someone's problem
- Your code improves QET for everyone
- Quick Start Guide — Get started
- User Manual — Complete reference
- YouTube Tutorials — Video guides
- Example Projects — Real-world examples
- GitHub Issues — Bug reports, feature requests
- Elements Repository — Share elements
- Wiki — Help with documentation
Whether you're:
- Just curious — Try QET, explore, ask questions
- Ready to create — Use QET for your projects, share results
- Wanting to help — Report bugs, share knowledge, contribute
- Experienced — Mentor others, lead initiatives, shape future
There's a place for you here. Jump in, say hello, and be part of something great!
- Download QET — Get started
- Follow Quick Start — Create your first diagram
- Join the Forum — Introduce yourself
- Share your work — Post your projects
See you in the community! 👋
