QML GUI Update (Bitcoin Core Dev Tech, May 2026)

A status update on the QML GUI reporting substantial progress after a break, with roughly 110 remaining items on a project board and every main feature now at parity — potentially shippable as a full replacement to the previous GUI by release 0.33. Unsigned test builds were expected on the Bitcoin Core app website around June, with a full replacement available thereafter.

AI was cited as a big reason for the pace: LLMs are strong at QML, Figma-to-screen conversion is easier than ever, and an agent asked to compare an actual screenshot against a target can converge in only a few rounds. Remaining work includes desktop-specific screens (settings and transaction history) that feel second-class versus mobile, removing the C++ models and the Qt subdirectory, the Qt5-to-Qt6 move (no extra dependencies), Wayland/OpenGL support, and separating the GUI from non-GUI Guix build prefixes — the latter likely a separate project, since static builds do not use the entire Qt framework.