Felgo

Score10 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

What is Felgo?

Felgo provides components, tools and professional services for developing apps on Mobile, Desktop and Embedded platforms.

The Felgo framework extends Qt with 200+ APIs. Among them is support for 3rd party SDK integrations like push notification or analytics, native iOS styling, Qt Quick Controls extensions for native look & feel on Android & iOS, density independence and responsive layout support. Felgo also provides features like AR (Augmented Reality) and Machine Learning integrations for all supported Qt platforms.

Felgo Cloud provides a backend solution for user authentication, realtime chat and cloud data syncing, combined with a QML UI. Both hosted and on-premise are available.

Felgo Professional Services help Qt developers deliver top quality apps on time and provide Qt development trainings for Mobile, Desktop and Embedded.

Categories & Use Cases

Izcóatl Estañol View profile

Head of interactive experiences in Information Technology at CTMI (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

Easy to learn.
Fast development cycles.
Can grow from JavaScript plus QML into C++ if needed.
Can use existing talent that comes from Web platforms.
Has a very supportive community.

Cons

Clarify the complexities related Qt and QML licensing.
Allow for a better splash screen loading experience with the free license.
Correct the ssl problem when installing under Ubuntu.

Return on Investment

Faster output from current resources.
Leveraging current abilities and talent.
Constant feedback from internal clients in shorter cycles.

Alternatives Considered

Xamarin, Apache Cordova and React

Other Software Used

Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Ubuntu Linux, Blender, MySQL, Alexa, Microsoft SQL Server, MS SharePoint, Microsoft Teams

Usability

Fanny Koch

in Marketing at Loopsun (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

Easy to use
Lot of tools
Good communication with the team

Cons

QML component / C++ code with hot reload feature.

Most Important Features

Cross-Platform Achievements
Fully customizable UI
Cross-Platform Leaderboards

Return on Investment

UI Design
Performances of the app

Alternatives Considered

C++Builder, ActivNetworks BoostEdge and Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points

Other Software Used

Adobe XD, Adobe PhotoShop, Bubble.io

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The framework is easy to learn, with an extensive documentation & training materials. The easy use of QML with the entirety of Qt and the best C++ libraries as a back-end. The robust performance, number of LoC, number of supported platforms as well as the integrated theming/navigation.

Pros

You can easily build apps without needing to know the entire framework. If you are a beginner, it might take a while to figure out the details, make sure to check out the examples all across the documentation
You have the whole world of Qt at your hands when using Felgo.
If you search for answers online, also search for Qt related answers and resources, you can use them with Felgo as well.

Cons

Examples could have been more
Best to create cross platform applications

Most Important Features

The great variety of plugins
Superior UI/UX quality
Felgo Cloud Builds automates my workflows and saves me time for test and publish builds.

Return on Investment

Development cost became low
Easy to learn
created well performed cross platform application

Other Software Used

Android Studio, QGIS, ChromeOS

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

Ready available solutions for all platform mobile app development.
Live hot reloading of UI and other advance controls by Felgo implemented in Qt.
Using Qt underneath provides an opportunity to developers to use it in all kind of sectors like embedded devices, mobile apps, desktop apps, games etc.

Cons

Improve documentation for Felgo. APIs and usage of Felgo functionalities are not updated with granular details.
More examples would help, there are very few examples available for developers to explore functionalities.

Most Important Features

Ready available solutions for cross platform mobile apps.
Ready available solutions for UI controls.
Hot reload of UI

Return on Investment

product not released so not applicable.

Alternatives Considered

Flutter, by Google, Unity and Unreal Engine

Other Software Used

Android Studio, iOS, Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Xamarin

NativeScript

Flutter by Google

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