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Install

Download the plugin from GIMLabs, install it from a zip, and let it keep itself up to date.

The plugin is distributed through GIMLabs rather than the public QGIS plugin repository. You download a zip once, and after that it updates itself.

Install

Download the zip

Sign in to GIMLabs and open the dashboard. The GIMLabs for QGIS card sits alongside Calc, in the same place as the other desktop downloads. Click Download plugin to get the current release.

Note

The card and the download are available on Pro and Legacy plans. The plugin needs an API key to do anything, and Go plans cannot create one.

Install it in QGIS

In QGIS, go to Plugins > Manage and Install Plugins > Install from ZIP, choose the file you downloaded, and install.

Enable it

Under Installed, make sure GIMLabs for QGIS is ticked.

You should now have a GIMLabs button on the toolbar, and a Web > GIMLabs for QGIS menu.

Add your API key

The plugin does nothing until it has a key. Open Web > GIMLabs for QGIS > Settings and follow API keys.

Updates

Once a key is saved, the plugin registers its own update repository with QGIS. New releases then arrive through Plugins > Manage and Install Plugins like any other plugin update, and nobody has to add a URL by hand or build an authentication configuration to go with it.

The dialog tells you when it adds the entry rather than doing it silently.

A few things worth knowing:

  • The repository URL follows whatever base URL is configured, so a staging setup does not poll production.
  • Forget stored key removes the repository as well as the key. One that authenticates with a credential that no longer exists would fail every time the plugin manager opened.
  • Registration is best-effort. A plugin that could not register still works, it just will not update itself.

Which QGIS versions

Minimum 3.40, maximum declared as 4.99, so the plugin is listed and installable on QGIS 4 as well as 3.x. One codebase serves both.

Tip

If the plugin does not appear in your plugin manager at all, check your QGIS version first. Anything older than 3.40 will not list it.

Last updated 2 September 2026