Portable QGIS

The goal of a GIS/QGIS portable edition is to provide students and beginners with a ready-installed and configured software that would run in Windows (or Mac or Linux) without the need for emulation or a live USB/CD with separate OS.

 >> We currently recommend "Portable GIS" or "KADAS Albireo" which includes QGIS (May 2020) << 

German: Siehe auch QGIS-Materialien und QGIS im Geographieunterricht#QGIS_Portable

Portable GIS

• "Portable GIS" is a windows-only set of open source GIS packages ready to install or copy onto a USB stick, and run with no additional configuration.
• Website: https://portablegis.xyz/ including QGIS version 3.4.
• Download Portable GIS version 6.0: https://gitlab.com/archaeogeek/portable-gis/-/blob/6.0/CHANGELOG

KADAS Albireo

• By Sourcepole Inc. Simplified GUI based on QGIS 3.12.
• Download: https://github.com/kadas-albireo/kadas-albireo2
• Download as portable executable: https://github.com/kadas-albireo/kadas-albireo2/releases

OSGeoLive

• Includes QGIS version 3.4.
• Download: https://live.osgeo.org/

Lernstick - Portable QGIS for Schools

• Minimalistic pre-configured QGIS 2(?) as part of Lernstick of University of Bern (Live System with BYOD).
• Contains lesser Icons/GUI but also plugins like QuickMapServices und Vector Tiles Reader.
• Download: https://www.digitale-nachhaltigkeit.unibe.ch/dienstleistungen/lernstick/index_ger.html

Abandoned Portable QGIS Editions

"Portable QGIS Swiss Edition" by Sourcepole:

• Issue date: around March 2016 (Outdated!)
• Software included: QGIS 2.14, GDAL 2.x, Interlis-Plugin
• Operating System: Windows, running without installation (also on USB sticks)
• Download Site (135 MB) by Sourcepole.ch

"QGIS Portable" by Piemonte/IT:

• QGIS Version 2.6.1, deutsch, mit Daten von Piemont. [1]