QtJsonSettings class for storing application settings in JSON file. Inherits QSettings. Download from gitorious git clone --depth 1 http://git.gitorious.org/qtjsonsettings/qtjsonsettings.git Using CMake Compiled as static library add_subdirectory(~/projects/qtjsonsettings ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qtjsonsettings) include_directories(~/projects/qtjsonsettings) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${QT_LIBRARIES} qtjsonsettings) QMake Included as sources include(~/projects/qtjsonsetting/qtjsonsettings.pri)