It has come to our attention that the WhiteboxTools QGIS plugin is one of the most popular front-ends for WBT users. This is no surprise as the number of QGIS users grows daily. However, at Whitebox Geospatial Inc., we would like to recognize the hard work of Alex Bruy, who created and maintains this open-source front end.

Recently we have become aware that some of the tools that are contained in the WhiteboxTools library do not appear in the QGIS plugin. We have been in talks with Alex and he has told us that a solution is on the horizon. Alex and Alex’s team at QGIS are working hard to deliver a new solution that will fix this issue. However, in the short term, we have found a short term solution to allow for the full WhiteboxTools open core and our WhiteboxTools extension to be available in QGIS. While this solution is not meant to be a permanent fix, it is meant to serve as a temporary fix while Alex finalizes a more complete solution. 

Our short term solution is that we have produced an updated description file for each tool in the WhiteboxTools open-core and the Whitebox Toolset Extension (WTE). Attached below is a zip file with all the descriptions for all 488 tools in the WhiteboxTools library. In addition, please follow the short tutorial down below on how to update the description files in your QGIS environment. After completing these steps, you will be able to see all of the tools contained in WBT, including those in the various extensions. Of course, to use the extension tools, you will need an active license, see here for more details.