The basic goal for this program is to provide an everyday SGF editor that is fast, easy and convenient to use and does everything you could want out of such a tool. Some of the more unusual features include a Go diagram exporting function for sites like lifein19x19.com or Sensei's library, as well as SVG vector graphics or slide export. q5go also supports some non-standard Go variants.

This program is based on the old Qt3 version of qGo, but ported to Qt5 and modernized.