Directory of Toolkits Resources

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Low-level widget toolkits:

are integrated in the operating system

exist as a separate layer on top of the operating system

High-level widget toolkits:

OS dependent

cross-platform

Subcategories

• Amulet
• FLTK
• Gtk
• MFC
• Morphic
• Motif
• Python
• Qt
• wxWidgets

Resources in This Category

• aedGUI

  http://aedgui.sourceforge.net/
  A cross-plataform, easy-to-use, non-intrusive C++ GUI library that runs on top of SDL. [Open source, LGPL]

• Droplets

  http://www.droplets.com/
  A rich thin client framework for building software applications that combine the usability and speed of desktop software GUI with the centralized administration and universal accessibility of Web apps.

• easyGUI

  http://www.easygui.com/
  API toolkit for developing GUIs with LCD driver library graphics and graphical display controller drivers. Graphic LCD module application using advanced features like proportional writing, icons, lists and scroll boxes, line drawing.

• FOX GUI Toolkit

  http://www.fox-toolkit.org/
  A cross-platform C++ based Toolkit for developing GUIs easily and effectively (Unix/X,Win32). [Open source, LGPL]

• GNUStep

  http://www.gnustep.org/
  An attempt to provide an Object-Oriented application development framework and tool set for use on a wide variety of computer platforms. Based on the original OpenStep specification provided by NeXT, Inc.

• GraphApp

  http://enchantia.com/software/graphapp/
  Toolkit for cross-platform GUI programming on Windows, X-Windows, Linux and Macintosh systems. It works with the C, C++ and Python languages, and the source code can be freely downloaded here.

• GUI Library Technical Information

  http://www.swellsoftware.com/
  The PEG GUI library home page. PEG is a C++ GUI library designed exclusively for real time embedded systems.

• Imake-Related Software and Documentation

  http://www.snake.net/software/imake-stuff/
  Imake FAQ, software accompanying the O'Reilly "Software Portability with imake" book, notes on use with Motif and X11, imake-related utilities source code.

• JX Application Framework

  https://github.com/jafl/jx_application_framework
  JX is a full-featured C++ application framework and GUI class library for the X Window System.

• LGI (Lightweight GUI Library)

  http://www.memecode.com/lgi.php
  A Lightweight, cross-platform GUI library and application framework. Currently 3 ports exist, Win32, Linux and BeOS. [Open source]

• libUFO: UI For OpenGL

  http://libufo.sourceforge.net/
  A C++ based core library for GUIs. Uses OpenGL as drawing library and SDL/Glut as windowing toolkit. [Open source, LGPL]

• libuta

  http://libuta.sourceforge.net/
  Based on the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL). Allows to put together portable graphical applications.

• LiteClue Widget

  http://halibut.compgen.com/widgets/LiteClue.html
  A free bubble or balloon help X Widget.

• SansGUI Modeling and Simulation Environment

  http://www.protodesign-inc.com/sansgui.htm
  By ProtoDesign, Inc. Develop and deploy highly interactive scientific and engineering simulation programs without writing one line of graphical user interface (GUI) code.

• sjgui

  http://sjgui.sourceforge.net/
  A GUI framework for use in interactive OpenGL applications. The main goal is to provide very easy and fast way to develop portable interactive interfaces, using object-oriented approach. [Open source, BSD License]

• SmartWin

  http://smartwin.sourceforge.net/
  A light weighted GUI C++ library for developing GUI applications in Windows API.

• The Lit Window Library

  http://www.litwindow.com/Library/
  An open source project aimed at making UI coding easier. The C++ library introduces rules-based UI coding, reflections and several other mechanisms to speed up UI coding.

• Visual Component Framework

  http://vcf-online.org/
  C++ framework created to provide platform GUI framework, features such as Java and Java's Swing, and Borland's Visual Component Library. [Open source, BSD License]

• xfsft

  http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/
  Patches to provide TrueType font support for X11.

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