List of platform-independent GUI libraries

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This is a list of notable library packages implementing a graphical user interface (GUI) platform-independent GUI library (PIGUI). These can be used to develop software that can be ported to multiple computing platforms with no change to its source code.

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In C, C++

NameOwner Platforms License
Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)CEF Project Page Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows Free: BSD
CEGUI CEGUI team Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows Free: MIT
Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL)Enlightenment.org X11, Wayland, Microsoft Windows, macOS, DirectFB, Tizen Free: BSD
Fast Light Toolkit (FLTK)Bill Spitzak, et al. X11, Wayland, Microsoft Windows, macOS Free: LGPL
GTK
formerly GIMP Toolkit 		GNOME Foundation Linux (X11, Wayland), Microsoft Windows, macOS, HTML5 Free: LGPL
IUP Tecgraf, PUC-Rio X11, GTK, Microsoft Windows Free: MIT
JUCE PACE Anti-Piracy Inc. X11, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows Free: AGPL
LiveCode LiveCode, Ltd. X11, macOS, Microsoft Windows Proprietary
Qt Qt Project Linux (X11, Wayland), OS/2, macOS, iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows, WebAssembly (partial) Free: LGPL
U++ U++ team Linux (X11, GTK), macOS, Microsoft Windows Free: BSD
wxWidgets
formerly wxWindows		wxWidgets team X11, Wayland, OpenLook, macOS, iOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2 Free: wxWindows

In other languages

NameOwnerProgramming language Platforms License
Apache Flex
Formerly Adobe Flex 		Apache Software Foundation ActionScript, Flash, Adobe AIR Windows (x86, x64), macOS, Android (ARM, x86), iOS, Web (SWF)Free: Apache
Apache Pivot Apache Software Foundation Java Windows, macOS, LinuxFree: Apache
Avalonia AvaloniaUI OÜ C#, XAML, WASM Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web (WebAssembly), Samsung TizenFree: MIT
Delphi, FireMonkey Embarcadero Technologies Object Pascal, Python [1] Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android Proprietary
Flutter Google C, C++, Dart Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web [2] [3] Free: New BSD License
Fyne Open source Go Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Android, iOS (experimental: Web)Free: New BSD License
Godot (game engine) Open source GDScript, C++, C#, GDNativeLinux, macOS, Windows, BSD, Haiku, iOS, Android, HTML5, WebAssembly, Xbox One, Universal Windows Platform, also useful for making GUI apps in VR (OpenXR and WebXR)Free: MIT
PureBasic Fantaisie Software BASIC Windows, Linux and OSX Proprietary
JavaFX Oracle Corporation Java Windows, Linux X11, macOS, Android, iOSFree: CDDL, GPL with linking exception
Kivy Kivy Python Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOSFree: MIT
LCL, Lazarus Open source Free Pascal Windows (Win32, Qt), Linux (GTK, Qt), macOS (Qt, Carbon, Cocoa)Free: GPL, LGPL
Mono, GTK# Xamarin C# Windows, Linux (X11, Wayland), macOSFree: MIT, LGPLv2, GPLv2 (dual license)
Swing Oracle Corporation Java Windows, Linux X11, macOSFree: CDDL, GPL with linking exception
SWT Eclipse Foundation Java Windows (Win32), Linux (GTK), macOS (Cocoa)Free: Eclipse
Tcl/Tk Open source Tcl Windows, OS/2, X11, OpenLook, Mac, AndroidFree: BSD-style
tk9.0 Open source Go Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSDFree: New BSD License
Unity Unity Technologies C#, JavaScript, Boo Windows, X11, macOS, Android, iOS
also features cross-platform Web player		 Proprietary, based on open-source
Uno Platform nventive C#, XAML, WASM Windows, iOS, Android, Web (WebAssembly), experimental macOSFree: Apache
Wails Open source Go Windows, Linux (X11, Wayland), macOSFree: MIT
VisualWorks Cincom Smalltalk Windows, OS/2, Linux (X11), OpenLook, Mac Proprietary
Xojo Xojo, Inc. Xojo Windows, macOS, Linux (X11), iOS, web Proprietary
LispWorks CAPILispWorks, Ltd. Common Lisp Windows, macOS, Linux (Gtk+), Motif Proprietary

No longer available or supported

NameOwnerComment
VisualAge IBM Discontinued by IBM in 2007.
AppWare Novell Has been de-emphasized (commonly viewed as dropped) by Novell
Open Interface Neuron Data One of the earliest PIGUI supported DOS, macOS, OS/2, VMS, Microsoft Windows 3.0
Zinc Application Framework Professional Software Associates May still be supported, but no new sales

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Delphi VCL & FMX Libraries for Python".
  2. ↑ "Multi-Platform". flutter.dev. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. ↑ Sneath, Tim (2022-05-11). "Introducing Flutter 3". Medium. Archived from the original on 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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