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GPL: GNU General Public LicenseFree toolkits: C/C++ Java other languages | commercial toolkits: C/C++ Java | Related links | copyright
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aedGUI |
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cross-plataform, easy-to-use, non-intrusive C++ GUI library that runs
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Agar |
a high-level graphical C application framework aimed primarly at 2D/3D games and simulations. Agar applications are portable to a variety of platforms thanks to the SDL.support for SDL 2D and OpenGL rendering. Thread safe | BSD |
y (via SDL) | (via SDL) | y (via SDL) | y (via SDL) | (via SDL) | (via SDL) | y (via SDL) | y (via SDL) | other platforms supported by SDL |
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OpenAmulet( discounted?) |
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Gtk--. |
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Berlin renamed to Fresco in 2002, taking on the name of the old GUI toolkit Fresco |
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CLX | (Component
Library for
Cross-platform) Cross-platform
library for, and part
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C++/Tk, cpptk |
C++ interface to the Tk library tries to provide not only the Tk functionality, but also its way of writing code, based on the syntax used in Tcl/Tk. | BSD | y | y | y | y(?) | |||||
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a C++
application framework and utility library for single-source Mac/Windows
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also see Berlin as the new Fresco |
( another info page) development stopped, succeeded by Berlin |
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(ftp) (mailing list) ( gtk--,a C++ wrapper)( Gtkkitand Gtoolkit , ObjectC wrappers) ( wxGTK, WxWindows port to gtk+ (C++ API)) ( gtkv,Vport to gtk+ (C++ API)) (VDK , SDPGTK, Inti, other C++ wrappers) glade, grad, epingle,UI builders for gtk+ and gtk-- libglade , a library for gtk/ GNOME allowing GUI built at run time from specifications in configuration files in XML format, without the need to recompile program |
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gnomemm (gnome--) |
related: gnomemm, c++ bindings for GNOME |
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GuiToolkit |
"a
class set which
allow You to build applications with new Microsoft
interface style .It includes more than 50 of MFC
classes" |
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ivtools |
Interviews (ftp) was an early advanced toolkit whose development stopped around 1993. conceptual successor is Fresco. |
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JAVA and C, provides the JAVA AWT Toolkit to non object oriented Languages like C, Fortran, Pascal, Ada and even Basic |
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JUCE | an all-encompassing C++ class library for developing cross-platform applications | GPL | y | y | y | ||||||
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"a small enough library that one person can understand it all." |
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libgx |
a lightweight, non-intrusive, public-domain C++ widget library for writing X11 applications | public
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Art(?) |
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MacZoop |
C++
API. Framework on top of Carbon API. |
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NGL, NUI | LGPL |
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PicoGUI |
"a new Graphical User Interface architecture designed with embedded systems in mind. ... includes low-level graphics and input, widgets, themeing, layout, font rendering, network transparency, and debugging features." Also can be an alternative windowing system (when running on framebuffers) | GPL/LGPL |
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Linux
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KDevelop , EBuilder, Qt Architect , QtDesigner and QtEZ, UI buildersfor Qt Qwt, additional GUI components for Qt for scientific appl (see this link for info on integration with Motif) |
QPL( Qt 2.x series, X11 version) QPL and GPL (Qt 2.2 and later, X11 version) (Windows and MacOS X) ( GPLed) |
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SmartWin | a small sized, extremely type safe, no overhead what so ever, fully template based C++ GUI library for Windows API (formerly known as Win 32 API). | GPL plus additional permissions | y (?) | y | |||||||
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Taronja |
information
in Spanish... no English info available. |
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Trixul |
Trixul is an XML and JavaScript GUI toolkit that supports MacOS X, Linux, and Windows environments directly via Cocoa, Gtk+, and .NET native implementations. JavaScript code can call C++ directly. | BSD |
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Willows Toolkit |
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Ultimate++ | C++ toolkit that "achieves significant reduction of code complexity for most applications when compared to other development platforms" | BSD | y | y | y | ||||||
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VCF |
Visual Component Framework, "a simple to use cross platform GUI framework, with many of the advanced design features of Java and Java's Swing, and Borland's Visual Component Library.Also provides advanced RTTI/Introspection features common in languages like Object Pascal, Objective C, Smalltalk, and Java, but not typically found in C++" | BSD |
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The Virtual X Class Library. API strongly linked to the Win32 API. | LGPL | y |
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wGui |
a simple, platform independent dialog manager library usingSDL |
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is a modern framework that takes advantage of templates, multiple inheritance, STL, and exceptions. is designed around the notionof |
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( WxGTK, gtk+ port) |
LGPL ( wxxt1.6x only) WxWidgets license (version 3.0, actually LGPL plus exceptions) |
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also on top of MicroWindows,
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"Xmt++ is to provide a C++ Model-View-Controller framework implementation based on Xmt. This framework makes it easier to integrate a Motif GUI to an application and maintain design integrity." |
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standards (e.g., XML, RDF, HTML, CSS, DOM, JavaScript) and technologies (e.g., Gecko, XPConnect) to minimize platform-specific code." May built on top of gtk+ and Xt for X11 |
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framework. supports 24 platforms (including MS DOS and Unix text mode) |
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GtkAda , Ada binding for gtk+,for X11 and Windows ( GPLed plus exceptions ) X11Ada ,X11 and Motif bindings forAda VisualAda Developer, RAD environment for Ada GWindows , GUI framework for Ada on Windows (GPL/LGPLplus exceptions ) Windex, Ada wrapper for the Win32 API ( GPLplus exceptions) JEWL, Simple GUI framework for rapid development of GUI programs ( GPL) Claw, Ada framework for the Windows API, demo version JAPI,binding for Java AWT (LGPLed)
wxBasic, a BASIC interpreter with bindings for WxWidfgets (LGPLed) JAPI,binding for Java AWT (LGPLed)
Dialog Machine and RAMSES (Research Aids for Modeling and Simulation of Environment Systems) "providesthe basis for highly portable programming of interactive applications,since it makes a minimum of assumptions on the properties of the underlyingoperating system and the hardware", available for MacOS, Atari ST (GEM),PC (GEM, MS Windows, Windows NT) and Unix (SUN and IBM RISC). RAMSES is Mac only. Both no cost freeware.
XPCE (GPLed ), for SWI-Prolog
PiGTK,Pike's gtk+ and GNOME bindings (GPLed)
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CLX |
(Component Library for Cross-platform) Cross-platform library for Delphi , Kylix and CBuilder - Based on top of Qt, works on Win32 and GNU/Linux (x86) | y |
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a C++
application framework and utility library for single-source Mac/Windows
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Framework |
rich DOS-based business application development environment, orginated from Ashton-Tate's Framework product, with FRED. Object-Function-Based, Text-Aware, rapid application development Language | |||||||||
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developing and deploying scientific and engineering applications without writing any GUI code. Support Visual C++ and Compaq Visual Fortran. |
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WinForm, the standard C# GUI class library/framework.
CLAW,Ada framework for Windows 95/NT ObjectAda, Ada compiler/development environment, including GUI bindings for Windows,X/Motif
VCL(Visual Component Library), the GUI foundation for Inprise/Borland'spopular RAD tool Delphi, forWin 3.1/95/98/NT, "object-oriented component framework delivers the only truecomponent architecture with over 200 visual and non-visual components thatare completely reusable and extendable"
O2, OO framework for Delphi, including user interface layer
SancsGUI, for Compaq Visual Fortran, An object-oriented modeling and simulation environment for developing and deploying scientific and engineering applications without writing any GUI code. For 32-bit Windows.
XDND,a new drag and drop protocol for X Windows supported by Fox, Jx, Qtand gtk.
Mono, an effort to create an Open Source implementation of the .NET Development Framework. Includes: a compiler for the C# language, a runtime for the Common Language Infrastructure and a set of class libraries (GPLed plus exceptions for linking) DotGNU, including Portable.NET, an effort to create an alternative to Microsoft .NET, including C# compiler and run-time libraries. (GPLed plus exceptions for linking)
libsigc++,"a library implements a full callback system for use in widget libraries,abstract interfaces, and general programming." (LGPLed)
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page created Apr 19, 1997 (86)