gvsbuild vs gtk-kn

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gvsbuild		gtk-kn
	Project
3	Mentions	4
394	Stars	-
2.5%	Growth	-
9.7	Activity	-
5 days ago	Latest Commit	-
C++	Language
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	-

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gvsbuild

Posts with mentions or reviews of gvsbuild. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-25.

GUI development with Rust and GTK 4
15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2023

It's a hidden gem, but gvsbuild [1] has made it easier again these days - I just discovered it ~a year ago and it's beautiful :)
[1] https://github.com/wingtk/gvsbuild
Help installing on windows 10
1 project | /r/GTK | 12 Dec 2022

I also use gvsbuild, because I use MS Visual Studio as my compiler. https://github.com/wingtk/gvsbuild
Connect python and C into one exe
2 projects | /r/cprogramming | 14 Aug 2021

from the GTK website: gvsbuild This method provides scripts to build the GTK stack from source and outputs libraries and tools that can be consumed by Visual Studio or Meson based projects.

gtk-kn

Posts with mentions or reviews of gtk-kn. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-28.

New samples and logo for gtk-kn project
1 project | /r/Kotlin | 10 May 2023

We hope that these new samples will help you get started with gtk-kn and inspire you to create your own GTK Kotlin/Native desktop applications. Check them out on our GitLab repository, and feel free to give us your feedback or contribute to the project.
Programming language for Linux apps
3 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 28 Apr 2023
GUI development with Rust and GTK 4
15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2023

Since you mentioned Kotlin, you might be interest in the recent gtk-kn effort which provides OOP bindings to GTK in Kotlin Native. (Early preview, not production ready at all)
https://gitlab.com/gtk-kn/gtk-kn
Introducing gtk-kn: GTK for Kotlin/Native
1 project | /r/Kotlin | 23 Apr 2023

We would love to hear some feedback on the project, so if you're interested in testing it out, head over to our GitLab page (https://gitlab.com/gtk-kn/gtk-kn) to learn more. Also, if you have any questions or want to get involved in development discussions, we mostly hang out on our Matrix room at https://matrix.to/#/#gtk-kn:matrix.org.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gvsbuild and gtk-kn you can also consider the following projects:

xmake - 🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

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gtkhash - A cross-platform desktop utility for computing message digests or checksums

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tiramisu - Desktop notifications, the UNIX way

brassica - A featureful sound change applier for language construction

floem - A native Rust UI library with fine-grained reactivity

genie - GENie - Project generator tool

CRoaring - Roaring bitmaps in C (and C++), with SIMD (AVX2, AVX-512 and NEON) optimizations: used by Apache Doris, ClickHouse, and StarRocks

rust-summaries - Rust summaries are short introductions to Rust programming topics, including the language, ecosystem, concepts, crates, and more.

sdk-dotnet - Temporal .NET SDK