iup-go
Cross-platform UI library with native controls (by gen2brain)
nucular
GUI toolkit for go (by aarzilli)
iup-go | nucular | |
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11 | 15 | |
257 | 866 | |
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5.7 | 5.7 | |
7 months ago | about 2 months ago | |
Go | Go | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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iup-go
Posts with mentions or reviews of iup-go.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-10.
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Ideas for GUI libraries?
For years I had Qt experience in Python and C++. But I found it too heavy to introduce in a Go project. After trying a couple different options (I'm not a web dev) I actually really liked IUP. https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go
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IUP – Cross platform C GUI library
You can check the screenshot from Windows 10 here https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go/blob/main/examples/sampl.... If you are not using the manifest it will not follow the system appearance and will always look like Windows XP Classic.
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bindings to GTK or QT
I've tried a few different Go gui solutions so far. Coming from a C++/Python Qt background, I wanted to use Qt bindings but found them to be a bit too heavy as a dependency in Go. And I'm not a skilled web dev so some of the other options didn't suit me well enough. But I did actually enjoy using this in a recent project: https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go
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Desktop UI
For native controls check https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go.
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Are there any cross-platform GUI frameworks programmable with Go which you’d recommend?
That depends on your requirements. I'm currently using IUP for a desktop app (Linux and WIndows). Caveats:
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Go GUI with access to filesystem... Best approach?
For native UI, you can check https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go. There are 50+ examples to help you, i.e. show images, buttons, file dialogs, etc.
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What is the coolest Go open source projects you have seen?
If I may, https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go: Cross-platform UI library with native controls.
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What makes Go unsuitable for UI development?
You can check https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go. The Cocoa backend is still not finished but it works for basic UI. There is GLCanvas for Linux and Windows.
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The Linux GUI toolkit situation, or why Electron (or similar) is sadly the future.
I recently created a Go binding here https://github.com/gen2brain/iup-go and was amazed how simple API is, thanks to their attribute system. Although they have some controls that are custom, everything else is native. Compared to Qt or wxWidgets, IUP is just a UI toolkit, Qt/wxWidgets is much more than just a UI toolkit.
- iup-go: Cross-platform UI library with native controls
nucular
Posts with mentions or reviews of nucular.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-10.
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Ideas for GUI libraries?
most X11 functionality can be accessed via xgb|xgbutil (jezek has a current fork). nucular makes use of it via shiny. OpenGL and such libraries can be assumed to exist on those systems, so directly calling those c libraries without cgo is a possibility. Ebiten is currently working on it: purego.
- Is Go appropriate to develop Linux Desktop app ?
- Golang GUI
- Writing GUI apps in Go
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Is golang for me?
There are a few pure go gui libraries. I like https://github.com/aarzilli/nucular
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golang GUI packages
github.com/aarzilli/nucular should be listed!
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Is there is good GUI for Golang ?
https://github.com/aarzilli/nucular - pure go for most platforms. no gtk, qt or other dyn linked libraries required. macos and mobile do require cgo iirc.
- Which GUI platform and why?
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fyne Vs gio
you could try github.com/aarzilli/nucular. For most platforms it is pure go and uses the shiny backend by default. theres also a gio backend. I would try the gio one for android.
- Desktop applications discussion
What are some alternatives?
When comparing iup-go and nucular you can also consider the following projects:
unison - A unified graphical user experience toolkit for Go desktop applications
govcl - Cross-platform Go/Golang GUI library.
purego
imgui-go-examples - Examples of Dear ImGui for Go
zenity - Zenity dialogs for Golang, Windows, macOS
fyne - Cross platform GUI toolkit in Go inspired by Material Design
bubbletea - A powerful little TUI framework 🏗
Wails - Create beautiful applications using Go
syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
gio-x - Mirror of the Gio x repository (https://git.sr.ht/~whereswaldon/gio-x)
beeep - Go cross-platform library for sending desktop notifications, alerts and beeps
gio - Mirror of the Gio main repository (https://git.sr.ht/~eliasnaur/gio)