lvgl VS imgui

Compare lvgl vs imgui and see what are their differences.

lvgl

Embedded graphics library to create beautiful UIs for any MCU, MPU and display type. (by lvgl)

imgui

Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies (by ocornut)
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lvgl imgui
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14,682 55,073
3.0% -
9.9 9.7
6 days ago 1 day ago
C C++
MIT License MIT License
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lvgl

Posts with mentions or reviews of lvgl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-29.
  • Ask HN: Nobody interested an open hardware iPod Nano?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Feb 2024
    So here is the thing: The iPod Nano 7g is from 2012. I've seen many people designing custom PCBs and releasing Kickstarter projects for custom audio players[5] or game handhelds[6]. I know Rockbox (which is great, but its lacks support for Wifi and Bluetooth AFAIK and just does not compete with the UX of iPod's audio book features in my opinion) and iPod Linux. 10 years ago someone even reverse engineered the iPod Nano 6g display[3].

    Although I'm not skilled enough in PCB-Design, after some research I found the Lilygo T-Display S3 Pro[4] based on ESP32 S3, which would be the size, but lacks audio and OS. There is also the Mango PI CyberPad[7], which looked interesting, but maybe is already too clunky.

    Programming wise, LVGL[8] may be a good framework to develop a modern and efficient UI - at least it looks promising.

    So, why is nobody interested in recreating an iPod nano like device? It should be doable with modern tech, but Phones have completely taken over the marked...

    1: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiobooks/comments/14ue4un/comment/ks1sj99/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

    2: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-app/issues/847

    3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TedIzmguP0

    4: https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-display-s3-pro

    5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C597AkhGtw

    6: https://www.funkey-project.com/

    7: https://mangopi.org/cp1m

    8: https://lvgl.io/

  • LVGL 9.0 Released
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Jan 2024
    LVGL is a graphics library used mostly for embedded UI's. Main website: https://lvgl.io/
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Jan 2024
  • imgui VS lvgl - a user suggested alternative
    2 projects | 3 Nov 2023
    Popular embedded UI library
  • Show HN: Slint - A Declarative UI Toolkit Written in Rust for Embedded & Desktop
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jun 2023
    If you need something written in C and very tiny, I recommend LVGL https://lvgl.io/
  • How to write display drivers?
    2 projects | /r/embedded | 24 May 2023
  • Lilygo T-Display-S3 AMOLED
    2 projects | /r/esp32 | 24 May 2023
    The factory code uses the Lvgl graphic library. https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl
  • Is anyone still offering 1.4ghz mod services?
    10 projects | /r/originalxbox | 24 May 2023
  • Best way to use ST7789 in ESPIDF?
    8 projects | /r/esp32 | 31 Mar 2023
  • Co-ordinates when programming a screen - trial and error?
    2 projects | /r/esp32 | 27 Feb 2023
    I haven’t used these personally myself, but have a look at using LVGL with Squareline. I used photoshop for designing layouts for my (simple) screens in the past and the only issues I’ve had regarding replicating my designs iirc was with text (as you mentioned) and rounded corners.

imgui

Posts with mentions or reviews of imgui. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-18.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lvgl and imgui you can also consider the following projects:

wxWidgets - Cross-Platform C++ GUI Library

nuklear - A single-header ANSI C immediate mode cross-platform GUI library

NanoGUI - Minimalistic GUI library for OpenGL

GTK+ - Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk

TFT_eSPI - Arduino and PlatformIO IDE compatible TFT library optimised for the Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040), STM32, ESP8266 and ESP32 that supports different driver chips

LovyanGFX - SPI LCD graphics library for ESP32 (ESP-IDF/ArduinoESP32) / ESP8266 (ArduinoESP8266) / SAMD51(Seeed ArduinoSAMD51)

egui - egui: an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust that runs on both web and native

CEGUI

FLTK - FLTK - Fast Light Tool Kit - https://github.com/fltk/fltk - cross platform GUI development

nana - a modern C++ GUI library

nuklear

webview - Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++. Uses WebKit (GTK/Cocoa) and Edge WebView2 (Windows).