Ruby GUI

Open-source Ruby projects categorized as GUI

Top 14 Ruby GUI Projects

  1. Shoes

    Shoes 4 : the next version of Shoes

  2. CodeRabbit

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  3. Glimmer

    DSL Framework consisting of a DSL Engine and a Data-Binding Library used in Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development GUI Framework), Glimmer DSL for Opal (Pure Ruby Web GUI), Glimmer DSL for LibUI (Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for Tk (Ruby Tk Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for GTK (Ruby-GNOME Desktop Development GUI Library), Glimmer DSL for XML (& HTML), and Glimmer DSL for CSS

    Project mention: Glimmer: DSL Framework for Ruby GUI and More | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-10
  4. glimmer-dsl-libui

    Glimmer DSL for LibUI - Prerequisite-Free Ruby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Library - The Quickest Way From Zero To GUI - If You Liked Shoes, You'll Love Glimmer! - No need to pre-install any prerequisites. Just install the gem and have platform-independent GUI that just works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

  5. RubyGnome2

    A set of bindings for the GNOME libraries to use from Ruby.

  6. glimmer-dsl-swt

    Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development Cross-Platform Native GUI Framework) - The Quickest Way From Zero To GUI - If You Liked Shoes, You'll Love Glimmer!

  7. Gladiator (Glimmer Editor)

    Gladiator (short for Glimmer Editor) is a Glimmer DSL for SWT sample project under on-going development that demonstrates how to build a text editor in Ruby using Glimmer DSL for SWT (JRuby Desktop Development GUI Library). It is not intended to be a full-fledged editor by any means, yet mostly a fun educational exercise in using Glimmer. Gladiator is also a personal tool for shaping an editor exactly the way I like, with all the keyboard shortcuts I prefer. I leave building truly professional t

  8. glimmer-dsl-tk

    Glimmer DSL for Tk (Ruby Tk Desktop Development GUI Library)

  9. SaaSHub

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  10. glimmer-dsl-gtk

    Glimmer DSL for GTK - Ruby-GNOME Desktop Development GUI Library

  11. are-we-there-yet

    Are We There Yet? Small Project Tracking Desktop App for Windows and Mac. Built with Glimmer (Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library)

  12. glimmer-dsl-wx

    Glimmer DSL for WX - Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library for the wxWidgets GUI toolkit and wxruby3 binding

  13. glimmer_metronome

    Glimmer Metronome supports different beat counts, click sounds, and tempos, including tap-based tempo calculation.

    Project mention: Glimmer: DSL Framework for Ruby GUI and More | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-10
  14. glimmer-dsl-jfx

    Glimmer DSL for JFX (JRuby JavaFX Desktop Development GUI Library)

  15. glimmer-dsl-swing

    Glimmer DSL for Swing (JRuby Swing Desktop Development GUI Library) - Enables development of desktop applications using Java Swing and Java 2D, including vector graphics and AWT geometry.

  16. glimmer-dsl-fx

    Glimmer DSL for FX (FOX Toolkit Ruby Desktop Development GUI Library)

  17. SaaSHub

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source GUI projects in Ruby? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Shoes 1,602
2 Glimmer 751
3 glimmer-dsl-libui 546
4 RubyGnome2 391
5 glimmer-dsl-swt 117
6 Gladiator (Glimmer Editor) 34
7 glimmer-dsl-tk 30
8 glimmer-dsl-gtk 23
9 are-we-there-yet 14
10 glimmer-dsl-wx 13
11 glimmer_metronome 2
12 glimmer-dsl-jfx 2
13 glimmer-dsl-swing 1
14 glimmer-dsl-fx 1

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