Longing for Lean GUI Frameworks (C/C++)

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/cpp_questions

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  • imgui

    Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

  • There's DearIMGUI https://github.com/ocornut/imgui

  • ImDuino

    ImGui on Arduino (ESP32) example

  • It can even be run on an Arduino https://github.com/LAK132/ImDuino

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  • FLTK

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

  • I know also FLTK and Azul; further, I've looked at TUIs like ncurses, notcurses, and Turbo Vision.

  • Turbo Vision

    A modern port of Turbo Vision 2.0, the classical framework for text-based user interfaces. Now cross-platform and with Unicode support.

  • I know also FLTK and Azul; further, I've looked at TUIs like ncurses, notcurses, and Turbo Vision.

  • Azul

    Desktop GUI Framework

  • I know also FLTK and Azul; further, I've looked at TUIs like ncurses, notcurses, and Turbo Vision.

  • FINAL CUT

    A text-based widget toolkit.

  • If you are interested in TUIs, you can have a look at my little project FINAL CUT.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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