Is WinUI the most modern GUI library for C++ desktop applications on Windows?

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  • winlamb

    A lightweight modern C++11 library for Win32 API, using lambdas to handle Windows messages.

  • I wrote a very thin C++11 wrapper for Win32 a few years ago, in case you're interested: WinLamb. It won't do everything, it just covers window creation and messaging, and leaves room to plug any other Win32 stuff on top of it.

  • ImFrame

    dear imgui + glfw framework

  • If you want a Dear Imgui "starter kit", you can try ImFrame. It packages a few libraries into a very lightweight cross-platform application framework.

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  • tracy

    Frame profiler

  • sciter-js-sdk

    Discontinued Sciter.JS - Sciter but with QuickJS on board instead of my TIScript

  • For C++ you might try https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-js-sdk, basically an Electron-Replacement without all the Node baggage (the binary lib is just some MB in size). It can also be easily mixed with other Win32-Controls as it is itself a self-painting Win32-Control. Checkout the numerous demos.

  • ImGuiColorTextEdit

    Colorizing text editor for ImGui

  • imgui_markdown

    Markdown for Dear ImGui

  • dotnet

    This repo is the official home of .NET on GitHub. It's a great starting point to find many .NET OSS projects from Microsoft and the community, including many that are part of the .NET Foundation.

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