Is there any MIT/BSD licensed UI framework for C++ ?

1. imgui

   1 376 66,233 9.8 C++

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

   

   I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but Dear ImGUI is kind of a gold standard within the AAA game development industry. It's MIT licensed and u/ocornut is one of the most helpful and coolest dudes in the open source world.

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. hikogui

   2 16 899 3.2 C++

   Modern accelerated GUI

   

   I haven't actually used either one, but there's HikoGUI (previously known as TTauri) under the Boost license and RmlUI under MIT. Not sure if they're very OS-integrated in the way you want or not.

4. Elements C++ GUI library

   3 13 3,437 9.6 C++

   Elements C++ GUI library

   

   Elements was mentioned as a specific example of an MIT-licensed GUI library on the CPPcast episode from 5 May 2022.

5. nana

   4 8 2,403 3.4 C++

   a modern C++ GUI library

   

   https://github.com/cnjinhao/nana Boost Software License

6. lvgl

   5 68 19,954 9.9 C

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

   

   LVGL (https://lvgl.io/) - MIT

7. RmlUi

   6 21 3,275 9.1 C++

   RmlUi - The HTML/CSS User Interface library evolved

   

   I haven't actually used either one, but there's HikoGUI (previously known as TTauri) under the Boost license and RmlUI under MIT. Not sure if they're very OS-integrated in the way you want or not.

8. nappgui_src

   7 5 585 8.4 C

   SDK for building cross-platform desktop apps in ANSI-C

   

   There is NAppGUI: https://github.com/frang75/nappgui_src. It’s written in C, but I’m sure you could wrap the API.

9. SaaSHub

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10. GacUI

    8 1 2,382 9.7 C++

    GPU Accelerated C++ User Interface, with WYSIWYG developing tools, XML supports, built-in data binding and MVVM features.

    

    You can try https://github.com/vczh-libraries/GacUI . It uses XML descripted UIs, which you may be familiar with as a C# developer.

11. ares

    9 44 1,238 9.6 C++

    ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation.

    

    For something a bit more unusual, there's hiro. It depends on nall and I think ruby (both also in the same repo), it's not entirely native-looking especially in a post-Win32 world - though I believe most of the replacements like the file dialog were optional - and it was never properly documented before the original author died; but it's ISC-licensed, performant for end-users, and the API is clean and straight-forward.

12. nuklear

    10 63 10,100 8.8 C

    A single-header ANSI C immediate mode cross-platform GUI library (by Immediate-Mode-UI)

    

13. ultimatepp

    11 22 898 9.8 C++

    U++ is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development framework focused on programmer's productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, Network etc.), and integrated development environment (TheIDE).

    

    https://www.ultimatepp.org/ is BSD/MIT.

14. nanogui

    12 5 1,686 4.0 C++

    Minimalistic C++/Python GUI library for OpenGL, GLES2/3, Metal, and WebAssembly/WebGL (by mitsuba-renderer)

    

    Nanogui : https://github.com/mitsuba-renderer/nanogui

15. ui

    13 2 275 0.0 C++

    Boost.UI library (by kosenko)

    

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