| Name |
Comments |
license |
Unix X11+ |
Unix X11+
Motif |
MS Win 95/98 |
MS Win NT/2000/
XP/Vista |
MS Win 3.1 |
OS/2 PM |
MacOS |
NextStep OpenStep
MacOS
X |
other platforms |
|
AbiWord
's cross platform layer
|
cross-platform
framework
in C++
see interesting
development methodology for
more info
Unix
version built on gtk+
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
y |
QNX and BeOS
|
|
AbsoluteX
|
n open source free class library
primarily developed for use with X Window System. Uses libsigc++.
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
aedGUI
|
a
cross-plataform, easy-to-use, non-intrusive C++ GUI library that runs
on top of SDL
|
LGPL
|
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
Agar
|
a
high-level graphical C application framework aimed primarly at 2D/3D
games and simulations. Agar applications are portable to a variety of
platforms thanks to the SDL.support
for SDL 2D and OpenGL
rendering. Thread
safe |
BSD
|
y (via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
y (via SDL) |
y (via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
y (via SDL) |
y (via SDL) |
other platforms supported by SDL |
|
Amiga
Foundation Class
|
aims to support Amiga and X11
|
art
|
?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amiga (?)
|
|
AlfaGUI
|
a small GUI library for DOS, useful for
embedded applications
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOS 16/32 bit
|
Amulet
OpenAmulet ( discounted?)
|
research-oriented toolkit from CMU.
native look andfeel. High-level support for interactive interfaces:
Direct Manipulation Behaviors, Undo, Animation, etc. original project
at CMU completed and Nolonger
supported. However,
another
group has picked up development as OpenAmulet.
|
PD
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
Andrew
|
research system from CMU. C and C++ API.
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bakery
|
a C++ Framework for creating GNOME
applications using
Gnome-- and
Gtk--.
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Berlin
Fresco (new)
|
a totally new window system for
Unix/Linux that alsoincludes high level APIs for GUI
programming.
Very experimental asit buids upon OpenGL and CORBA.
Successor of Fresco andOffix. Also
listed as an
alternative windowing system
Berlin renamed to Fresco in 2002, taking on the name of the old GUI
toolkit Fresco
|
LGPL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BGUI
|
GUI library for Amiga.based
on BOOPS. C API.
|
freely distributable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amiga
|
|
CG(link broken?)
|
GUI toolkit of the Arachne
project
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
y
|
|
|
| CLX |
(Component
Library for
Cross-platform) Cross-platform
library for, and part
of,
Delphi, Kylix
and
CBuilder - Based on
top of Qt,
Linux only |
GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coral (ctGUI)
|
very powerful and
complete advanced application
framework with strong GUI
components. Advanced functionalities for non-GUI tasks like
networking, shared memory, etc.
|
Art
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
Amiga (old versions)
|
C++/Tk,
cpptk |
C++ interface to the Tk library tries to provide not only the Tk
functionality, but
also its way of writing code,
based on the syntax used in Tcl/Tk. |
BSD |
y |
|
y |
y |
|
|
|
y(?) |
|
CroPL
|
a C++
application framework and utility library for single-source Mac/Windows
applications
|
non-profit
use only
|
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
Cvo
|
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CX
|
an "UI utility with themes support." just
begin.
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DCLAP
|
bare-bone application framework. Nolonger developed and maintained
for 3 years
already
|
noncommercial
only
|
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
EasyGTK (link broken?)
|
EasyGTK is a wrapper library to
make GTK programmingeasier, and quicker
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Epeios
|
Collection of general purposes libraries
essentially coded in C++ and working under UNIX and Windows. containing
GUI library
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ET++
|
project is completed. successor is MET++.
|
BSD
|
y(?)
|
y(?)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EZWGL
|
C API. motif look and feel.
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fltk
|
The Fast Light Tool Kit. API modeled
after Xform,but
in C++. SGI Motif look and feel. good
documentation.( Fluid,
an UI builder)
|
LGPL with additional permissions
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
y |
Microwindows/NanoGUI/Nano-X
|
|
FOX
|
C++-based toolkit on top of XLib. MS Win
95 look.under development
|
LGPL with additional permissions
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
Fresco (old)
also
see Berlin
as the new Fresco
|
Advanced research toolkit formly
supported by theX Consortium but now independently developed. Successor
to Interviews.(
alt. page)(
Java
version)
(
another info
page)
development stopped,
succeeded by Berlin
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
GEM
|
The old GUI environment for MSDOS and
Atari ST (about1985), now free software
|
GPL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MS-DOS and Atari ST
|
|
GEM++
|
C++ classes for GEM
programming, for Atari
ST.
|
LGPL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GINA
|
a research project, is completed. (ftp)
|
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GLOW
|
"a cross-platform object-oriented
framework for building interactive applications using OpenGL
or similar APIs such as Mesa.
It is, at its heart, an C++ wrapper for GLUT,
providing a fully
object-oriented API for creating windows, menus and other GUI elements,
and for event handling. GLOW also features an extensible cross-platform
widget library for building powerful user interfaces."Note: Thusportable to any
platform where a
functional OpenGL implementation exists(including Mesa
)
|
LGPL
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
|
GLUI
|
An OpenGL
/GLUT-basedGUI
toolkit. Rendering is done entirely in OpenGL. Win
95
lookand feel.
Note: Thusportable to any
platform where a functional OpenGL
implementation exists(including Mesa
)
|
LGPL
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
note
|
|
GNOME
(libs)
|
the GNOME
desktop also
servesas an application framework, C API. Requirers gtk+
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GNUstep
|
envolving NextStep/OpenStep clone.
C/Objective CAPI. Version 0.6.6 just released
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
gnewt
|
a gtk+-based toolkit for writing simple
user interfaces
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
grafix
|
a library for "drawing pictures,
functions or othergraphic objects in an interactive manner" or simple
graphical user interfaceconstruction" with emphasis on visualization,
not UI
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GraphAPP
|
C API. a small toolkit for teaching.
|
?
|
y
|
y
|
?
|
?
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
gtk+
|
The
GIMP Toolkit.developed
as part of the GIMP project.
Now at
version 2.2. C API. IS the leading toolkit in the free
software community in
conjuction with Qt.
variable
look and feel (default:Motif).
(ftp) (mailing
list) ( gtk--,a
C++
wrapper)(
Gtkkitand Gtoolkit
, ObjectC wrappers) (
wxGTK, WxWindows
port to
gtk+ (C++ API)) ( gtkv,Vport
to gtk+ (C++ API))
(VDK
, SDPGTK, Inti,
other C++ wrappers)
glade, grad, epingle,UI
builders for gtk+ and gtk--
libglade ,
a library for
gtk/ GNOME
allowing GUI
built at run time from specifications in configuration files in XML
format, without the need to recompile program
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
in
progress |
BeOS
, Linux
console, DirectFB
|
gtkmm (gtk--)
gnomemm
(gnome--)
|
complete C++ wrapper for gtk+
and GNOME.
Uses modern C++
features (templates, etc.) for type-safe callbacks and signal/slots
with libsigc++
.
glade--,GUI
builders for gtk--
related: gnomemm,
c++
bindings for GNOME
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GuiToolkit
|
"a
class set which
allow You to build applications with new Microsoft
interface style .It includes more than 50 of MFC
classes"
|
no cost
use
|
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harmony
|
attempts to create a Qt
clone witha true Free
Software license. Development is halted.
|
LGPL
|
unfinished
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hv
|
C API.
|
?
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interviews
ivtools
|
Ivtoolsis
an actively
maintained and envolved version of Interviews,
formerly by Vectaport
Ivtool apps can be embedded inside Motif and Xt canvas. Ivrools
contains an
application framework, a GUI
widget
framework, A command
interpreter
, drawing
editor
application framework,
command
interpreter into the drawing editor
and
graph/network
application
Interviews
(ftp)
was
an
early advanced toolkit whose development
stopped around 1993. conceptual successor is Fresco.
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inti
|
a set of integrated foundation libraries
for developingC++ applications on UNIX-like systems such as Linux,
including C++ wrapper for gtk+.(2.0 only)
new developer,
now in version 1.0 beta.
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IUP
|
ANSI C, native controls, custom contros,
abstract layout, only a few functions, Lua Scripting
|
freely
distributable
|
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IBTK
|
a small, "basic self-contained no-frills
toolkitto create platform-independent GUI software (in C++)
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
JAPI
|
Written in
JAVA
and C, provides
the JAVA AWT Toolkit to non
object oriented Languages like C,
Fortran, Pascal, Ada and even Basic
|
LGPL
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
| JUCE |
an all-encompassing C++ class library for developing
cross-platform applications |
GPL |
|
|
y |
y |
|
|
|
y |
|
|
KaiView
|
stalled in favor of the LIP
. recently resumed
|
?
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
KDE(libs)
|
KDE
desktop also serves as
anapplication framework. Requires Qt
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LessTif
|
an envolving Motif 1.2 clone. getting
close to becomea complete Motif substitution. C API.
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LGI
(Lightweight
GUI Interface)
|
also for BeOS
"a
small enough library that one person can understand it all."
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
BeOS
|
|
libgui
|
C API.
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
libgx
|
a
lightweight, non-intrusive, public-domain C++ widget
library for writing X11 applications |
public
domain
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
libsx
|
"the Simple X library -- is a lightweight
wrapperlibrary sitting on top of the Athena Widget set." C API
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIP
|
Linux Interface Project. still under
development, in the beginning stage. development stalled?
|
LGPL(?)
Art(?)
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MacAPP
|
Apple
's Mac framework, probably the
first widely available GUI framework.
No longer supported by Apple but third party development at www.clubmacapp.com
|
MacAPP
license
|
|
|
y
(unfinished)
|
y
(unfinished)
|
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
Marx
|
C API. the GUI toolkit is part of a
C-like scriptlanguage for quickly building GUIs, although also usable
from compiled C. Motif look and feel.
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MacZoop
|
C++
API. Framework on top of Carbon API.
|
MacZoop
license
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
MET++
|
"an object-oriented application framework
.... providingreusable objects for 2D graphics, user interface
components, 3D graphics,video, audio, and music." based on ET++.
|
?
|
y
|
|
?
|
y(?)
|
|
|
y(?)
|
|
|
|
MGUI
|
C API.
|
?
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
Microwindows
|
a small windowing system providing Win32
and X11API, targetting embedded systems. C API
|
MPL, GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MS-DOS, Linux framebuffer, RTEMS, Linux
SVGAlib
|
|
MiniGUI
|
" a compact Graphics User Interface (GUI)
support system for Linux. MiniGUI defines some Win32-like APIs for the
applications. The goal of MiniGUI is keeping its features of small and
exquisiteness to provide a small windowing system support library."
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linux framebuffer, Linux SVGAlib and
libCGI
|
(Motif)
OpenMotif
|
The real Motif, the
traditional standard Unix X11 toolkit,
now moving toward
free/open source software. C API.
|
OpenGroup
Public
License (free for free/open
source unices only)
|
y
|
native
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Motif++
|
C++ wrapper for motif.
|
?
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
notif
|
written in object-oriented C. C
API. Motiflook and feel. (
announcement)
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NGL, NUI
|
NGL
is an
application framework intended to work with SGI's OpenGL*
API. NUI
is a cross-platform C++ GUI programming framework for
OpenGL applications
built on top of the NGL
|
LGPL
|
y note
|
note
|
y note
|
y note
|
note
|
note
|
y note
|
y note
|
note
|
|
NWS
|
distributed as part of Pavuk.C
API.
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPaC(link broken?)
|
"a highly portable user interface toolkit
with dynamicedition." look and feel and behavior are
adjustable/editable at run time
|
"OPaCFree
Public
License"
|
unfinished (?)
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
unfinished
|
unfinished
|
|
|
|
OpenOffice(as an GUI application framework
)
|
possibly modern forms of StarView? containing
a complete application framework and GUI
library as the basis of an office suite, including low level GUI
toolkit (VCL), application
framework, graphics
applications services
|
GPL/LGPL/SISSL
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Offix
|
a very rich C++ interactive application
API withclasses for X11 windows, images, events, clipboards,
inter-application communications, styles for look and feel, layout
management and drag anddrop. Also has classes for Unix system
services. Open Look and Motiflook and feel. In alpha release. No
longerdeveloped, work merged into Berlin
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OpenGUI
|
a small graphics
& windowing library
built upon a
fast, low-level x86
asm graphics
kernel. Windows 95 look and feel
|
LGPL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linux console, MS-DOSDJDPP, QNX
|
|
ParaGUI
|
a high-level crossplatform application
framework and GUI library. It is completely based on the SimpleDirectMedia Layer
(SDL). Works
on any environment where SDL exists.
|
LGPL
|
y (via SDL)
|
|
y (via SDL)
|
y (via SDL)
|
|
|
y (via SDL)
|
|
|
PicoGUI
|
"a
new Graphical User
Interface architecture designed with embedded systems in mind. ...
includes low-level graphics and input, widgets, themeing, layout, font
rendering, network transparency, and debugging features." Also can be
an alternative windowing system (when running on framebuffers) |
GPL/LGPL
|
y (native or via SDL)
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
y (via SDL)
|
Linux
frame buffer,
numerous embedded devices (see this
list)
|
|
Pingo
|
a C++ class library and framework for X
Window Systemwith OSF/MOTIF look-and-feel. API is similar to the Java
AWT API.
|
LGPL
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Qt
|
a high-quality
framework. hasadvanced features not present in other toolkits, such a
full 2d graphics API (with rotations, scaling, shearing, etc.),
metafile support, same code for screen and printer output. variable look and feel (default:Motif
or
Win95). at
version 4
KDevelop ,
EBuilder, Qt
Architect , QtDesigner
and QtEZ,
UI buildersfor Qt
Qwt,
additional GUI
components for Qt for scientific appl
(see this
link for info on integration
with Motif)
|
Qt
Free Edition license (1.x
series, X11 versiion)
QPL(
Qt 2.x series, X11 version)
QPL
and GPL
(Qt 2.2 and later, X11 version)
(Windows and MacOS X) (
GPLed)
|
y (QPL
and GPL)
|
|
y (GPLed)
|
y (GPLed)
|
|
|
y (GPLed) |
|
Qt/Embedded: for the Linux frame
buffer without X.
|
| SmartWin |
a
small sized, extremely type safe, no
overhead what so ever, fully
template based C++ GUI library for Windows API (formerly known as Win
32 API). |
GPL
plus additional permissions |
|
|
y
(?) |
y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
STDWIN
|
C API. No longer supported.
|
?
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
SUIT
|
Simple User Interface Toolkit. C API.
|
?
|
y
|
|
|
|
y
|
|
y
|
|
|
Taronja
|
information
in Spanish... no English info available.
|
BSD
|
y
(?)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
?
|
|
|
Tk
|
good widget set but not frequently used
as a pure C library. Widely used in combination with high-level script
languages (Tcl, Scheme, Python, Perl,etc.).
C API. Native
look and feel.
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
y
|
y |
|
|
TOAD
|
in early stage, still alpha
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trixul
|
Trixul
is an XML and JavaScript GUI toolkit that supports MacOS X,
Linux, and Windows environments directly via Cocoa, Gtk+, and .NET
native implementations. JavaScript code can call C++ directly. |
BSD
|
y (on
top of gtk+)
|
|
|
y (on
top of .Net Forms)
|
|
|
|
y
|
|
TWIN/The
Willows
Toolkit
|
implementation of MS Windows API on other
platforms.C API.
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
native
|
native
|
native
|
|
y
|
|
|
| Ultimate++ |
C++
toolkit that "achieves significant reduction of code complexity for
most applications when compared to other development platforms" |
BSD |
y |
|
y |
y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
V
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Common C++ wrapper for many platforms. a
good "competitor"of WxWidfgets.native
look and feel. (
gtkv, gtk+ port of V)
|
LGPL
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
VDK
|
"Visual Development Kit", a C++ wrapper
for gtk+ (
VDK
Builder, a RAD tool for VDK)
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vibrant
(NCBI
Toolkit)
|
part of National Center for Biotechnology
Informationsoftware development toolkit, a multi-platform user
interface developmentlibrary that automatically handles the behavior of
GUI objects, with callbacksto programs
|
|
|
y
|
y(?)
|
y(?)
|
y(?)
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
(TheHungry)
ViewKit
|
a clone of the SGI
(ICS) Viewkit.Currently
not being developed.
|
LGPL(?)
|
(in the future with lesstif)
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ViewKit
(ICS)
|
C++ framework for Motif. Freely
available for Linux Only.
|
no-cost
(for
Linux only)
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VCF
|
Visual
Component Framework,
"a
simple to use cross platform GUI framework, with many of the
advanced design features of Java and Java's Swing, and Borland's Visual
Component Library.Also provides advanced RTTI/Introspection features
common in languages like Object Pascal, Objective C,
Smalltalk, and Java, but not typically found in C++" |
BSD
|
in
development
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
in
development
|
|
|
VXCL
|
The
Virtual X Class Library. API strongly linked to the Win32 API. |
LGPL |
|
y |
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
VxLib
|
Visual Text Library, a "character
cell"-based librarylike text mode but displayed in a X window
|
GPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wafe
|
"Wafe (Widget[Athena]front end) is a
package thatimplements a symbolic, string based interface based on Tcl to
the X
Toolkit, the Athena Widget Set , Motif and various complementary widget
classes and extension packages. " C API.
|
BSD
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
wGui
|
a simple, platform
independent dialog manager library using
SDL
|
LGPL
|
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
(via SDL) |
|
Whisper
|
"general purpose Mac/Win32 C++
application framework. successor to the Mac framework Raven.
is a
modern framework that takes advantage of
templates, multiple inheritance, STL, and exceptions. is designed
around the notionof
Design
by Contract and includes numerous
debugging tools." |
BSD
|
|
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
WideStudio
|
an IDE with an original windowing library
and visual window editor and a rich set of development facilities
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
y
|
|
|
Wine
|
"a free implementation of Windows (API)
on Unix" On
Intel x86 PCs only, can
be used to port Windows programs to X11
|
LGPL
|
y (Intel x86 PC only)
|
|
native
|
native
|
native
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
WIRP
|
"Windows Interface Reduced Programming is
a libraryof c routines for simple, platform independent GUI
programming." C API.
|
?
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WWL( ?)
|
C++ classes around X widgets.
|
?
|
y(?)
|
y(?)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WxWidgets
|
(formerly wxWindows) Common C++ wrapper
for
many platforms.
version 2,.4 just released. native look and feel. good
cross-platform support.(Wxxt,
X
Toolkit port)
(
WxGTK, gtk+ port)
|
BSD(version1.x
only)
LGPL (
wxxt1.6x only)
WxWidgets
license (version 3.0, actually
LGPL plus exceptions)
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
also on top of MicroWindows,
and MGL
|
|
Xarm
|
a C++ wrapper for Motif.
|
LGPL
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X|Front
|
"a C++ library providing an
object-oriented interfaceto X11R5 Xlib"
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
xclasses
|
"the X11 layout library." details
available in Germanonly
note another toolkit has
the samename
|
LGPL
|
?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
xclasses,
xclass95
|
developed in conjuction with the fvwm95window
manager. MS-Win 95 look and feel.
note another toolkit has
the samename
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
XForms
|
a toolkit distributed in binary form
only. C API. (fdesign,a
UI builder)
|
X
Forms license
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xm++
(?)
|
C++ classes for Motif and X11 Athena
widgets
|
?
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xmt
(Motif Tools),Xmt++
|
"Xmt is a Motif Tools library. The Xmt
Motif Tools library provides developers of user interfaces tools that
make Motif easier to use. Xmt consists of the core library of
additional widgets, utility programs, docs, tutorials, and example
code." C API. Supports rapid prototyping, GUI story boarding.
"Xmt++
is to provide a C++ Model-View-Controller
framework implementation based on Xmt. This framework makes it easier
to integrate a Motif GUI to an application and maintain design
integrity."
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
XPIP
|
C API
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
XPToolkit
(Xpfe)
|
cross-platform, toolkit for Mozilla."An
open source SDK for
building common cross-platform user interfaces usingexisting
cross-platform
standards
(e.g., XML, RDF, HTML, CSS, DOM,
JavaScript) and technologies (e.g., Gecko, XPConnect) to minimize
platform-specific
code." May built on top of gtk+
and
Xt for X11
|
MPL/GPL/LGPL
|
y (Xt, gtk)
|
?
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y |
BeOS |
|
XView
|
the Open Look widget set. C API. no
longer supportedby Sun in favor of Motif.
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
YACL (link broken?)
|
native look and feel
|
BSD
|
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
YAAF
|
Yet Another Application Framwork,
with fairlycomplete GUI classes and good cross-platform
support
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
yzone
|
a set of universal cross-platform
libraries for creationof the graphical modular applications for any
UNIX or Microsoft Windowsplatform. C API
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zinc
|
well stablished, cross-platform
framework.
supports 24 platforms
(including MS DOS and Unix text mode)
|
desktop
use only (not
for embedded applications)
|
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
MS-DOS, VxWorks, pSOS
|
|
Zoolib
|
"Zoolib provides a GUI toolkit with a
uniquely flexible layout system. It also provides a single-file
database format, TCP networking, and extensive debugging support.
ZooLib applications are multithreaded. ZooLib requires only minimal
support from the underlying OS and platform GUI layer, and thus could
be ported to a completely new platform without too much difficulty"
|
BSD
|
y
|
|
y
|
y
|
|
|
y
|
y |
BeOS
|
|
Zune
|
Amiga MUI clone for X11
|
LGPL
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name
|
Comments
|
license
|
Unix X11
+
|
Unix X11
+
Motif
|
MS Win 95/98
|
MS Win NT/2000/
XP/Vista
|
MS Win 3.1
|
OS/2 PM
|
MacOS
|
NextStepOpenStep
MacOS
X
|
other platforms
|