List of platform-independent GUI libraries
This is a list of notable library packages implementing a graphical user interface (GUI) platform-independent GUI library (PIGUI). These can be used to develop software that can be ported to multiple computing platforms with no change to its source code.
In C, C++
In other languages
| Name | Owner | Programming language | Platforms | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Flex Formerly Adobe Flex |
Apache Software Foundation | ActionScript, Flash, Adobe AIR | Windows (x86, x64), macOS, Android (ARM, x86), iOS, Web (SWF) | Free: Apache |
| Apache Pivot | Apache Software Foundation | Java | Windows, macOS, Linux | Free: Apache |
| Avalonia | AvaloniaUI OÜ | C#, XAML, WASM | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web (WebAssembly), Samsung Tizen | Free: MIT |
| Delphi, FireMonkey | Embarcadero Technologies | Object Pascal, Python[1] | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android | Proprietary |
| Flutter | C, C++, Dart | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web[2][3] | Free: New BSD License | |
| Fyne | Open source | Go | Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Android, iOS (experimental: Web) | Free: New BSD License |
| Godot (game engine) | Open source | GDScript, C++, C#, GDNative | Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD, Haiku, iOS, Android, HTML5, WebAssembly, Xbox One, Universal Windows Platform, also useful for making GUI apps in VR (OpenXR and WebXR) | Free: MIT |
| PureBasic | Fantaisie Software | BASIC | Windows, Linux and OSX | Proprietary |
| JavaFX | Oracle Corporation | Java | Windows, Linux X11, macOS, Android, iOS | Free: CDDL, GPL with linking exception |
| Kivy | Kivy | Python | Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS | Free: MIT |
| LCL, Lazarus | Open source | Free Pascal | Windows (Win32, Qt), Linux (GTK, Qt), macOS (Qt, Carbon, Cocoa) | Free: GPL, LGPL |
| Mono, GTK# | Xamarin | C# | Windows, Linux (X11, Wayland), macOS | Free: MIT, LGPLv2, GPLv2 (dual license) |
| Swing | Oracle Corporation | Java | Windows, Linux X11, macOS | Free: CDDL, GPL with linking exception |
| SWT | Eclipse Foundation | Java | Windows (Win32), Linux (GTK), macOS (Cocoa) | Free: Eclipse |
| Tcl/Tk | Open source | Tcl | Windows, OS/2, X11, OpenLook, Mac, Android | Free: BSD-style |
| Unity | Unity Technologies | C#, JavaScript, Boo | Windows, X11, macOS, Android, iOS also features cross-platform Web player |
Proprietary, based on open-source |
| Uno Platform | nventive | C#, XAML, WASM | Windows, iOS, Android, Web (WebAssembly), experimental macOS | Free: Apache |
| VisualWorks | Cincom | Smalltalk | Windows, OS/2, Linux (X11), OpenLook, Mac | Proprietary |
| Xojo | Xojo, Inc. | Xojo | Windows, macOS, Linux (X11), iOS, web | Proprietary |
| LispWorks CAPI | LispWorks, Ltd. | Common Lisp | Windows, macOS, Linux (Gtk+), Motif | Proprietary |
No longer available or supported
| Name | Owner | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| VisualAge | IBM | Discontinued by IBM in 2007. |
| AppWare | Novell | Has been de-emphasized (commonly viewed as dropped) by Novell |
| Open Interface | Neuron Data | One of the earliest PIGUI supported DOS, macOS, OS/2, VMS, Microsoft Windows 3.0 |
| Zinc Application Framework | Professional Software Associates | May still be supported, but no new sales |
See also
Further reading
- Richard Chimera, Evaluation of Platform Independent User Interface Builders, March 1993, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory University of Maryland
References
- ^ "Delphi VCL & FMX Libraries for Python".
- ^ "Multi-Platform". flutter.dev. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ Sneath, Tim (2022-05-11). "Introducing Flutter 3". Medium. Archived from the original on 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-27.