Re:C++ GUI Library Suggestion
by torstenvl on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @05:28PM
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Strongly recommend wxWidgets. It can be slightly rough around the edges for some advanced functionality, however:
- It wraps native components (GTK on Linux), meaning your application remains performant.
- It has very friendly licensing (LGPL and/or a wxWidgets-specific variation, both with an exception for static linking), giving it a large advantage over, e.g., Qt.
- In addition to GUI components, it has cross-platform integration functionality, e.g., you can query the OS MIME/file type manager to get the appropriate command for opening a file in the default handler.
- It wraps native components (GTK on Linux), meaning your application remains performant.
- It has very friendly licensing (LGPL and/or a wxWidgets-specific variation, both with an exception for static linking), giving it a large advantage over, e.g., Qt.
- In addition to GUI components, it has cross-platform integration functionality, e.g., you can query the OS MIME/file type manager to get the appropriate command for opening a file in the default handler.