List of platform-independent GUI libraries
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This is a list of packages implementing a platform-independent GUI (PIGUI). These can be used to develop software that can be ported to multiple platforms without changes to its source code.
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[edit] C/C++ packages
| Name | Owner | Platforms | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCLAP Don's Class Application library |
Don Gilbert | Windows, X11, Mac | Free non-commercial |
| GraphApp | Dr Lachlan Patrick | Windows, X11 | Free |
| FLTK (Fast, Light Toolkit) | [1] | X11, Windows, Mac | Free (LGPL) |
| GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit) | GNOME Foundation | X11, Windows, DirectFB, Quartz on Mac OS X | Free (LGPL) |
| ILOG VIEWS | ILOG | Windows, OS/2, X11 | Commercial |
| JAM | JYACC | DOS, Windows, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed] | Commercial |
| MainWin | Mainsoft | X11 from Windows code | Commercial |
| MetaCard | MetaCard Corporation | Windows, X11, Mac | Commercial |
| MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers (formerly NuTCRACKER) |
DataFocus, Inc. | Windows from X11 code | Commercial |
| Presenter (formerly Open Interface Elements) |
HCL Technologies | Windows, OS/2, X11, Mac | Commercial |
| Qt | Troll Tech | Windows, X11, Mac, PocketPC, WindowsCE | Free / Commercial |
| V [2][3] | Dr. Bruce Wampler | Windows, OS/2, X11 | Free (GPL) |
| Wind/U | Bristol Technology | X11 from Windows code | Commercial |
| wxWidgets (formerly wxWindows) |
wxWidgets | Windows, OS/2, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Free (LGPL) |
| XVT Portability Toolkit | XVT Software Inc. | Windows, OS/2, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Commercial |
[edit] Packages in other languages
| Name | Owner | Platforms | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIM Common Lisp Interface Manager |
Various | X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Free |
| EiffelVision | ISE | Windows, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Commercial |
| Garnet Common Lisp |
Carnegie Mellon University | X11, Mac | Free |
| JAPI Java API for other languages |
Merten Joost | Windows, OS/2, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Free |
| Java | Sun Microsystems Inc. | Windows, OS/2, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Open source |
| Oberon/F / Blackbox | Oberon Microsystems | Windows, Mac | Commercial |
| Tcl/Tk | Open source | Windows, OS/2, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Free |
| VisualWorks Smalltalk |
Cincom | Windows, OS/2, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Commercial |
[edit] Requiring verification (may be unsupported)
| Name | Owner | Platforms | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| libWxm | Visual Solutions | X11 from Windows code | Commercial |
| Menuet/CPP | Autumn Hill Software, Inc. | DOS, Windows, OS/2, X11 | Commercial |
| MEWEL UIL | Magma Systems | DOS from Windows code? | Commercial |
| OpenUI | Open Software Associates | Windows, OS/2, X11, Mac | Commercial |
| Screen Machine Ada |
Objective Interface Systems, Inc. | DOS, Windows, X11 | Commercial |
| SUIT Simple User Interface Toolkit |
University of Virginia | DOS, Windows, X11, OpenLook[clarification needed], Mac | Free |
| VisualAge for C++ and Smalltalk |
IBM | various | Commercial |
| WM_MOTIF User Interface Library | Software UNO, Ltd. | X11 from Windows code | Commercial |
| YACL Yet Another Class Library |
M. A. Sridhar. | Windows, OS/2, X11 | Free |
[edit] No longer available or supported
| Name | Owner | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Allegris Workshop | Intersolv | Discontinued 1997 (was C++/Views by Liant) |
| Amulet | Carnegie Mellon University | No longer supported (DARPA funding dropped, 1997 [1]) |
| Appware | Novell | This product has been de-emphasized (which is commonly believed to mean "dropped") by Novell. |
| CommonV | Computer Associates | Word has it that Computer Associates has stopped supporting Glockenspiel CommonView. |
| Galaxy | Visix | Read about its demise here |
| StarView | StarDivision | |
| Vibrant | Allegedly no longer supported - contact info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov for more information. | |
| WNDX GUI Toolkit | WNDX | now Dragon Sharp, into Java and .NET |
| zApp | RogueWave | may still be supporting, but no new sales |
| Zinc | Professional Software Associates | may still be supporting, but no new sales |
| Open Interface | Neuron Data | One of the earliest PIGUI supported DOS, Macintosh, OS/2, VMS, and Microsoft Windows 3.0. |
[edit] See also
- List of widget toolkits
- List of rich Internet application frameworks
- Cross-platform
- Graphical user interface
[edit] References
- ^ Letter about Support for Amulet, Brad A. Myers, Project leader, November 21, 1997
[edit] Further reading
- Richard Chimera, Evaluation of Platform Independent User Interface Builders, March 1993, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory University of Maryland
