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GUI library for C? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by olenkoVD@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/programming@programming.dev

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There are some times that I make something and the terminal isn't enough. I want to make it user-friendly and add buttons and dropdowns and stuff. I mainly write C, so I want a well-known and good GUI library for C. I have tried learning Qt but the documentation was awful and all the examples were for C++ or Python. I also am aware about libraries like imgui but it's more for debugging UIs I think and not for normal applications that end users use.

I also would like the library to be platform-agnostic, or at least just work with Linux because that's what I am using.

If you also code in C, what do you use to make GUIs? What do you suggest me to use?

Thanks in advance.

Also, if anyone suggests Electron or anything involving a browser, I will find them and remove one electron from each atom of theirs, turning them into smoke.

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[–] said@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know how feasible for you to use an immediate mode GUI library but imgui came to my mind as soon as i read the post. However it's written in C++ instead of C.

I never tried the C bindings but it seems to have a couple of options including cimgui to use imgui in a C project.

Maybe it's worth a shot if you want something that's proven to be lightweight and battle tested (I mean the main imgui project for this).