Last update July 2, 2010

Gui Libraries

(redirection from Available Gui Libraries)

This is a list of known graphic user interface libraries targeted specifically to a D programmer:

Standard D GUI library

(see

NG:digitalmars.D/32633)

Name	Description	Platform	URL
DWT	Phobos based port of SWT v3.1.2 GUI Library	Win32	DsourceProject:dwt/wiki/DwtShawn (superceded by DsourceProject:dwt)

Other GUI libraries

Name	Description	Platform	URL
Release for production (The project is mature and ready to be used)
GtkD	D language graphical user interface based on GTK+ (formerly known as DUI/DUIT)	Linux/Windows/Mac OS X	DsourceProject:gtkd

Beta Status (Still probably buggy but the bugs are being worked out)
DWT	Tango based port of SWT v3.4 GUI Library + JFace and more	Win32/Linux-gtk-32	DsourceProject:dwt
DFL	D Forms Library: object oriented GUI	Windows	http://www.dprogramming.com/dfl.php
Pluto	an application library using FLTK and Sqlite	Windows/Unix/Mac OS X	http://dronten.googlepages.com/pluto
Hybrid	Game and multimedia GUI lib written in D	Windows/Unix (OpenGL)	http://hybrid.team0xf.com/

Alpha Status (Feature incomplete, probably buggy, but usable)
QtD	Wrapper around the well known Qt library for the D language	Windows/Unix/Mac OS X	http://www.dsource.org/projects/qtd, http://bitbucket.org/qtd/repo
D Framework	a framework library for D language that is a collection of various libraries (gui, database, xml etc.)	Windows	http://sourceforge.net/projects/dframework/
DIUP	Wrapper around IUP	Windows/Unix	http://cablemodem.fibertel.com.ar/...
Harmonia	A skinnable GUI Framework which does not use native controls. Very fast and easily portable.	HarmoniaPortability	http://harmonia.terrainformatica.com/
Luigi	native-D OpenGL-based GUI drawing library	platform-independent	DsourceProject:luigi
MinWin	Minimal GUI Toolkit (discontinued)	Windows/GTK	DsourceProject:minwin
SDWF	OWL-inspired Windows application framework	Windows	http://pr.stewartsplace.org.uk/d/sdwf/
Element	A multimedia application toolkit for platform independent development.	Windows (but very portable)	http://www.sequenceartworks.com/labs/element
wxD	Bindings for wxWidgets (via wx.NET)	Windows/Linux GTK+/Mac OS X	http://wxd.sourceforge.net/

Pre-Alpha Status (Early, unstable code that may change)
Lucid	D interface to Lucid, which uses the native OS controls (Win32/Cocoa/GTK)	Windows/Mac OS X/Linux	https://dev.sitehole.com/svn/claro/trunk/interface/d/ http://www.lucidtoolkit.org/
D-FLTK	Port of FLTK 1.1	Mac OS X	http://svn.easysw.com/public/fltk/fltk/branches/branch-D-1.1/
D/Tk	Wrapper around Tcl/Tk (port of C++/Tk)	Windows/Macintosh/Unix	NG:digitalmars.D/42681, NG:digitalmars.D/42700, http://www.algonet.se/~afb/d/dtk.html (placeholder)
Dkinter	Wrapper around Tcl/Tk (port of module Python.Tkinter)	Windows/Macintosh/Unix	http://github.com/lysevi/dkinter

Planning (No code yet)
Docoa	D interface to the Cocoa framework	Mac OS X	DsourceProject:docoa

Abandoned
SWT	The SWT port in the TioPort project.	Windows Linux (Mac OS X coming)	DsourceProject:tioport
DFC	An easy wrapper around HWND + easy message handling and more	Windows	DsourceProject:l8night
unDig	Somewhat updated version of Burton's dig library	Windows	Dig Library

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