Dear ImGui Alternatives

Dear ImGui is described as 'Bloat-free graphical user interface library for C++. It outputs optimized vertex buffers that you can render anytime in your 3D-pipeline enabled application. It is fast, portable, renderer agnostic and self-contained (no external dependencies)' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Dear ImGui for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Dear ImGui alternative is Qt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dear ImGui are GTK, wxWidgets, Slint and Iced.

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  1. Qt icon

    Qt

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    Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software that can be run on various software and hardware platforms with little or no change in the underlying codebase, while having the power and speed of native applications.

    54 Qt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • Qt is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Dear ImGui.

    • Qt is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Dear ImGui.

    • Qt is Freemium and Open SourceDear ImGui is Free and Open Source
  2. GTK icon

    GTK

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    GTK is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
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  4. wxWidgets icon

    wxWidgets

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    wxWidgets is a C++ library that lets developers create applications for Windows, OS X, Linux and UNIX on 32-bit and 64-bit architectures as well as several mobile platforms including Windows Mobile, iPhone SDK and embedded GTK+.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Slint icon

    Slint

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    GUI toolkit for Rust, C++, and JavaScript to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for embedded devices and desktop applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Slint is the most popular Web-based alternative to Dear ImGui.

    • Slint is Free and Open SourceDear ImGui is also Free and Open Source
  6. Iced icon

    Iced

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    iced is a cross-platform GUI library for Rust. It is inspired by Elm, a delightful functional language for building web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    Iced screenshot 1
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    • Iced is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Dear ImGui.

    • Iced is Free and Open SourceDear ImGui is also Free and Open Source
  7. Tkinter icon

    Tkinter

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    The tkinter package (“Tk interface”) is the standard Python interface to the Tcl/Tk GUI toolkit. Both Tk and tkinter are available on most Unix platforms, including macOS, as well as on Windows systems.

    12 Tkinter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. FLTK icon

    FLTK

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    The Fast, Light Toolkit (FLTK, pronounced fulltick) is a cross-platform graphical user interface (GUI) library developed by Bill Spitzak and others. Made to accommodate 3D graphics programming, it has an interface to OpenGL, but it is also suitable for general GUI programming.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    FLTK screenshot 1
     
  10. Nevron Open Vision for .NET icon

    Nevron Open Vision for .NET

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    Nevron Open Vision for .NET is a suite of advanced UI components that helps you develop feature-rich Web (Blazor WebAssenbly) and Desktop (WinForms, WPF, Xamarin.Mac) applications from a single code base.

    56 Nevron Open Vision for .NET alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  11. Repose UI icon

    Repose UI

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    Repose is a Rust UI framework with a Compose-like programming model. It's organized as a small core (repose-core) plus higher-level UI/layout (repose-ui) and platform runners (repose-platform) that currently target desktop (winit) and Android, with web support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Self-Hosted
    Mobile app built using repose
     
  12. Gio icon

    Gio

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    Gio is a library for writing cross-platform immediate mode GUI-s in Go. Gio supports all the major platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and WebAssembly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • WebAssembly
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Gio is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Dear ImGui.

    • Gio is Free and Open SourceDear ImGui is also Free and Open Source
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