FLTK Alternatives

FLTK is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FLTK for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best FLTK alternative is Qt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FLTK are Qt Creator, GTK, wxWidgets and Avalonia UI.

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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 FLTK.

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

    • Qt is Freemium and Open SourceFLTK is Free and Open Source
  2. Qt Creator icon

    Qt Creator

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    Qt Creator is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) built for the maximum developer experience. Qt Creator runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS desktop operating systems and allows developers to create software across desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms.

    129 Qt Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    QT Creator is an ide not a library

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    QT Creator is so old IDE but still crashed even with harmless operations. FLTK is not IDE but provides better stability.

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    fltk is a library. Qt creator is an IDE.

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    • Qt Creator is the most popular commercial alternative to FLTK.

    • Qt Creator is Paid and Open SourceFLTK is Free and Open Source
  4. 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.

    37 GTK alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
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  5. 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+.

    31 wxWidgets alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Avalonia UI icon

    Avalonia UI

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    Avalonia is a WPF-inspired cross-platform XAML-based UI framework providing a flexible styling system and supporting a wide range of platforms including: Windows, Linux (desktop & embedded), macOS, Android, iOS and Browser.

    26 Avalonia UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    • Avalonia UI is the most popular Web-based, Android & iPhone alternative to FLTK.

    • Avalonia UI is Free and Open SourceFLTK is also Free and Open Source
  9. MauiKit icon

    MauiKit

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    MauiKit is a framework based on QQC2 and Kirigami, that helps to create convergent applications that run on GNU Linux and Android, based on the Maui HIG. MauiKit is an open source framework to make the applications look good, made by .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
     
  10. 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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    Uno Platform

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    Uno is the platform for building native mobile, desktop and WebAssembly apps with C#, XAML from single codebase. It's a Universal Windows Platform Bridge that allows UWP-based code (C# and XAML) to run on iOS, Android, and WebAssembly.

    38 Uno Platform alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Uno Platform is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to FLTK.

    • Uno Platform is Free and Open SourceFLTK is also Free and Open Source
  13. wxPython icon

    wxPython

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    wxPython is a GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. It allows Python programmers to create programs with a robust, highly functional graphical user interface, simply and easily. It is implemented as a Python extension module (native code) that wraps the popular...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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
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    • Iced is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to FLTK.

    • Iced is Free and Open SourceFLTK is also Free and Open Source
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