Zenity Alternatives for Windows

Zenity is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Modern Message Box Generator, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Zenity and 13 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Zenity are wxFormBuilder, wxDev-C++, wxGlade and wxSmith.

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Zenity alternatives page was last updated Oct 15, 2025

Modern Message Box Generator
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Generates a customizable "Task Dialog" box - a more modern version of the old Windows message box.'
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
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wxFormBuilder
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wxWidgets is an excellent framework that enables the creation of multi-platform applications with and without a graphical user interface. There are several applications that help create dialogs visually, even so, some practical problems have led me to start the development of a...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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wxDev-C++
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wxDev-C++ is an extension of Bloodshed Dev-C++ by Colin Laplace et. al. This program helps you to create dialogs and frames for wxWidgets visually using a form designer.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Bloodshed Dev-C++
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wxGlade
3 likes
wxGlade is a GUI designer written in Python with the popular GUI toolkit wxPython, that helps you create wxWidgets/wxPython user interfaces. At the moment it can generate Python, C++, Perl, Lisp and XRC (wxWidgets' XML resources) code.
19 wxGlade alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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wxSmith
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wxSmith is a Code::Blocks plugin for RAD editing of wxWidgets applications.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Code::Blocks
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dialog
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display dialog boxes from shell scripts. Curses based. Works in console mode.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Shell
Platforms
Windows
Linux
D
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MessagePop
1 like
MessagePop is a simple application designed to help you convey a message to the computer user. The program allows you to specify the message text and the other parameters from the command line.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Platforms
Windows
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VisualWX
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Visualwx aims to be the ultimate RAD tool, designed for c++, python, perl, ruby, lua and wxWidgets. Still there are many things to do, but we've achieved considerable progress.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Linux
V
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gxmessage
1 like
a GTK-based xmessage clone.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Shell
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Windows
Linux
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XRCed
1 like
XRCed is a simple resource editor for wxWidgets/wxPython GUI development which supports creating and editing files in XRC format It is written in Python and uses wxPython GUI toolkit.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is XRCed a good alternative to Zenity?
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X
xdialog
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Xdialog is designed to be a drop in replacement for the "dialog" or "cdialog" programs. It converts any terminal based program into a program with an X-windows interface. The dialogs are easier to see and use while adding even more functionalities (e.g.
22 xdialog alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Shell
Platforms
Windows
Linux
X
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DialogBlocks
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Anthemion DialogBlocks is a sizer-based resource editor that quickly gets you creating professional-looking dialogs, wizards and frames for deployment on Windows, Linux, Mac or any other supported wxWidgets platform.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is DialogBlocks a good alternative to Zenity?