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12950 :: I need GUI framework that based on nim(not FFI framework like qt and gtk)

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DeletedUser (orginal) [2025-05-17T02:19:26+02:00] view original

I need GUI framework that based on nim(not FFI framework like qt and gtk)

I'm going to make some cross-platform apps(mainly used in linux) by nim. And first I try to use GTK. But GTK is hard to bind and it's not support as well as native. So I found fidget and nimx Is it good GUI framework?

elcritch (orginal) [2025-05-17T08:55:51+02:00] view original

Checkout my Figuro project: https://github.com/elcritch/figuro

It evolved from Fidget and fixes many of its limitations by supporting events and multithreading. There are only a handful of widgets so far, but you can make your own.

PMunch (orginal) [2025-05-18T01:22:55+02:00] view original

FWIW I've wrapped Gtk with Futhark and it works pretty well. Of course the interface is still very C like, but with a couple of helper macros it's not that bad.

kobi (orginal) [2025-05-19T16:27:06+02:00] view original

In my experience, owlkettle is currently the best gui framework for Nim. (best - as in mature) Alternatively, you can use a hybrid approach: Flutter for gui, with all the functionality and logic in a Nim shared object (like a dll), that you then call from flutter (dart). it's not a bad approach but it strays from nim only. But do try owlkettle.