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Very constructive indeed. For cross-platform GUI I have investigated flutter(among others, flutter at the moment is really just mobile only, so does Kivy) It a

by ausjke 8y ago

Very constructive indeed. For cross-platform GUI I have investigated flutter(among others, flutter at the moment is really just mobile only, so does Kivy) It appears to produce a commercial quality cross-platform GUI, with not-so-bad looking, your only choice is Qt, be it Pyside2 or Qt/C++. For me I decide to use Pyside2.

ausjke 8y ago
Another way to do true cross-platform Desktop GUI will be leveraging browser on MacOS/Linux/Win, you put your core logic in GO which runs as a local http-server on your Desktop that talks to your OS underneath, and use browser/html/css/javascript to do the UI. You only need ship the GO binary, users install it and then starting to use your program via a browser.
- bobwaycott 8y ago
  That sounds nothing like “true cross-platform GUI” to me.
srikz 8y ago
I ended up choosing Dear ImGui recently https://github.com/ocornut/imgui https://github.com/ocornut/imgui
solarkraft 8y ago
> flutter at the moment is really just mobile only, so does Kivy I can't parse that. I know for certain that kivy runs very well on desktop platforms.
- ausjke 8y ago
  not really, it's more like running an apps on Desktop, you only have one window for example
Const-me 8y ago
Depends on the complexity of the GUI you need and on other factors. QT is OK if your GUI is very complex and you're targeting a desktop OS. For simple GUI QT is just too big. For GUIs without a desktop OS (mobile, embedded), QT is not a good fit either, not enough mobile support, and their embedded license can be prohibitively expensive. I have positive experience building moderately complex commercial quality GUIs on top of this: https://github.com/memononen/nanovg https://github.com/memononen/nanovg
- ausjke 8y ago
  Actually QT GUI is pretty popular in embedded space(if you're not using Android that is) in my case I want to build a file manager and after some research I ended up with Pyside2
repolfx 8y ago
You could also look at JavaFX. It's very modern but also has the sorts of controls you may need for complex apps.

by ausjke 8y ago

ausjke 8y ago

Another way to do true cross-platform Desktop GUI will be leveraging browser on MacOS/Linux/Win, you put your core logic in GO which runs as a local http-server on your Desktop that talks to your OS underneath, and use browser/html/css/javascript to do the UI. You only need ship the GO binary, users install it and then starting to use your program via a browser.

bobwaycott 8y ago
That sounds nothing like “true cross-platform GUI” to me.

srikz 8y ago

I ended up choosing Dear ImGui recently https://github.com/ocornut/imgui https://github.com/ocornut/imgui

solarkraft 8y ago

> flutter at the moment is really just mobile only, so does Kivy I can't parse that. I know for certain that kivy runs very well on desktop platforms.

ausjke 8y ago
not really, it's more like running an apps on Desktop, you only have one window for example

Const-me 8y ago

Depends on the complexity of the GUI you need and on other factors. QT is OK if your GUI is very complex and you're targeting a desktop OS. For simple GUI QT is just too big. For GUIs without a desktop OS (mobile, embedded), QT is not a good fit either, not enough mobile support, and their embedded license can be prohibitively expensive. I have positive experience building moderately complex commercial quality GUIs on top of this: https://github.com/memononen/nanovg https://github.com/memononen/nanovg

ausjke 8y ago
Actually QT GUI is pretty popular in embedded space(if you're not using Android that is) in my case I want to build a file manager and after some research I ended up with Pyside2

repolfx 8y ago

You could also look at JavaFX. It's very modern but also has the sorts of controls you may need for complex apps.