GuiLite - The smallest GUI library
Introduction
- GuiLite is the smallest GUI library with 5000 lines of C++ code, it runs on all platforms(e.g, iOS, Android, Linux, Windows, macOS, Docker and MCU with or without OS).
- GuiLite is embeddable, it runs inside other UI frameworks(e.g, Qt, MFC, Winform, Cocoa). You could use GuiLite features and host UI features simultaneously.
- GuiLite render UI by itself, independent of OS & Graphic library.
- GuiLite could work with many languages(e.g. Swift, Java, C#, Golang).
🔧 We want people to customize GuiLite.⚙️ We hope GuiLite is small enough to help you understand how UI works.👑 You should be the master of your UI and not be tied to a specific framework.
🔥 New feature:3D tutorial
- This a 3D programm which used to show how GuiLite multi-layers work.
- Full video
- Source code
Features
Cross platform
ARM Linux | STM32 Without OS |
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Windows Mixed Reality | Android |
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macOS | iOS |
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GuiLite previewer(WYSIWYG extension for GuiLite)
GuiLite Previewer is a Visual Studio Code extension, could extract GUI information from C++ code and preview GUI at preview page(What you see is what you get)
Gorgeous UI
Multi-language:
IoT Solution & Code Telemetry
Support Docker
We build GuiLite demo as docker image, you can update/deploy/run the latest GuiLite demo on your device with single command below:
sudo docker run -it --privileged -v /dev:/dev-share idea4good/gui-lite:latest bash /run.sh
Start with Demo
GuiLite is only a framework, could not create UI by itself. In order to show how to build UI App with it, We provide some samples for you.
- Sample code here.
- Sample introduction:
Sample name | Platform | Description | Build guidance | Diffculty level |
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HelloParticle | Windows, Linux, STM32F103, STM32F429 | Show how to develop particle effect | Build | ★ |
HelloStar | Windows, Linux, STM32F103, STM32F429 | Show how to develop star field effect | Build | ★ |
Hello3D | Windows, Linux, STM32F103 | Show how to build physics App with GuiLite | Build | ★★ |
HelloGuiLite | Windows, Linux | Show how to Initialize UI, load resource, layout UI | Build | ★★ |
HelloWidgets | Windows, Linux | Show how to use GuiLite widgets | Build | ★★ |
HelloMario | Windows, Linux, STM32F103, STM32F429 | Show how to develop multi-layer UI system | Build | ★★ |
HelloNavigation | Windows, Linux, STM32F103, STM32F429 | Show how to navigate/click widgets by hard button in non-touch GUI scenario | Build | ★★ |
HelloFont | Windows, Linux | Show how to use multi-language feature(UTF-8) | Build | ★★ |
HelloAnimation | Windows, Linux | Show how to make animation | Build | ★★ |
HelloSlide | Windows, Linux | Show how to use sliding pages | Build | ★★★ |
HelloWave | Windows, Linux, STM32F103, STM32F429 | Show how to use wave widget | Build | ★★★ |
HostMonitor | iOS, Mac, Android, Windows, Linux | Show how to build complex UI for all platforms | Build | ★★★★ |
Documents
GuiLite is the smallest and simplest GUI library.
- Just 5,000 line C++ code
- Only use basic C++ feature(class, virtual function), no complex syntax
- All rendering base on draw_pixel, no algorithm
- Full documents and small live demos for reference
How to learn?
- Build/Run GuiLite library
- Build/Run HelloXXX demos
- Read/Modify
HelloXXX/UIcode/UIcode.cpp
code - Read/Modify
gui
code - Read/Modify
core
code - Build your UI framework
Videos
Mirror repository
Thanks and Charity
- Thanks for the help from QQ group, you guys make GuiLite better! And welcome new friend to join us.
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