WxWidgets
Encyclopedia
wxWidgets is a widget toolkit
for creating graphical user interface
s (GUIs) for cross-platform
applications. wxWidgets enables a program's GUI code to compile and run on several computer platforms with minimal or no code
changes. It covers systems such as Microsoft Windows
, Mac OS X
(Carbon
and Cocoa
), iOS (Cocoa Touch
), Linux
/Unix
(X11, Motif
, and GTK+
), OpenVMS
, OS/2
and AmigaOS
. A version for embedded system
s is under development.
wxWidgets is used across many industry sectors, most notably by Xerox
, Advanced Micro Devices
(AMD), Lockheed Martin
, NASA
and the Center for Naval Analyses
. It is also used in the public sector and education by, for example, Dartmouth Medical School
, National Human Genome Research Institute
, National Center for Biotechnology Information
, and many others. wxWidgets is used in many open source projects, as well as by the individual developers. A wide choice of compilers and other tools to use with wxWidgets, allows development of highly sophisticated applications on a tight budget.
It is free
and open source software, distributed under the terms of the wxWidgets license, which satisfies those who wish to produce GPL
software, and also those producing proprietary software
.
. He attained an honours degree in Computational science
from the University of St Andrews
in 1986, and is still a core developer.
On February 20, 2004, the developers of wxWindows announced that the project was changing its name to wxWidgets, as a result of Microsoft
requesting Julian Smart to respect Microsoft's United Kingdom
trademark
of the term Windows.
Major release versions were 2.4 on 6 January 2003, 2.6 on 21 April 2005 and 2.8.0 on 14 December 2006.
wxWidgets has participated in the Google Summer of Code
since 2006.
The following table contains the release history of wxWidgets, showing all of its major release versions.
, with an exception stating that derived works in binary form
may be distributed on the user's own terms. This license is a free software license, making wxWidgets free software
. It has been approved by the Open Source Initiative
(OSI). Its name will be changed to wxWidgets Licence.
The wxWidgets library is implemented in C++
, with bindings
available for many commonly used programming language
s. Some of them:
wxWidgets is best described as a native mode
toolkit as it provides a thin abstraction to a platform's native widgets, contrary to emulating the display of widgets using graphic primitives. Calling a native widget on the target platform results in a more native looking interface than toolkits such as Swing
(for Java), as well as offering performance and other benefits.
The toolkit is also not restricted to GUI development, having an inter-process communication
layer, socket
networking functionality, and more.
(RAD) and Integrated Development Environment
(IDE) tools available, among them:
Notable applications that use wxWidgets:
Widget toolkit
In computing, a widget toolkit, widget library, or GUI toolkit is a set of widgets for use in designing applications with graphical user interfaces...
for creating graphical user interface
Graphical user interface
In computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...
s (GUIs) for cross-platform
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...
applications. wxWidgets enables a program's GUI code to compile and run on several computer platforms with minimal or no code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
changes. It covers systems such as Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
(Carbon
Carbon (API)
Carbon is one of Apple Inc.'s procedural application programming interfaces for the Macintosh operating system. It provides C programming language access to Macintosh system services...
and Cocoa
Cocoa (API)
Cocoa is Apple's native object-oriented application programming interface for the Mac OS X operating system and—along with the Cocoa Touch extension for gesture recognition and animation—for applications for the iOS operating system, used on Apple devices such as the iPhone, the iPod Touch, and...
), iOS (Cocoa Touch
Cocoa Touch
Cocoa Touch is an API for building software programs to run on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad from Apple Inc.Cocoa Touch provides an abstraction layer of iOS, the operating system for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Cocoa Touch is based on the Mac OS X Cocoa API toolset and, like it, is...
), Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
/Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
(X11, Motif
Motif (widget toolkit)
In computing, Motif refers to both a graphical user interface specification and the widget toolkit for building applications that follow that specification under the X Window System on Unix and other POSIX-compliant systems. It emerged in the 1980s as Unix workstations were on the rise, as a...
, and GTK+
GTK+
GTK+ is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt.The name GTK+ originates from GTK;...
), OpenVMS
OpenVMS
OpenVMS , previously known as VAX-11/VMS, VAX/VMS or VMS, is a computer server operating system that runs on VAX, Alpha and Itanium-based families of computers. Contrary to what its name suggests, OpenVMS is not open source software; however, the source listings are available for purchase...
, OS/2
OS/2
OS/2 is a computer operating system, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively. The name stands for "Operating System/2," because it was introduced as part of the same generation change release as IBM's "Personal System/2 " line of second-generation personal...
and AmigaOS
AmigaOS
AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. It was developed first by Commodore International, and initially introduced in 1985 with the Amiga 1000...
. A version for embedded system
Embedded system
An embedded system is a computer system designed for specific control functions within a larger system. often with real-time computing constraints. It is embedded as part of a complete device often including hardware and mechanical parts. By contrast, a general-purpose computer, such as a personal...
s is under development.
wxWidgets is used across many industry sectors, most notably by Xerox
Xerox
Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
, Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. or AMD is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets...
(AMD), Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
, NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
and the Center for Naval Analyses
Center for Naval Analyses
CNA's Center for Naval Analyses is a federally funded research and development center for the Navy and the Marine Corps. It also provides research and analysis services to other military and government agencies to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of U.S...
. It is also used in the public sector and education by, for example, Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School is the medical school of Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. The fourth-oldest medical school in the United States, Dartmouth Medical School was founded in 1797 by New England physician Nathan Smith and grew steadily over the course...
, National Human Genome Research Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute
The National Human Genome Research Institute is a division of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland.NHGRI began as the National Center for Human Genome Research , which was established in 1989 to carry out the role of the NIH in the International Human Genome Project...
, National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information is part of the United States National Library of Medicine , a branch of the National Institutes of Health. The NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland and was founded in 1988 through legislation sponsored by Senator Claude Pepper...
, and many others. wxWidgets is used in many open source projects, as well as by the individual developers. A wide choice of compilers and other tools to use with wxWidgets, allows development of highly sophisticated applications on a tight budget.
It is free
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
and open source software, distributed under the terms of the wxWidgets license, which satisfies those who wish to produce GPL
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
software, and also those producing proprietary software
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
.
History
wxWidgets (initially wxWindows) was started in 1992 by Julian Smart at the University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
. He attained an honours degree in Computational science
Computational science
Computational science is the field of study concerned with constructing mathematical models and quantitative analysis techniques and using computers to analyze and solve scientific problems...
from the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
in 1986, and is still a core developer.
On February 20, 2004, the developers of wxWindows announced that the project was changing its name to wxWidgets, as a result of Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
requesting Julian Smart to respect Microsoft's United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
of the term Windows.
Major release versions were 2.4 on 6 January 2003, 2.6 on 21 April 2005 and 2.8.0 on 14 December 2006.
wxWidgets has participated in the Google Summer of Code
Google Summer of Code
The Google Summer of Code is an annual program, first held from May to August 2005, in which Google awards stipends to hundreds of students who successfully complete a requested free or open-source software coding project during the summer...
since 2006.
The following table contains the release history of wxWidgets, showing all of its major release versions.
| Version number | Date | Notable changes |
|---|---|---|
| Project started by Julian Smart | 1992 | |
| wxWindows 1 | ||
| Alpha 1 | 5 April 1997 | |
| Beta 1 | 24 December 1998 | |
| wxWidgets 2 | ||
| 2.0.1 | 1 March 1999 | |
| 2.2.0 | 9 July 2000 | |
| 2.4.0 | 6 January 2003 | |
| 2.6.0 | 21 April 2005 | |
| 2.8.0 | 14 December 2006 |
|
| Future versions | ||
| 3.0 | End of 2011 |
Ribbon (computing) In GUI-based application software, a ribbon is an interface where a set of toolbars are placed on tabs in a tab bar. Recent releases of some Microsoft applications have embraced this form with a modular ribbon as their main interface. The Ribbon is a contextual interface that offers functionality... implementation |
| 3.2 |
|
|
License
wxWidgets is distributed under a custom made wxWindows License, similar to the GNU Lesser General Public LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License
The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation . It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public License or GPL and permissive licenses such as the BSD licenses and the MIT License...
, with an exception stating that derived works in binary form
Binary file
A binary file is a computer file which may contain any type of data, encoded in binary form for computer storage and processing purposes; for example, computer document files containing formatted text...
may be distributed on the user's own terms. This license is a free software license, making wxWidgets free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
. It has been approved by the Open Source Initiative
Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is an organization dedicated to promoting open source software.The organization was founded in February 1998, by Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond, prompted by Netscape Communications Corporation publishing the source code for its flagship Netscape Communicator product...
(OSI). Its name will be changed to wxWidgets Licence.
Supported platforms
wxWidgets is supported on the following platforms.- Windows - wxMSW (Windows 95/98/ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Vista)
- Linux/Unix wxGTK+, wxX11, wxMotif
- Mac OS X - wxMac (10.3 using Carbon)
- OS/2 - wxOS2, wxPM, wxWidgets for GTK+ or Motif can be compiled on OS/2
- Embedded platforms - wxEmbedded
Supported compilers
wxWidgets is officially confirmed to work properly with the following compilers.| wxMSW | wxGTK | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Compiler | Version | Compiler | Version |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft. It is used to develop console and graphical user interface applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code together with managed code for all... - Visual C++ Visual C++ Microsoft Visual C++ is a commercial , integrated development environment product from Microsoft for the C, C++, and C++/CLI programming languages... Borland C++ Borland C++ Borland C++ is a C and C++ programming environment for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. It was the successor to Turbo C++, and included a better debugger, the Turbo Debugger, which was written in protected mode DOS.... Borland C++ Builder Watcom C++, OpenWatcom CodeWarrior CodeWarrior CodeWarrior is an integrated development environment for the creation of software that runs on a number of embedded systems. Prior to the acquisition of the product by Freescale Semiconductor, versions existed for Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube,... Cygwin Cygwin Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based applications, data, and other system resources with applications, software tools, and data of the Unix-like environment... MinGW MinGW MinGW , formerly mingw32, is a native software port of the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Binutils for use in the development of native Microsoft Windows applications; MinGW can function either as a cross compiler targeting Windows or as a native toolchain run on Windows itself... Digital Mars Digital Mars Digital Mars is a small American software company owned by Walter Bright that makes C and C++ compilers for Windows and DOS. They also distribute the compilers for free on their web site.... C/C++ compiler |
5.0 + 5.5 + 2006 + 10.6 + 7 + 1.5 + 2.0 + 8.40 + |
g++ Sun Studio C/C++ Sun Studio (software) The Oracle Solaris Studio compiler suite is Oracle's flagship software development product for Solaris and Linux. It was formerly known as Sun Studio... HP aC++ IBM XL C/C++ |
2.95 + 5.9 3.80 8.00 |
Implementation
C++
C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features. It was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979 at Bell...
, with bindings
Language binding
In computing, a binding from a programming language to a library or OS service is an API providing that service in the language.Many software libraries are written in systems programming languages such as C or C++...
available for many commonly used programming language
Programming language
A programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely....
s. Some of them:
| Language | Binding | Latest release | Latest release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python Python (programming language) Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive... |
wxPython WxPython -External links:* * at showmedo... |
2.8.12.1 | 2011-07-23 |
| PHP | wxPHP | 1.1 | 2011-09-22 |
| Erlang | wxErlang | R14B03 | 2011-05-25 |
| Haskell Haskell (programming language) Haskell is a standardized, general-purpose purely functional programming language, with non-strict semantics and strong static typing. It is named after logician Haskell Curry. In Haskell, "a function is a first-class citizen" of the programming language. As a functional programming language, the... |
wxHaskell WxHaskell wxHaskell is a portable and native GUI library for Haskell, built on wxWidgets. It is often used by those wanting to develop a GUI with a functional language.- High-level GUI libraries built on top of wxHaskell :... |
0.12.1.2 | 2009-10-13 |
| Tcl Tcl Tcl is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout. Originally "born out of frustration", according to the author, with programmers devising their own languages intended to be embedded into applications, Tcl gained acceptance on its own... |
wxTCL | ||
| Lua | wxLua | 2.8.10.0 | 2009-05-24 |
| Perl Perl Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular... |
wxPerl WxPerl wxPerl is a perl module by Mattia Barbon, allowing the creation of graphical user interface from Perl programming language. It is built as an XS-wrapper for the WxWidgets . Like perl and wxWidgets, wxPerl is free software.... |
0.98 | 2010-08-18 |
| Ruby Ruby (programming language) Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was first developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto... |
wxRuby | 2.0.1 | 2009-09-08 |
| Smalltalk Smalltalk Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. Smalltalk was created as the language to underpin the "new world" of computing exemplified by "human–computer symbiosis." It was designed and created in part for educational use, more so for constructionist... |
wxSqueak | 0.5.1 | 2008-07-06 |
| Basic BASIC BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.... |
wxBasic WxBasic wxBasic is a free software / open-source software, cross-platform BASIC interpreter. As it is based on the easy-to-use syntax of the BASIC language, it is simple to learn and understand, allowing even novice programmers to write nice-looking applications for graphical environments like Windows and... |
2.8.10.23 | 2009-09-06 |
| BlitzMax Blitz BASIC Blitz BASIC refers to the programming language dialect that was interpreted by the first Blitz compilers, devised by New Zealand-based developer Mark Sibly. Being derived from BASIC, Blitz syntax was designed to be easy to pick-up for beginners first learning to program... |
wxMax | 1.01 | 2009-10 |
| C C (programming language) C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system.... |
wxC | ||
| D D (programming language) The D programming language is an object-oriented, imperative, multi-paradigm, system programming language created by Walter Bright of Digital Mars. It originated as a re-engineering of C++, but even though it is mainly influenced by that language, it is not a variant of C++... |
wxD | 0.15 | 2009-07-03 |
| Euphoria | wxEuphoria | 0.16.0 | 2011-06-20 |
| .NET Framework .NET Framework The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability... |
wx.NET | 0.9.2 | 2010-07-14 |
| Java Java (programming language) Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities... |
wx4j | 0.2.0 | 2004-04-01 |
| JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... |
wxJavaScript | 0.9.75 | 2008-12-09 |
| JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.... |
GLUEscript | 0.1.08 | 2011-02-18 |
wxWidgets is best described as a native mode
Native mode
The term native mode or native code is used in computing in two related senses.*to describe something running on a computer natively or in native mode meaning that it is running without any external support as contrasted to running in emulation....
toolkit as it provides a thin abstraction to a platform's native widgets, contrary to emulating the display of widgets using graphic primitives. Calling a native widget on the target platform results in a more native looking interface than toolkits such as Swing
Swing (Java)
Swing is the primary Java GUI widget toolkit. It is part of Oracle's Java Foundation Classes — an API for providing a graphical user interface for Java programs....
(for Java), as well as offering performance and other benefits.
The toolkit is also not restricted to GUI development, having an inter-process communication
Inter-process communication
In computing, Inter-process communication is a set of methods for the exchange of data among multiple threads in one or more processes. Processes may be running on one or more computers connected by a network. IPC methods are divided into methods for message passing, synchronization, shared...
layer, socket
Internet socket
In computer networking, an Internet socket or network socket is an endpoint of a bidirectional inter-process communication flow across an Internet Protocol-based computer network, such as the Internet....
networking functionality, and more.
RAD tools and IDEs for wxWidgets
There are many Rapid Application DevelopmentRapid application development
Rapid application development is a software development methodology that uses minimal planning in favor of rapid prototyping. The "planning" of software developed using RAD is interleaved with writing the software itself...
(RAD) and Integrated Development Environment
Integrated development environment
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...
(IDE) tools available, among them:
- Boa Constructor (PythonPython (programming language)Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...
) - Code::BlocksCode::BlocksCode::Blocks is a free and open source, cross-platform IDE which supports multiple compilers including GCC and MSVC. It is developed in C++ using wxWidgets as the GUI toolkit. Using a plugin architecture, its capabilities and features are defined by the provided plugins.Currently, Code::Blocks is...
(via wxSmith plugin) - CodeLiteCodeliteCodeLite is a free, open-source, cross-platform IDE for the C/C++ programming languages.- History :On August 2006 Eran Ifrah, CodeLite's author, started a project named CodeLite...
- wxDev-C++WxDev-C++wxDev-C++ is a free integrated development environment that is based on the popular Dev-C++.There are various features not found in the original Dev-C++. One of these is a visual RAD designer that works like C++ Builder to create wxWidgets applications...
(Plugin) - wxGladeWxGladewxGlade is a program for creating wxWidgets GUIs. It can generate layout code for C++, Lisp, Python and Perl.wxGlade is a GUI designer written in Python with the popular GUI toolkit wxPython which helps create wxWidgets/wxPython user interfaces. At the moment it can generate Python, C++, Lisp, Perl...
- wxFormBuilderWxFormBuilderwxFormBuilder is an open source GUI designer application for wxWidgets toolkit, which allows creating cross-platform applications. A streamlined, easy to use interface enables faster development and easier maintenance of software. It is written in C++....
- Philasmicos Entwickler StudioPhilasmicos Entwickler StudioPhilasmicos Entwickler Studio is a commercial cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and wxWidgets development projects. It supports multiple compilers and can be easily extended via plugins...
Applications built using wxWidgets
Notable applications that use wxWidgets:
- AmayaAmaya (web browser)Amaya is a free and open source WYSIWYG web authoring tool with browsing abilities, created by a structured editor project at the INRIA, a French national research institution, and later adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium . Amaya is used as a testbed for web standards and replaced the Arena...
- web authoring tool - aMuleAMuleaMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP . It was forked from the xMule source code on August 18, 2003, which itself is a fork of the lMule project, which was the...
- peer-to-peer file sharing application - AudacityAudacityAudacity is a free software, cross-platform digital audio editor and recording application. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD.Audacity was created by Dominic Mazzoni while he was a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University...
- cross-platform sound editor - BitTorrent - peer-to-peer file sharing application
- Code::BlocksCode::BlocksCode::Blocks is a free and open source, cross-platform IDE which supports multiple compilers including GCC and MSVC. It is developed in C++ using wxWidgets as the GUI toolkit. Using a plugin architecture, its capabilities and features are defined by the provided plugins.Currently, Code::Blocks is...
- C/C++ IDE - CodeLiteCodeliteCodeLite is a free, open-source, cross-platform IDE for the C/C++ programming languages.- History :On August 2006 Eran Ifrah, CodeLite's author, started a project named CodeLite...
- simple C++ Editor (Collection of free Tools, implemented by plugins) - DolphinDolphin (emulator)Dolphin is an open-source Nintendo GameCube, Wii, and Triforce emulator for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X . It is the first emulator to successfully run commercial Nintendo GameCube and Wii games and is the only emulator capable of running commercial Wii games...
- Nintendo GameCube, Wii, and Triforce emulator - DigsbyDigsbyDigsby is a freeware proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application developed by dotSyntax, LLC. Digsby is written in Python and uses wxPython as its widget toolkit and WebKit for rendering...
- multiprotocol instant messaging application - FileZillaFileZillaFileZilla is free, open source, cross-platform FTP software, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. Binaries are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS . As of 18 April 2011, FileZilla Client was the 7th most popular download of all time from...
- FTP client - RapidSVNRapidSVNRapidSVN is a cross-platform Subversion client.It is released under the GNU General Public License.The current version of RapidSVN does not support the SVN "blame" command.- Issues on Windows :...
- Subversion client - TortoiseCVSTortoiseCVSTortoiseCVS is a CVS client for Microsoft Windows released under the GNU General Public License. Unlike most CVS tools, it includes itself in Windows' shell by adding entries in the contextual menu of the file explorer, therefore it does not run in its own window...
- CVS client - TrueCryptTrueCryptTrueCrypt is a software application used for on-the-fly encryption . It is free and open source. It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file or encrypt a partition or the entire storage device .- Operating systems :TrueCrypt supports Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and...
- application used for on-the-fly encryption
See also
- Widget toolkitWidget toolkitIn computing, a widget toolkit, widget library, or GUI toolkit is a set of widgets for use in designing applications with graphical user interfaces...
- List of widget toolkits
- Qt (toolkit)Qt (toolkit)Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software with a graphical user interface , and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as command-line tools and consoles for servers...
- an application framework used by KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
applications - GTK+GTK+GTK+ is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt.The name GTK+ originates from GTK;...
- the GIMP toolkit, a widget toolkit used by GNOMEGNOMEGNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...
applications - gtkmmGtkmmgtkmm is the official C++ interface for the popular GUI library GTK+. gtkmm is free software distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License ....
- C++ version of GTK+ - FLTKFLTKFLTK is a cross-platform GUI library developed by Bill Spitzak and others. Made with 3D graphics programming in mind, it has an interface to OpenGL, but it is also suitable for general GUI programming....
- a light, cross platform, non-native widget toolkit - FOX toolkitFOX toolkitThe FOX toolkit is an open source, cross-platform widget toolkit, that is, a library of basic elements for building a graphical user interface...
- a fast, open source, cross-platform widget toolkit - Ultimate++Ultimate++Ultimate++ is a C++ cross-platform development framework which aims to reduce the code complexity of typical desktop applications by extensively exploiting C++ features.-Features:* currently supports Microsoft Windows, Linux/X11 and BSD/X11....
- JuceJuceJUCE is a free software, cross-platform C++ application framework, used for the development of GUI applications and plug-ins.The aim of JUCE is to allow software to be written such that the same source code will compile and run identically on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms...
- an extensive cross-platform widget toolkit - Microsoft litigationMicrosoft litigationMicrosoft has been involved in numerous high-profile litigations over the history of the company, including cases against the United States, the European Union, and competitors.-Governmental:In its 2008 annual report, Microsoft stated:-Anti-trust:...
External links
- wxForum - official forum
- wxBlog - official blog
- wxWiki - a wiki devoted to the wxWidgets project
- wxCode - code snippets and libraries related to wxWidgets
- wxPack - a complete ready-to-use wxWidgets development kitSoftware development kitA software development kit is typically a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.It may be something as simple...
- wxTrac - issue tracker (for reporting bugs, submitting patches)
- Build cross-platform GUIs using wxWidgets - a quick tutorial
- wxWidgets compared to other toolkits