gtk+3 ☆

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Description:
Toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @GTK_Toolkit | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: gui gtk ui development graphics

Install: brew install gtk+3

About:
GTK+ 3 is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It provides a comprehensive set of widgets for building modern desktop applications on Linux, Windows, and macOS. Offering a flexible object-oriented architecture, it simplifies event handling and rendering for developers.

Key Features:

Cross-platform support (Linux, Windows, macOS)
Large library of UI widgets
CSS-based theming and styling
Language bindings for multiple languages

Use Cases:

Developing native Linux desktop applications
Porting existing GUI apps to multiple platforms
Creating custom user interfaces for system utilities

Alternatives:

Qt – Qt is a C++ framework with a similar scope but a different licensing model and API design.
GTK+4 – The successor to GTK+3, featuring a modernized rendering pipeline and improved API.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2025 9:51pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	7352660a