lablgtk ☆

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Description:
Objective Caml interface to gtk+

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Nov 13, 2024

Links: Homepage | GitHub | Docs | formulae.brew.sh

Stars: 97 | Forks: 45 | Language: OCaml | Category: Developer tools

Tags: ocaml gui gtk bindings desktop

Install: brew install lablgtk

About:
LablGTK provides a comprehensive OCaml interface to the GTK+ GUI toolkit, enabling developers to build native, cross-platform graphical applications. It offers bindings for the core GTK library as well as related libraries like GLib, GDK, and Cairo, allowing for full-featured desktop application development directly from OCaml.

Key Features:

Provides OCaml bindings for GTK+, GLib, GDK, and Cairo
Enables development of cross-platform native GUI applications
Supports the full GTK widget set and event-driven programming model
Integrates with the OCaml type system for safe GUI programming
Includes tools for designing interfaces with Glade

Use Cases:

Building cross-platform desktop applications with OCaml
Creating scientific or educational tools with graphical interfaces
Developing custom GUI utilities or configuration tools

Alternatives:

Tk – A simpler, older GUI toolkit with OCaml bindings (labltk), less modern look and feel compared to GTK.
Qt – A competing comprehensive GUI framework; OCaml bindings (ocaml-qt) exist but may be less mature than LablGTK.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 13, 2024 9:06am		1	VERSION_BUMP	a7468f8a
Sep 30, 2023 7:33pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	d03c94e4