libxaw ☆

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Description:
X.Org: X Athena Widget Set

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: x11 gui athena widgets xorg library

Install: brew install libxaw

About:
LibXaw is the X Athena Widget Set, a widget library for the X Window System. It provides a collection of user interface components such as buttons, menus, and scrollbars based on the X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt). This library is essential for building and running legacy X11 applications that rely on the Athena widget set.

Key Features:

Provides a set of Athena widgets for GUI development
Implements the X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt) framework
Standard component of the X.Org software stack
Required for many legacy X11 applications

Use Cases:

Developing or compiling applications that use the Athena widget set
Running legacy X11 programs that depend on LibXaw shared libraries
Serving as a foundational UI library for X Window System environments

Alternatives:

libxaw3d – A 3D-enhanced version of the Athena widget set, offering a more modern look.
GTK+ / Qt – Modern, feature-rich GUI toolkits that have largely superseded Athena for new application development.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2025 6:39am		1	VERSION_BUMP	72d05702
Oct 27, 2024 12:49pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	566eb76c