https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice

GUIslice drag & drop embedded GUI in C for touchscreen TFT on Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ARM, ESP8266 / ESP32 / M5stack using Adafruit-GFX / TFT_eSPI / UTFT / SDL
https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice

adafruit-gfx arduino arduino-library c embedded esp32 esp8266 feather gui linux m5stack mcufriend pi platformio raspberry-pi sdl teensy tft tft-espi touchscreen

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GUIslice drag & drop embedded GUI in C for touchscreen TFT on Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ARM, ESP8266 / ESP32 / M5stack using Adafruit-GFX / TFT_eSPI / UTFT / SDL

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice
• Owner: ImpulseAdventure
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-09-27T15:55:00.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-09T00:06:10.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-07T21:01:40.778Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: adafruit-gfx, arduino, arduino-library, c, embedded, esp32, esp8266, feather, gui, linux, m5stack, mcufriend, pi, platformio, raspberry-pi, sdl, teensy, tft, tft-espi, touchscreen
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://www.impulseadventure.com/elec/guislice-gui.html
• Size: 34.8 MB
• Stars: 1,257
• Watchers: 49
• Forks: 219
• Open Issues: 46
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# GUIslice library #

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice)

[![GitHub Issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice.svg)](https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice/issues)

![Contributions welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/contributions-welcome-orange.svg)

[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

*A lightweight GUI framework for embedded displays*

Design your GUI with a **drag & drop builder**, then apply the same code to a wide range of displays, libraries and controllers with the **cross-platform framework**. Open source **MIT license** grants free commercial usage.

![Example 1](http://www.impulseadventure.com/elec/images/sdl_menu1.png)

![Example 5](http://www.impulseadventure.com/elec/images/guislice-ctrl2.png)

![GUIslice Builder](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8510097/90728338-9a8be100-e279-11ea-969e-cbd8bb0ac6c6.png)

- Extensive [Documentation](https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice/wiki) guides available

- [GUIslice API documentation (online)](https://impulseadventure.github.io/GUIslice/modules.html) & [(PDF)](https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice/raw/master/docs/GUIslice_ref.pdf)

- Active development: see [latest updates & work in progress](https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice/issues/85)

- [Release history](https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice/releases)

- [Website (www.impulseadventure.com)](https://www.impulseadventure.com/elec/guislice-gui.html)

- **Support email**: [email protected]

- GUIslice by Calvin Hass and [GitHub contributors](https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice/graphs/contributors), Builder by Paul Conti

## Features ##

- Pure C library, no dynamic memory allocation

- *Widgets*:

  - text, images, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, custom keypads, listbox,

  radial controls, scrolling textbox / terminal, graphs, etc. plus extensions and multiple pages.

- Cross-platform **GUIslice Builder** application to generate layouts

- *Platform-independent* GUI core currently supports:

  - Adafruit-GFX, TFT_eSPI, mcufriend, UTFT, LCDGFX, SDL1.2, SDL2.0

- *Devices*:

  - Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ATmega2560, ESP8266 / NodeMCU, ESP32, M5stack, Teensy 3 / T4, WIO Terminal, Feather M0 (Cortex-M0), nRF52 (Cortex-M4F), LINUX, Beaglebone Black, STM32, Due, etc.

- *Typical displays*:

  - PiTFT, Adafruit TFT 3.5" / 2.8" / 2.4" / 2.2" / 1.44", FeatherWing TFT, OLED 0.96", mcufriend, BuyDisplay / EastRising 4.3" 5" 7", Waveshare, 4D Cape

- *Display drivers include*:

  - ILI9341, ST7735, SSD1306, HX8347D, HX8357, PCD8544, RA8875, RA8876, ILI9225, ILI9341_t3, ILI9341_due

- *Touchscreen control including*:

  - STMPE610, FT6206, FT5206, XPT2046, TSC2007, 4-wire, tslib, URTouch, Adafruit Seesaw

- *IDE Support*:

  - GUIslice has been tested for use in the *Arduino IDE* and *Platform IO* environments, in addition to LINUX make

- Foreign characters / UTF-8 encoding (in SDL mode), anti-aliased fonts (in TFT_eSPI mode)

- Dynamic display rotation

- GPIO / pin / keyboard / Adafruit Seesaw navigation for non-touchscreen devices

## Screenshots ##

![Example 3](http://www.impulseadventure.com/elec/images/guislice-ex06.png)

![Example 4](http://www.impulseadventure.com/elec/images/guislice-ex08.png)

![snap07_c](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/8510097/48299251-733a9a00-e47f-11e8-87ac-e35be6ba41d1.png)

## GUIslice Builder ##

- Includes cross-platform (Windows, LINUX and Mac) desktop application to generate GUIslice layouts

- Please refer to [GUIslice Builder wiki](https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/GUIslice/wiki/GUIslice-Builder) for documentation

## Disclaimer ##

The Software is not designed for use in devices or situations where there may be physical injury if the Software has errors.