https://github.com/idea4good/guilite

✔️The smallest header-only GUI library(4 KLOC) for all platforms
https://github.com/idea4good/guilite

c cpp cross-platform display docker embedded graphics-library gui header-only iot iot-platform mcu microcontroller

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✔️The smallest header-only GUI library(4 KLOC) for all platforms

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/idea4good/guilite
Owner: idea4good
License: apache-2.0
Created: 2017-09-15T03:40:38.000Z (about 8 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2023-12-22T09:30:41.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
Last Synced: 2025-04-11T00:02:12.430Z (7 months ago)
Topics: c, cpp, cross-platform, display, docker, embedded, graphics-library, gui, header-only, iot, iot-platform, mcu, microcontroller
Language: C++
Homepage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grqXEz3bdC0
Size: 77.1 MB
Stars: 7,505
Watchers: 247
Forks: 813
Open Issues: 17
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE

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README

          # Welcome to GUI-lite



    





  

  

  

  



The smallest header-only GUI library (4 KLOC) for all platforms.



    



- [中文](README_zh.md)

## Lightweight

- ✂️Small: 4,000+ lines of C++ code, zero dependency, header-only(GuiLite.h)

- ⚡Fast: High Rendering performance, even work on MCU

- 👫🏻Compatible: Work smoothly with 3rd party frameworks(Qt/MFC/Winform/Cocoa/Web)

- ⚙️️Hardware Minimum Requirements:

    | Processor | Disk/ROM space | Memory |

    | --- | --- | --- |

    | 24 MHZ | 29 KB | 9 KB |

## Cross platform

- Supported OSes: iOS/macOS/WatchOS, Android, Linux, Windows, RTOS... or **MCU without OS**

- Supported languages: C/C++, Swift, Java, Javascript, C#, Golang...

- Supported 3rd party libraries: Qt, MFC, Winforms, CoCoa...

## Hero features

- ☁️Cloud + IoT Solution: master your IoT business all over the world

- 🔣Multi-language, supports UTF-8;📀Playback Video

- 🔨[Toolkit](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteToolkit) for building font/image resources

- 📐[Layout GUI WYSIWYG](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLitePreviewer)

- 📊Code Telemetry and Analysis in real time

- 📦Supports 3D and [Web](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteWeb)

- 🐋Run in docker with a single command: `sudo docker run -it --privileged -v /dev:/dev-share idea4good/gui-lite:latest bash /run.sh`

## Easy to learn and support

Even a C beginner could master GUI-lite quickly. The source code only uses basic C++ features (class, virtual function). We chose C++ as it could make the code size significantly smaller and easier to read.

- 📚Documentation

    - [How to use GUI-lite?](documents/HowToUse.md)

    - [Design specification](documents/HowToWork.md)

    - [How to Layout widgets?](documents/HowLayoutWork.md)

    - [How to build unicode font/bitmap resource?](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteToolkit)

    - [How to switch theme?](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/blob/master/HostMonitor/UIcode/source/resource/resource.cpp)

    - [How to dispatch messages?](documents/HowMessageWork.md)

    - [UML chart of GUI-lite core](documents/UML.md)

- 📈Learning steps

    1. Build GUI-lite library

    2. Build/Debug HelloXXX demos

    3. Read/Modify `HelloXXX/UIcode/UIcode.cpp` code

    4. Read/Modify `widgets` code

    5. Read/Modify `core` code

    6. Build your GUI framework

- 📞[Reach out us](#community-channel) if you have any questions you are welcomed to our developer family.

- 🀄️[Mirror repository in China](https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLite)

## Demo wall

- Zero dependency, 100% build pass & runnable

- Click the demo you like, and run it on your hardware

- Most of the demos have about 100 lines of UI code, the code repository is [GuiLiteSamples](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples)

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### MCU platform

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_{3D on STM32}

    
_{Wave on STM32}

    
_{Particle on STM32}

    
_{Star on STM32}

  

  

    
_{3D wave on STM32}

    
_{Keyboard on STM32}

    
_{Mario on STM32}

    
_{3D circle on STM32}

  

  

  
_{3D donut on STM32}

  
_Timer

  
_{Molecule move}

  
_{Pendulum effect}

  

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### IoT feature

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_{Monitor IoT device on cloud}

    
_{Code Telemetry & Analysis in real time}

  

  

    
_{Track IoT device over the world}

  

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### Multi-language, Design tool and video

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_{Lattice Font}

    
_{Freetype Font}

  

  

    
_{Layout GUI}

    
_{Render JPG file quickly}

  

  

    
_{Play video with FFmpeg}

  

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### Widgets & Controller

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_{Emulate  Windows UI}

    
_{Scroll widget}

  

  

    
_{How to use widgets}

    
_{3D Nets on Windows/Linux}

  

  

    
_{Transparent dialog}

    
_{Swipe view}

  

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### Cross platform

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_{HostMonitor on Windows}

    
_{HostMonitor on Mac}

    
_{HostMonitor on Android}

  

  

    
_{HostMonitor on Windows Mixed Reality}

    
_{HostMonitor on Linux}

    
_{3D on Web}

  

  

    
_{3D on Web}

    
_{HostMonitor on iPhone}

    
_{How display work}

  

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### Apple platform

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_{3D on Apple Watch}

    
_{Wave on Apple Watch}    

    
_{Particle on iPhone}

  

## 📞Community Channel

Thanks for the help from the community, you all make GUI-lite better! And welcome to any new friend to join us.

- [**@Twitter**](https://twitter.com/idea4good)

- QQ group:

  

    
_{開發群🔑：875721211}

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