What are the best programs to create GUI for CLI software in Linux?

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Best programs to create GUI for CLI software in Linux	Price	Platforms	Auto Complete
-- Qt Creator	Free	Windows, macOS, Linux	Yes
-- MonoDevelop	Free	Windows Linux Mac	-
-- Glade	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac	-

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Qt Creator

Top Pro

Integrates well with non-IDE workflows

Qt Creator uses normal .pro-files, CMakeLists.txt, Makefiles.am, etc. for its projects and rarely needs special configuration for projects. Projects can be built on the command line as usual. See More

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Qt Focused

Qt Creator is focused on being an IDE for Qt, as a general purpose IDE it performs quite well, but there are areas which are lacking such as project file support (support for generic/CMake projects lags behind Qt projects). See More

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Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux

Auto Complete:Yes

Integrated Debugger:Yes

Code Templates:Yes

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Build in Qt GUI editor

Allows for the creation of a window based ui in a graphical editor, no code required to build the ui. See More

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MonoDevelop

Top Pro

Comes with a visual designer for GTK+

MonoDevelop has a drag-and-drop UI builder called Stetic GUI Designer for creating GTK+ apps visually. See More

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Platforms:Windows Linux Mac

Supported languages:C#, F#, Visual Basic .NET, Vala

Visual GUI Builder:Yes

GUIFramework:GTK

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Glade

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Free

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Cannot handle Gtk4

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Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Technology:C

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What are the best programs to create GUI for CLI software in Linux?

3 Options Considered

Qt Creator

My Recommendation for Qt Creator

My Recommendation for Qt Creator

Integrates well with non-IDE workflows

Qt Focused

Build in Qt GUI editor

MonoDevelop

My Recommendation for MonoDevelop

My Recommendation for MonoDevelop

Comes with a visual designer for GTK+

Glade

My Recommendation for Glade

My Recommendation for Glade

Free

Cannot handle Gtk4

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