Slant community chat on Discourse| 16 Recommended Products | Recommendations | Price | Popular Language Bindings | Last Updated |
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| #1 Qt· · · | 10 | 8 | – | – | Sep 8, 2017 |
| #2 wxWidgets· · · | 12 | 0 | – | wxPython, wxLua, wxRuby, more... | Sep 4, 2017 |
| #3 Electron· · · | 2 | 1 | – | – | Mar 9, 2017 |
| #4 Kivy· · · | 0 | 0 | – | – | Jun 27, 2016 |
| #5 IUP· · · | 3 | 0 | – | – | Jul 20, 2017 |
| #6 Xojo· · · | 1 | 0 | – | – | Sep 19, 2017 |
Pro Best documentation of any development platform
The comprehensiveness of the Qt5 documentation is setting a new bar in the industry. Not only does it explore the entire toolkit in incredible depth, but it does so without being obtuse or using an excess of unfamiliar language.
Pro Great looking
Even though beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Qt apps are some of the best looking ones out there.
Con GUI Render
On Intel video cards has render issues.
Pro Mature
wxWidgets was started in 1992 by Julian Smart
Pro Healthy community
Github is behind electron and there is a lot of big companies using it to make their cross platform apps.
Pro Great documentation
Electron has a nice website with great documentation. It also features a lot of samples.
Con Not native
Electron uses a web view. This basically means it is just a website wrapped to look like a native application. This is convenient because you can use web tech to develop the application, but it won't be so performant.
Pro Kv design language
Kv design language is designed to work well with scalable graphical user interfaces (GUIs) as one of its primary focuses. It also segregates the logic from the design elements, making them easier to visually distinguish from each other.
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Pro Cross-platform
Supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Pi and iOS.
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Pro Built on top of Swing
Swing has some negative aspects about it - it's complex and difficult. However, it's stable and can stand alone. Seesaw essentially fills in the gaps that Swing leaves. It patches a lot of the workarounds and hacks that are required with Swing, and allows you to use all the benefits of Swi...
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Pro Multiple languages
Including Python, JavaScript, Self, Smalltalk, and Objective-C.
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