When comparing Tk vs Lara, the Slant community recommends Tk for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform GUI toolkits?” Tk is ranked 9th while Lara is ranked 33rd. The most important reason people chose Tk is:
Once you understand how to style, the styling can look great.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Easy styling
Once you understand how to style, the styling can look great.
Pro Great for beginners
Easy to pick up and run with it.
Pro Easy and good looking in Mac, Linux and Windows
Pro Bindings for several languages
Bindings for Python, C, C++, Ruby, Perl, Go, Java, Haskell and more, see Languages with a Tk binding.
Pro Cross-Platform
Can develop in Windows, Linux and MacOS.
Pro Server-side rendering engine
Lara has a server-side rendering engine with virtual DOM.
Pro Open Source
Apache 2.0 license.
Cons
Con Base looks are garbage without a good amount of styling
Going with the base look for your app is a bad idea because it looks like garbage with the defaults.
Con C# support lacking
Although the Eagle Project exists, which offers Mono and .NET Core support, C# support is not standard.