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Add to SafariWhen comparing Tk vs Prima, the Slant community recommends Tk for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform GUI toolkits?” Tk is ranked 9th while Prima is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose Tk is:
Once you understand how to style, the styling can look great.
Specs
Question Ranking
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 Thorough documentation
Pro Open source
Pro Stable
Pro Easy to use
Great for beginners and gurus alike.
Pro Relatively compact codebase
167K SLOC in 2022.
Pro Consistent look and behavior across platforms
Pro Visual builder included
Pro Free/gratis
Pro BSD license
Pro Mature
Since 2001 on CPAN website.
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.
Con Old-looking by default
Con No mobile support
