What is GTK+?
GTK+ is a highly usable, feature rich toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces which boasts cross platform compatibility and an easy to use API. GTK+ it is written in C, but has bindings to many other popular programming languages such as C++, Python and C# among others. GTK+ is licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 allowing development of both free and proprietary software with GTK+ without any license fees or royalties.
Get an overview of GTK+. Understand who started it, the basic architecture and why we use the license we do.
GTK+ has been involved in many projects and some big platforms. To see what people think of GTK+ and how it has been used in commercial projects, read the success stories...
To find out how more about what GTK+ can do for you, visit our features page. If you want to contribute, you are more than welcome.
Recent news
GLib 2.19.2 unstable release
December 2, 2008
This is a quick followup release to revert a change in 2.19.1 that would have unnecessarily changed the established behavior of g_data_input_stream_read_line().
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GLib 2.19.1 unstable release
December 2, 2008
This is the second development release leading up to GLib 2.20.
Overview of Changes from GLib 2.19.0 to GLib 2.19.1
- g_icon_to_string, g_icon_new_for_string: GIcon serialization support
- G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_PREVIEW_ICON: new file attribute for preview images
- g_app_info_get_commandline: new function to get the full commandline
- g_mount_shadow, g_mount_unshadow, g_mount_is_shadowed: New
- functions to ’shadow’ mounts (i.e. hide them from the UI when they already have a different representation, like a bookmark)
42 bugs fixed in this release.
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GTK+ 2.14.5 stable release
November 25, 2008
This is a bug fix release in the 2.14 series.
12 bugs fixed in this release!
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GLib 2.18.3 stable release
November 25, 2008
This is a bug fix release in the 2.18 series.
12 bugs fixed in this release!
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GTK+ 2.14.4 stable release
October 20, 2008
This is a bug fix release in the 2.14 series.
23 bugs fixed in this release!
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