GTK (formerly GIMP ToolKit and GTK+) is a free open-source widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) targeted at Linux and specifically GNOME (though with some use in other desktop environments). It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it.
Key facts
- Software.name
- GTK
- Software.logo
- GTK logo.svg
- Software.screenshot
- Gtk4-widget-factory demos.png
- Software.caption
- GTK version 4 (gtk4-widget-factory, a collection of examples that demonstrate many of the GUI widgets)
- Software.author
- Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis
- Software.developer
- The GNOME Project, eXperimental Computing Facility (XCF)
- Software.ver layout
- simple
- Software.latest preview version
- 4.19.2
- Software.programming language
- C, CSS
- Software.operating system
- Linux and Unix-like; partial support for macOS and Windows
- Software.genre
- Widget toolkit
- Software.license
- LGPLv2.1+
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- Software architecture
- GTK Drawing Kit (GDK)
- GTK Scene Graph Kit (GSK)
- GtkBuilder
- Language bindings
- Backends
- Development tools
- GUI designers
- GTK Inspector
- Features
- Development
- Build automation
- Criticism
- Use
- Applications
- Desktop environments
- Current
- Inactive
- Window managers
- GtkSourceView
- GtkSpell
- History
- GTK 2
- GTK 3
- GTK 4 <span class="anchor" id="GTK4"></span><span class="anchor" id="GTK 4"></span>
- Releases
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
GTK (formerly GIMP ToolKit and GTK+) is a free open-source widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) targeted at Linux and specifically GNOME (though with some use in other desktop environments). It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it.
The GTK team releases new versions on a regular basis. GTK 4 and GTK 3 are actively maintained, while GTK 2 is no longer supported. GTK 1 is independently maintained by the CinePaint project.