# cimgui/cimgui

c-api for imgui (https://github.com/ocornut/imgui)    Look at: https://github.com/cimgui for other widgets

Repository: https://github.com/cimgui/cimgui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cimgui
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: imgui, gui, gamedev, binding, c, cimgui
Last push: 2026-08-21T13:39:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4166, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1949, forks 369 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:58.104597+00:00)

## What it is
A programmatically generated thin C API wrapper around Dear ImGui, the C++ immediate mode GUI library. It enables using Dear ImGui from any language that can interface with C, and also emits Lua definition files to assist in creating bindings.

## Use cases
- use dear imgui from c or other languages via a c api
- create language bindings for imgui
- build debug tools and editor uis for games
- wrap imgui functions for ffi like luajit or d
- compile imgui as a static c library

## When to choose
- you need Dear ImGui from a non-C++ language that can call C
- you want auto-generated bindings that track upstream imgui versions
- you need Lua definition files for generating your own bindings

## When to avoid
- you are writing C++ and can use Dear ImGui directly
- you need imgui backends, which are not wrapped here
- you need a high-level retained-mode GUI toolkit

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: gui, ui-components, graphics
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, c, cross-platform
- tags: imgui, dear-imgui, c-api, binding, immediate-mode-gui, gamedev, auto-generated, ffi, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- cimgui/cimgui (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.104597+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:06:54.342399+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cimgui/cimgui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.104597+00:00, sha ef826580c60d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.