david-vanderson/dvui

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

DVUI is an immediate-mode GUI toolkit written in Zig for building whole applications or adding debug windows to existing apps and games. It supports multiple backends including SDL2/SDL3, Raylib, GLFW, and DX11, and can run standalone, manage its own main loop, or overlay on top of an existing app.

Use cases

• build a desktop application GUI in Zig
• add a debug HUD overlay to an existing game
• create a standalone debug window inside a game engine
• prototype UI with an immediate mode API
• run a Zig GUI app in the browser via web demo
• render UI with SDL3 GPU backend

When to choose

• you are writing a Zig application or game and need a GUI
• you want an immediate-mode API with full input event access
• you need a debug overlay on top of an existing app or game
• you want low/variable framerate support with event-driven rendering

When to avoid

• you need a retained-mode or declarative UI framework
• your project is not in Zig or lacks Zig interop
• you need a mature toolkit with long-term API stability guarantees
• you require a specific backend not yet supported (e.g. SDL3GPU app mode)

Facets

library · maturity active

gui ui-components graphics desktop-applications cross-platform developer-tools cross-platform cpp immediate-mode zig gui-toolkit sdl raylib debug-overlay wasm game-development desktop web-server gpu

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