gioui/gio

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2237 stars · 180 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Gio is a Go library for writing cross-platform immediate mode GUIs, supporting Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and WebAssembly. It uses GPU-based vector rendering with minimal dependencies on platform libraries for windowing, input, and drawing.

Use cases

• build a cross-platform desktop app in Go
• write an Android app in pure Go
• create an iOS application with Go
• build a GUI that runs in the browser via WebAssembly
• make a fluid immediate-mode UI with GPU vector rendering
• package a Go GUI program as a native mobile app
• build a lightweight GUI with few dependencies

When to choose

• you want a single Go codebase targeting desktop, mobile, and web
• you prefer immediate mode UI over retained widget trees
• you need efficient GPU-based vector rendering with resolution independence
• you want minimal dependencies beyond platform window/input libraries

When to avoid

• you need a large ecosystem of prebuilt widgets and mature tooling like Qt or Electron
• your team is not working in Go
• you require pre-1.0 API stability, since breaking changes still occur in minor versions
• you need deep native platform integration beyond what Gio exposes

Facets

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gui graphics ui-components animation cross-platform graphics desktop-applications mobile-development web-development windows wasm go cross-platform bsd immediate-mode gpu-rendering vector-graphics golang gui-framework linux macos android ios

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