# AllenDang/giu

Cross platform rapid GUI framework for golang based on Dear ImGui.

Repository: https://github.com/AllenDang/giu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/giu
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cross-platform, gui, golang, imgui, dear-imgui, ui, uikit
Last push: 2026-08-20T16:38:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 74, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2437, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 92, "gap_med": 50, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2777, forks 156 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:21.446295+00:00)

## What it is
giu is a cross-platform rapid GUI framework for Go built on Dear ImGui and the cimgui-go binding. It provides a declarative, drop-in UI API with DPI awareness, incremental font atlas rebuilding for multilingual text, and event-driven redraws for low CPU usage.

## Use cases
- build a desktop GUI app in Go
- create cross-platform desktop tools with Go
- make a native-looking utility UI without web tech
- build a small single-binary GUI application
- render charts and dashboards in a Go desktop app
- write a GUI for a CLI tool in Go

## When to choose
- you want a small, fast, single-binary desktop app in Go
- you prefer declarative UI code over manual render loops
- you need multilingual text rendering without font configuration
- you want low CPU usage with event-driven redraws

## When to avoid
- you need native OS widget look-and-feel rather than ImGui styling
- you target mobile or web platforms
- you cannot set up a C/C++ compiler toolchain
- you need complex retained-mode UI features like advanced accessibility

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: gui, ui-components, graphics
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform
- tags: dear-imgui, imgui, immediate-mode-gui, declarative-ui, glfw, opengl, desktop-gui, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- AllenDang/giu (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.446295+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 2026-08-30T08:16:30.780938+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AllenDang/giu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.446295+00:00, sha 71e952ffc766)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.