golang-ui/nuklear

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Go bindings (package nk) for nuklear.h, a small ANSI C immediate-mode GUI single-header toolkit. It lets Go applications build lightweight, fully skinnable user interfaces with GLFW/OpenGL or SDL2 backends, plus Android support via OpenGL ES.

Use cases

• build a desktop GUI in Go
• add an immediate mode UI to a Go application
• create lightweight tool UIs with minimal dependencies
• render debug or tool windows over OpenGL in Go
• build a cross-platform Go app with GLFW or SDL2
• embed a small customizable GUI with low memory footprint
• make an Android Go app with a native UI

When to choose

• you want a tiny, dependency-free immediate mode GUI in Go
• you need full control over memory and rendering backends
• you are already using GLFW, OpenGL, or SDL2 in Go
• you want a fully skinnable, embeddable UI without hidden global state

When to avoid

• you need an idiomatic, high-level Go GUI API with wrappers
• you want retained-mode widgets or native OS look-and-feel
• you need a mature, actively developed upstream (the referenced vurtun/nuklear repo is archived)
• you want rich built-in controls like tables, trees, or complex layouts

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

gui ui-components graphics desktop-applications cross-platform developer-tools windows go cpp cross-platform immediate-mode-gui c-bindings golang-bindings nuklear opengl glfw sdl2 single-header-library game-development macos linux android

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