# SFML/imgui-sfml

Dear ImGui backend for use with SFML

Repository: https://github.com/SFML/imgui-sfml
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/imgui-sfml
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: imgui, sfml, immediate-gui, binding, gui
Last push: 2026-08-21T05:01:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3795, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 606, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1362, forks 193 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:30.317707+00:00)

## What it is
ImGui-SFML is a Dear ImGui backend that integrates the immediate-mode GUI library with SFML, handling rendering, events, and clipboard. It is a C++17 library designed for use in CMake projects via FetchContent or submodules.

## Use cases
- add debug GUI to an SFML game
- use Dear ImGui with SFML rendering
- build in-game tool windows with SFML
- integrate immediate-mode UI into an SFML application
- render ImGui interfaces on top of an SFML render window

## When to choose
- your project already uses SFML 3 and you want ImGui tooling
- you need quick debug or editor overlays in an SFML app
- you want a CMake-friendly ImGui backend for SFML

## When to avoid
- you use SDL, GLFW, or another windowing library instead of SFML
- you need a retained-mode or native-looking GUI toolkit
- you require SFML 2.x support, since development now targets SFML 3

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, gui, graphics
- domain: developer-tools, graphics
- platform: cpp, cross-platform
- tags: dear-imgui, sfml, immediate-mode-gui, backend, cmake, game-development, desktop

## Member repositories
- SFML/imgui-sfml (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:30.317707+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 2026-08-30T04:41:28.590433+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SFML/imgui-sfml (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:30.317707+00:00, sha 8aec4d7d1511)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.