# aiekick/ImGuiFileDialog

Full featured file Dialog for Dear ImGui

Repository: https://github.com/aiekick/ImGuiFileDialog
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/imguifiledialog
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: imgui, dialog, filter-coloring, pane, dlg, custom-pane, macos, linux, multi-selection, windows, cross-platform, filedialog, free-library, directory-chooser, custom-filter, bookmark, filter-collections, icons, cimgui, emscripten
Last push: 2026-04-18T23:01:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 18, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3154, "days_push": 137, "days_rel": 334, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1511, forks 243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:55.922075+00:00)

## What it is
A feature-rich file and directory selection dialog library built exclusively for Dear ImGui. It supports custom panes, filter coloring and collections, multi-selection, bookmarks, and icons, and is designed to be dropped directly into your source tree.

## Use cases
- add an open/save file dialog to an ImGui application
- let users pick multiple files at once in an ImGui app
- build a directory chooser inside an ImGui-based tool
- show custom widgets in a file dialog pane based on file extension
- add bookmarks and custom file filters to a file browser
- embed a file dialog in an emscripten/web ImGui build

## When to choose
- your app already uses Dear ImGui and needs a native-feeling in-app file dialog
- you need customization like custom panes, filter collections, or bookmarks
- you want a cross-platform dialog that works on Windows, Linux, macOS, and web via emscripten
- you prefer a drop-in source file rather than a compiled dependency

## When to avoid
- you need a native OS file dialog rather than an ImGui-drawn one
- your project does not use Dear ImGui
- you need a standalone file manager or terminal file picker

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: gui, ui-components, file-system
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: cpp, windows, cross-platform, wasm
- tags: imgui, file-dialog, file-picker, directory-chooser, multi-selection, bookmarks, custom-filters, single-header, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- aiekick/ImGuiFileDialog (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.922075+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 2026-08-30T04:32:22.653252+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aiekick/ImGuiFileDialog (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.922075+00:00, sha 2681ddafa9d8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.