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rxi/microui

A tiny immediate-mode UI library observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/rxi/microui · C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2902
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 750
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6811 stars · 421 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

microui is a tiny, portable immediate-mode UI library written in around 1100 sloc of ANSI C. It works within a fixed-size memory region and requires the user to provide input handling and rendering, drawing only rectangles and text commands.

Use cases

  • add debug UI overlays to a game or graphics demo
  • build a lightweight immediate-mode GUI in C
  • embed a small UI in an embedded or fixed-memory application
  • prototype tool windows with buttons, sliders, and textboxes
  • render UI with any custom renderer that can draw rectangles and text

When to choose

  • you need a minimal, dependency-free UI library in C
  • you have your own rendering system and just need UI logic
  • memory footprint and simplicity matter more than rich widgets

When to avoid

  • you need a full-featured retained-mode GUI toolkit
  • you want built-in rendering, fonts, or theming out of the box
  • you need complex controls like tables, trees, or docking

Facets

library · maturity stable

ui-components gui developer-tools cross-platform graphics cross-platform cpp c immediate-mode-ui tiny ansi-c portable no-allocation

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
rxi/microuimain32

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