mlabbe/nativefiledialog
A tiny, neat C library that portably invokes native file open and save dialogs. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
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: 4299
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 753
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1989 stars · 228 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A tiny, portable C library that invokes native file open, save, and folder-select dialogs on Windows, macOS, and Linux with a single consistent API. It has no third-party dependencies and avoids heavyweight GUI frameworks like Qt or wxWidgets.
Use cases
- open a native file picker from a C or C++ app
- show a save file dialog cross-platform
- let users select a folder in a desktop application
- add file selection to an SDL2 game without a GUI toolkit
- pick multiple files at once with a native dialog
- avoid linking Qt or wxWidgets just for file dialogs
When to choose
- you need native-looking file dialogs in a C/C++ desktop app
- you want a minimal, dependency-free static library
- you target Windows, macOS, and Linux with one codebase
- you need UTF-8 consistent paths across platforms
When to avoid
- you need full GUI widgets beyond file dialogs
- you are building a web or mobile application
- you need custom-styled or non-native dialogs
- your project is not C/C++ compatible
Facets
library · maturity stable
gui file-system developer-tools desktop-applications cross-platform developer-tools windows c cpp native-file-dialogs file-picker zlib-license no-dependencies gtk3 cocoa ifiledialog macos linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mlabbe/nativefiledialog · fetched 2026-08-28 · 326dd05298ec
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mlabbe/nativefiledialog | main | 23 |
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