# btzy/nativefiledialog-extended

Cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) native file dialog library with C and C++ bindings, based on mlabbe/nativefiledialog.

Repository: https://github.com/btzy/nativefiledialog-extended
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nativefiledialog-extended
Language: C++
License: Zlib
License Family: permissive
Topics: file-dialog, folder-picker, cross-platform, c, c-plus-plus, cpp
Last push: 2026-08-08T15:26:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 33, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2944, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": 239, "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 1056, forks 137 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:24.481232+00:00)

## What it is
A small cross-platform C library (with an optional C++ wrapper) that invokes native file open, save, and folder selection dialogs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is an extended fork of mlabbe/nativefiledialog with friendly filter names, UTF-8/UTF-16 support, multiple selection, and no third-party dependencies.

## Use cases
- open a native file picker dialog in a C++ desktop app
- show a save file dialog on Windows, Mac, and Linux with one codebase
- let users select a folder in a cross-platform application
- add file open dialogs to a SDL or GLFW game without Qt or wxWidgets
- pick multiple files at once with a native dialog
- open the native Linux file chooser via xdg-desktop-portal

## When to choose
- you need native file dialogs with a tiny footprint and no large GUI framework dependency
- you want consistent UTF-8 handling and friendly filter names across platforms
- you use C or C++ and want a simple static library with CMake support

## When to avoid
- you need full GUI widgets beyond file dialogs
- you are building a web or mobile app where native desktop dialogs do not apply
- you need dialogs with custom layouts or previews

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: gui, file-system, sdk
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp, c, cross-platform
- tags: file-dialog, folder-picker, native-ui, zlib-license, cmake, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- btzy/nativefiledialog-extended (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.481232+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 2026-08-30T06:58:21.941849+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/btzy/nativefiledialog-extended (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.481232+00:00, sha 2571aaf39aed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.