# vlang/ui

A cross-platform UI library written in V

Repository: https://github.com/vlang/ui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vlang-ui
Language: V
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: v, gui, ui
Last push: 2026-05-04T01:03:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 80, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2634, "days_push": 122, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2512, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:57.492222+00:00)

## What it is
V UI is a cross-platform UI toolkit written in the V programming language, targeting Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and eventually iOS and the web. It offers a declarative API similar to SwiftUI and Flutter, using native widgets on Windows and macOS while drawing widgets itself on other platforms.

## Use cases
- build a cross-platform desktop GUI app in V
- create simple native-feeling windows with textboxes and buttons
- prototype UIs with a declarative SwiftUI-like API
- build lightweight Linux GUI apps without GTK or Qt dependencies
- develop mobile apps for Android in V
- compile dependency-free GUI binaries

## When to choose
- you are already using the V language and need a GUI
- you want small binaries with no external dependencies
- you want to experiment with an early declarative UI toolkit
- you need a lightweight alternative to GTK/Qt on Linux

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready, stable software (it is explicitly pre-alpha)
- you need a mature widget set with many features
- you need iOS or web support today
- you require comprehensive documentation (only examples exist)
- your project depends on long-term API stability

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: experimental
- function: ui-components, gui, mobile-framework
- domain: cross-platform, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: v-lang, gui-toolkit, declarative-ui, pre-alpha, native-widgets, macos, linux, android

## Member repositories
- vlang/ui (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.492222+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 2026-08-30T02:26:20.905405+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vlang/ui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.492222+00:00, sha 906019629f34)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.