# wxFormBuilder/wxFormBuilder

A wxWidgets GUI Builder

Repository: https://github.com/wxFormBuilder/wxFormBuilder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wxformbuilder
Homepage: https://github.com/wxFormBuilder/wxFormBuilder/releases
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: wxwidgets, gui, designer, python, cpp, php, lua, rad
Last push: 2026-01-26T13:38:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 64, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3653, "days_push": 219, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2361, forks 406 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:40.916162+00:00)

## What it is
wxFormBuilder is a visual GUI builder (RAD tool) for the wxWidgets framework that generates C++, Python, Lua, and PHP code, with XRC import/export support. It runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS and can be extended with custom widget plugins.

## Use cases
- design wxWidgets GUI layouts visually
- generate C++ code for a wxWidgets interface
- generate wxPython GUI code
- export wxWidgets forms to XRC files
- build cross-platform desktop UIs without hand-writing layout code
- extend the designer with custom widget plugins

## When to choose
- you develop desktop apps with wxWidgets, wxPython, wxLua, or wxPHP and want drag-and-drop UI design
- you need XRC-based UI files or multi-language code generation from one designer
- you want a free, open-source, cross-platform RAD tool for wxWidgets

## When to avoid
- you use a different GUI toolkit like Qt or GTK
- you need a runtime UI framework rather than a design-time code generator
- you require WYSIWYG styling beyond what wxWidgets widgets provide

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, ui-components, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, python, lua, php
- tags: wxwidgets, rad-tool, xrc, gui-builder, code-generator, code-generation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- wxFormBuilder/wxFormBuilder (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.916162+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 2026-08-30T02:36:07.237753+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wxFormBuilder/wxFormBuilder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.916162+00:00, sha 9ae8f79dc92b)
  - homepage: https://github.com/wxFormBuilder/wxFormBuilder/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T10:16:39.573386+00:00, sha e84d48984bbd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.