# yue/yue

A library for creating native cross-platform GUI apps

Repository: https://github.com/yue/yue
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yue-yue
Homepage: https://libyue.com
Language: C++
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-01-24T11:00:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 31/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 3, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3678, "days_push": 586, "days_rel": 586, "gap_med": 36.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3614, forks 156 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:11.742718+00:00)

## What it is
Yue is a C++ library for building native cross-platform desktop GUI applications, with bindings for Node.js and Lua. It provides native widgets, a layout system, menus, notifications, and webview support so apps use each platform's real UI controls.

## Use cases
- build a native cross-platform desktop app in C++
- create a GUI app with Node.js using native widgets
- make a lightweight alternative to Electron with native controls
- build a desktop app with Lua bindings
- render GUI views with React via react-yue
- add native menus, notifications, and file dialogs to a desktop app

## When to choose
- you want truly native widgets instead of web-rendered UI
- you prefer C++, Node.js, or Lua over other GUI toolkits
- you need a lighter-weight, smaller-footprint alternative to Electron
- you need cross-platform support for macOS, Windows, and Linux

## When to avoid
- you need a rich web-based UI ecosystem like Electron or Tauri
- you need mobile (iOS/Android) targets
- you want a large community and frequent updates, as development is slow
- you need a declarative UI framework with hot reload out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, ui-components, desktop-framework
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, lua, cross-platform, windows
- tags: native-widgets, gui-library, bindings, desktop-apps, lgpl, nodejs, desktop, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- yue/yue (main) score 31

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.742718+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 2026-08-29T18:33:37.011534+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yue/yue (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.742718+00:00, sha 33161f7233f6)
  - homepage: https://libyue.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:50.296537+00:00, sha d2bb2e0d1ca7)
  - site_page: https://libyue.com/docs/v0.15.6/cpp (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:50.311587+00:00, sha b7c01996bf72)
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  - site_page: https://libyue.com/docs/latest/cpp (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:50.305397+00:00, sha e6d72cd2d9ce)
  - site_page: https://libyue.com/docs/latest/lua (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:50.307629+00:00, sha 81a99a298b67)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.