aurora
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aurora
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JetBrains Compose is now Compose Multiplatform
+1 I really hope that they add official desktop controls. Just wanted to mention this library https://github.com/kirill-grouchnikov/aurora It has some pretty good looking desktop controls, in the meantime.
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What do you use for building Desktop apps these days?
If you don't mind me asking: by "missing app framework" for Compose Desktop, do you mean a framework for WIMP components? I know that there is the Aurora project which brings these components to Compose Desktop (haven't tried it myself, though)
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What cool libraries exist for Kotline native targetting desktop (Linux, MacOS, Windows)?
I haven't tried it yet but for GUI options there's Aurora
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A go-to GUI library for Kotlin
there's a library for that
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JetBrains Toolbox Case Study: Moving 1M users to Kotlin & Compose Multiplatform
Or you could use something like that: https://github.com/kirill-grouchnikov/aurora
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best GUI framework for Kotlin? I’m working on a desktop program and i’ve been using JavaFX, and was curious if Kotlin had anything better? I’m aware of TornadoFX but i don’t really enjoy the way it’s setup.
Check out https://github.com/kirill-grouchnikov/aurora for some ideas on how to do this (custom components, etc...).
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Desktop themes for compose
Not specifically a Windows theme per se, but you should take a look at Aurora.
- Aurora - Building modern, elegant and fast Compose Desktop applications
imgui-java
- Lets-Plot: An open-source plotting library by JetBrains
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JavaFX 19 Released
So this makes me wonder: how common is desktop app development with Java these days? I imagine there is still a lot done for internal app, but is it still viable to ship Java apps to end users? How you handle JRE distribution in that case?
Anyway also wanna shout out Dear ImGui[0]. I've been using it recently to build an interactive UI to quite complicated networking code. So far it been great for manual testing and demos, and it's fairly low maintenance once running.
[0] https://github.com/SpaiR/imgui-java
- Basic ClickGUI
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A go-to GUI library for Kotlin
If you aren't off-put by the Blender/Unity UI style, there's also ImGUI a possibility as it has some java bindings available.
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GUI in LWJGL
If you want a library that has an active community and a lot of examples try out imgui (java port: https://github.com/SpaiR/imgui-java). It is a C based language but seems like the port are pretty close to the original api so you can follow not only the java docs but the c/c++ ones as well. There are a few game engines that utilizes imgui in the editor because it is lightweight, easy to extend, theme and use.
What are some alternatives?
compose-macos-theme - MacOS theme for JetBrains Compose UI framework
LWJGL - LWJGL is a Java library that enables cross-platform access to popular native APIs useful in the development of graphics (OpenGL, Vulkan, bgfx), audio (OpenAL, Opus), parallel computing (OpenCL, CUDA) and XR (OpenVR, LibOVR, OpenXR) applications.
compose-multiplatform - Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.
LWJGUI - Simple UI solution for LWJGL3
asteroids-compose-for-desktop - Simple space game, built with Compose for Desktop!
Vulkan-Tutorial-Java - Vulkan tutorial by Alexander Overvoorde ported to Java
Kamel - Kotlin asynchronous media loading and caching library for Compose.
darklaf - Darklaf - A themeable swing Look and Feel based on Darcula-Laf
kobweb - A modern framework for full stack web apps in Kotlin, built upon Compose HTML
jnativehook - Global keyboard and mouse listeners for Java.
jewel - An implementation of the IntelliJ look and feels in Compose for Desktop
ImFrame - dear imgui + glfw framework