Common name or abbreviation of the toolkit.
Whether the toolkit is suitable for a newbie programmer.
Different licenses for different GUI toolkits have practical significance. GTK+ and TK licenses allow you to develop both open source and closed source applications without paying for a license. Motif license requires payment, while the QT license requires payment only if you write closed source programs.
The language that is most often used with the toolkit.
Other languages which can use the toolkit.
Applications that use the toolkit.
Additional information on the toolkit.
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Library | Beginner | License | Language | Bindings | Examples | Comments |
| TK | Yes | Free | TCL | PERL, Python, others | make xconfig, TKDesk | |
| GTK+ | No | Free (LGPL) | C | PERL, C++, Python, many others | GNOME, Gimp | |
| QT | No | Free for open source | C++ | Python, PERL, C, others? | KDE | |
| Motif | No | Non-free | C/C++ | Python, others? | Netscape, Wordperfect | |