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by tgpc 3709 days ago
I hear qt is excellent, but would encourage you to do distinct ui code for each platform, in that platform's native ui libs. You'll look like a fish out of water otherwise.
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cm3 3709 days ago
To be clear, Qt is as native as you can get on X11 and Wayland. There is no vendor-controlled UI toolkit as on Windows or OS X or Android or ...
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viktorelofsson 3709 days ago
Yeah, that's what I'm planning in order to keep it small and tidy.
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skrowl 3708 days ago
You might want to start with a web UI then (like SyncThing). This provides you with a simple way to display your data and you get Mac / Linux / etc support for "Free" while also allowing your Windows users to have simple network access.

No extra dependencies, no UI toolkits!

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viktorelofsson 3708 days ago
Yes, and then you have Hadouken (https://github.com/hadouken/hadouken), another BitTorrent client of mine (though server oriented) :)
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