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by mindviews 2597 days ago
While lacking in lots of built-in UI widgets, I use Cinder like a UI library. https://libcinder.org/ Perhaps "graphics library" would be a better descriptor and explains why I didn't find it on the list. But with mouse/touch, images, audio, video, etc. support, "graphics library" seems too narrow of a description. Maybe it's better to think of as a GUI library without a lot of commitments to the usual set of GUI widgets.
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I used Cinder on a couple of projects and it's great for what it is. It would be a solid start for making your own UI library, but that is a considerable task.
Cinder looks neat. I'm curious though, the only packages it offers are for Windows or OS X. Do you know if it supports Linux at all?
I've used it on Linux (Raspberry Pi for my case) just fine. Guides here if you need it: https://www.libcinder.org/docs/guides/linux-notes/index.html
Thanks! I'll give that a try.
It does, yeah. They don't distribute pre-built linux packages, but most distros do.