TGUI - Texus' Graphical User Interface
April 5, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
TGUI is a cross-platform modern C++ GUI library. Although originally a library for SFML, it now also has backends for SDL, GLFW and raylib.
For more information, take a look at the website.
Status
OS support for each backend:
| Windows | Linux | macOS | Android | iOS | Emscripten | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFML_GRAPHICS | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: :question: | N/A |
| SFML_OPENGL3 | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SDL_GPU | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :question: | :heavy_check_mark: | :question: | N/A |
| SDL_RENDERER | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: :question: | :heavy_check_mark: |
| SDL_TTF_OPENGL3 | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SDL_TTF_GLES2 | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: :question: | :heavy_check_mark: | |
| SDL_OPENGL3 | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SDL_GLES2 | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | :heavy_check_mark: | |||
| GLFW_OPENGL3 | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| GLFW_GLES2 | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | N/A | N/A | :heavy_check_mark: | |
| RAYLIB | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | :heavy_check_mark: |
Dependencies for each backend:
| Window backend | Font backend | Rendering backend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFML_GRAPHICS | sfml-window (>= 2.5) | sfml-graphics (>= 2.5) | sfml-graphics (>= 2.5) |
| SFML_OPENGL3 | sfml-window (>= 2.5) | FreeType (>= 2.6) | OpenGL (>= 3.3) |
| SDL_GPU | SDL (>= 3.2) | SDL_ttf (>= 3.2) | SDL (>= 3.2) |
| SDL_RENDERER | SDL (>= 2.0.18) | SDL_ttf (>= 2.0.14) | SDL (>= 2.0.18) |
| SDL_TTF_OPENGL3 | SDL (>= 2.0.6) | SDL_ttf (>= 2.0.14) | OpenGL (>= 3.3) |
| SDL_TTF_GLES2 | SDL (>= 2.0.6) | SDL_ttf (>= 2.0.14) | OpenGL ES (>= 2.0) |
| SDL_OPENGL3 | SDL (>= 2.0.6) | FreeType (>= 2.6) | OpenGL (>= 3.3) |
| SDL_GLES2 | SDL (>= 2.0.6) | FreeType (>= 2.6) | OpenGL ES (>= 2.0) |
| GLFW_OPENGL3 | GLFW (>= 3.2) | FreeType (>= 2.6) | OpenGL (>= 3.3) |
| GLFW_GLES2 | GLFW (>= 3.2) | FreeType (>= 2.6) | OpenGL ES (>= 2.0) |
| RAYLIB | raylib (>= 4.2) | raylib (>= 4.2) | raylib (>= 4.2) |
Download
You can download the source code of the current development version from the git repository: Download ZIP
Precompiled libraries for some compilers are available for each release.
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Contact
Name: Bruno Van de Velde
E-mail: vdv_b@tgui.eu
