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Overview

List of GUIs

Name	Creator	First release	Latest Version	Cost US$	License	Open source	Platforms	Last update
CEGUI	Crazy Eddie	0.1.0	0.7.6	free	MIT License	yes	win32/Linux/MacOS X	22 January 2012
BetaGUI	Betajaen	1.0'1	1.0'15	free	Public Domain	yes	Any	??
buttonGUI	metaldev	1.0	1.23	free	LGPL License	yes	Any	1 July 2011
MyGUI	my.name	1.3	3.2.0	free	LGPL License	yes	Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/iOS	23 February 2012
QuickGUI	KungFooMasta	??	10.1	free	MIT License	yes	Windows/Mac/Linux	12 January 2010
Navi	ajs15822	1.0	1.5	free	LGPL License	yes	??	28 May 2008
Hikari	ajs15822	0.2	0.3	free	LGPL License	yes	Windows	~1 year ago
Right BrainGUI	Right Brain Games	0.1.0	0.1.3	free	LGPL License/Commercial	yes	??	??
libRocket	Team libRocket	1.0	1.2	free	MIT License	yes	Windows/Mac/Linux/iPhone	8 September 2010
Tiny GUI	Tubras LTD	??	??	free	MIT License	yes	??	??
TwOgre	Casey Borders	...	...	...	...	...	...	??

Features

Supported Widgets

Name	StaticText	StaticImage	ProgressBar	Button	Checkbox	Spinner	Editbox	Slider	Scrollbar
CEGUI	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
BetaGUI	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	yes	no	no
buttonGUI	yes	yes	no	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no
MyGUI	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
QuickGUI	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Navi	yes	yes	yes*	yes	yes	yes*	yes	yes*	yes
Hikari	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**
Right Brain GUI	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
libRocket	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
TwOgre	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

Name	MultiLineEditbox	RadioButton	Listbox	Combobox	MultiColumnList	TabControl	Menu	Popup_Menu	Window	RenderBox
CEGUI	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	??
BetaGUI	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no
buttonGUI	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	displays .mesh
MyGUI	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
QuickGUI	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	??	??
Navi	yes	yes	yes	yes*	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	??	??
Hikari	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	yes**	??	??
Right Brain GUI	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	??	??
libRocket	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	??
TwOgre	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

* Created from basic elements via Javascript

** Can use anything Macromedia Flash/Flex can

Other Features

Name	Cache_To_Texture	Batching	Animation	Scripting	Custom_Widget	Layout_from_file	Multicoloured_text	64_bit_support
CEGUI	yes**	yes	yes***	Lua and Python	yes	yes+editor	yes	yes
BetaGUI	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	??
buttonGUI	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	yes	??
MyGUI	yes*	yes	yes	no	yes	yes+editor	yes	yes
QuickGUI	no	yes	yes	no	yes	??	??	??
Navi	yes	no	yes	JS & Lua	yes	??	??	??
Hikari	yes	yes (basic)	yes	ActionScript	Flash/Flex components	yes	yes	??
Right Brain GUI	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	??	??	??
libRocket	no	no	no	Python	yes	yes	yes	??
TwOgre	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

* Optional, disabled by default.

** In v0.7 or later.

*** In v0.7.2 or later.
Cache To Texture: Widgets contained within a window are rendered to a texture when they need updating. When no updating occurs, the whole window is rendered as a single quad thus providing optimal performance.

Batching: Widgets are grouped together into a single render operation instead of rendering each widget as a separate render operation. This reduces the time taken to render.

Animation: Animated widgets, look changes over time (e.g. button smoothly changing color on rollover, etc...)

Scripting: Some form of scripting language (e.g. Lua, Javascript, Python, etc...) can be used to handle events.

Custom Widget: Allows the user to define their own widgets to supplement the supported widget set.

Layout from file: Possibility to load GUI layout from file instead of creating each widget in code.

Multicoloured text: Possibility to colour different parts of text with different colours.

64 bit support: GUI works on 64 bit's platforms.

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