stethd / nimx

GUI library

nimx
Cross-platform GUI framework in Nim.
Live demo in WebGL
Quick start

Installation

nimble install nimx

Usage

# File: main.nim
import nimx.window
import nimx.text_field
import nimx.system_logger # Required because of Nim bug (#4433)

proc startApp() =
    # First create a window. Window is the root of view hierarchy.
    var wnd = newWindow(newRect(40, 40, 800, 600))

    # Create a static text field and add it to view hierarchy
    let label = newLabel(newRect(20, 20, 150, 20))
    label.text = "Hello, world!"
    wnd.addSubview(label)

# Run the app
runApplication:
    startApp()

Running

Unix:

nim c -r --noMain --threads:on main.nim

Windows:

nim c -r --threads:on main.nim

Supported target platforms ------------Nimx officially supports Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android, iOS, Javascript (with Nim JS backend) and Asm.js (with Nim C backend and Emscripten).

Troubleshooting ------------Nimx is tested only against the latest devel version of Nim compiler. Before reporting any issues please verify that your Nim is as fresh as possible.

Running nimx samples

cd $(nimble path nimx | tail -n 1)/test
nake # Build and run on the current platform
# or
nake js # Build and run in default web browser

Reference

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