stackotter / SwiftGtk

SwiftGtk provides a Swift wrapper for Gtk. It is currently in development.

ARCHIVED: This Gtk wrapper is developed in tandem with SwiftCrossUI, and hence its API is a higgledy-piggledy mess of random Gtk APIs that SwiftCrossUI needs to access. Thus, for someone wanting to actually just use regular old Gtk in a Swift project (and not SwiftCrossUI), this project was never really very useful. Hence I have moved this wrapper into the SwiftCrossUI repository to simplify the development and the contributing process of SwiftCrossUI. I advise that you have a look at rhx's great Gtk wrapper which uses automatic code generation to always stay up-to-date with the latest features and have complete coverage of the Gtk API.

If you still want to continue using this wrapper after reading what I have to say, include SwiftCrossUI as a dependency in your project and add the Gtk product as a dependency of your target or app. The wrapper has merely been moved to a new more fitting home.

SwiftGtk

SwiftGtk provides Swift bindings for Gtk+ 3. It currently supports both macOS and Linux (with Windows support planned).

Dependencies

1. Swift 5.5 or higher
2. Gtk+ 3
3. clang (only required on Linux)

macOS: Installing Gtk+ 3

Install Gtk+ 3 using homebrew or the package manager of your choice.

brew install gtk+3

Linux: Installing Gtk+ 3 and clang

Install Gtk+3 and Clang using apt or the package manager of your choice.

sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev clang

Usage

Add SwiftGtk as a dependency of your project using Swift Package Manager. Below is an example package manifest that has SwiftGtk as a dependency.

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
  name: "GtkHelloWorld",
  dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/stackotter/SwiftGtk", .branch("main"))
  ],
  targets: [
    .executableTarget(name: "GtkHelloWorld", dependencies: ["SwiftGtk"])
  ]
)

Demo

First install the required dependencies as listed above. And then run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/stackotter/SwiftGtk
cd SwiftGtk
swift run Demo

macOS

License

All code is licensed under MIT license.