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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
24
submitters
3
observed span
2018–2020
peak thread · 48 comments
355 pts
latest 20+ return · 2020-03-07
243 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

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The examples of GuiLite and those of Littlevgi (posted in this thread) all look a little outdated and messy. And I can understand this. Most programmers aren't designers. But if you know why it looks outdated and messy it can help to create better looking products. The reasons are: lack of alignment and padding / font sizes all over the place. To make your product look good there are simple tricks you can use: * Only use one size of…

pasta·355-point thread·

If you are actually searching for tiny GUI library that can run on embedded devices and additionally supports Micropython bindings, check out https://littlevgl.com/ .

butz·243-point thread·

> GuiLite can work with other languages(e.g. Swift, Java, C#) This looks like it's 100% C++, so how are you planning to get it to work with Swift?

Support: iOS, Android, Linux, Windows(UWP), Mac

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
656

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Total comments
103

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-02-08GuiLite – Build all platforms UI framework with 6,000 lines codeidea4good41
2018-03-02Show HN: GuiLite – UI framework for all platformsidea4good197
2018-09-03How to know how many pepole build/run your GitHub project?idea4good10
2018-09-06Self monitor for your “open source project”idea4good20
2019-01-14UI framework for any MCUzorro_young20
2019-02-01Show HN: GuiLite – Tiny UI framework, runs on MCU without OSFirst breakout · Best threadzorro_young35548
2019-07-25Run 3D Graphic on MCU(STM32)zorro_young20
2019-08-13Leverage 3D on Your GUI Appzorro_young10
2019-08-13Upgrade GUI to 3D Levelzorro_young30
2019-08-14Move your 2D-GUI on 3D levelzorro_young20
2019-08-15Move C/C++ GUI on Webzorro_young20
2019-08-20Embed GUI on Web/Qt/MFC/3Dzorro_young20
2019-08-22Inject a GUI into Another Onezorro_young20
2019-08-27Speed up GUI by inject small/fast onezorro_young10
2019-09-23Lightweight 3D-Engine for MCU(STM32)zorro_young10
2019-10-103D Engine for MCU(STM32)zorro_young10
2019-11-06Run MCU/Emebedded Program on Apple Watchzorro_young10
2019-11-07Run Your Code on Apple Watchzorro_young20
2019-11-14Render Ecg Wave on Apple Watchzorro_young10
2019-11-15Embed 3rd Party GUI Library in Apple Watchzorro_young10
2019-11-26A GUI Library Work for Apple Watchzorro_young20
2020-02-03Dynamic UI Effect and Code for IoT/Embedded Devicezorro_young20
2020-03-07GuiLite: Small, cute GUI effects you can reuseLatest 20+ point returnzorro_young24347
2020-09-12GuiLite – The smallest header-only GUI library (5 KLOC) for all platformsturrini40