yglukhov/nimx

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yglukhov/nimx.json

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  "createdAt": "2014-12-29T12:47:06Z",
  "defaultBranch": "master",
  "description": "GUI library",
  "fullName": "yglukhov/nimx",
  "homepage": "",
  "language": "Nim",
  "name": "nimx",
  "pushedAt": "2025-09-27T13:00:26Z",
  "stargazersCount": 1161,
  "topics": [
    "nim",
    "ui"
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  "updatedAt": "2025-11-21T14:18:07Z",
  "url": "https://github.com/yglukhov/nimx"
}

nimx

Cross-platform GUI framework in Nim. This is a development (version 2) version, a lot of upcoming breaking changes are expected. For the old version see v1 branch.

Live demo in WebGL

![Sample Screenshot]!(./doc/sample-screenshot.png)

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Usage

main.nim

import nimx/[window, text_field, layout]

proc startApp() =
  # First create a window. Window is the root of view hierarchy.
  var wnd = newWindow(newRect(40, 40, 800, 600))
  wnd.makeLayout:
    # Create a static text field, that occupies all the window
    - Label:
      frame == super
      text: "Hello, world!"

# Run the app
runApplication:
  startApp()

Running

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

Supported target platforms

Nimx officially supports Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android, iOS and WebAssembly.

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

  git clone https://github.com/yglukhov/nimx
  cd nimx
  nimble install -dy
  nake # Build and run on the current platform

Reference

See [the docs]!(./doc) for more information.