Gtk - Uses

Uses

Environments that use GTK+
  • GNOME is based on GTK+, meaning that programs native to GNOME use GTK+
  • Xfce is based on GTK+
  • LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) is based on GTK+
  • ROX Desktop is a lightweight desktop, with features from the GUI of RISC OS
  • GPE Palmtop Environment
  • Access Linux Platform (successor of the Palm OS PDA platform)
  • Sugar is a desktop environment oriented towards children's education, which uses GTK+ and PyGTK
  • KDE, though based on Qt, has integration with GTK+-based programs and themes (since version 4.2).

GTK+ programs do not require a desktop environment made with GTK+. If the required libraries are installed, a GTK+ program can run on top of other X11-based desktop environments or window managers; this includes Mac OS X if X11.app is installed (which is the default since the Leopard release). GTK+ can also run under Microsoft Windows, where it is used by some popular cross-platform applications like Pidgin and GIMP. wxWidgets, a cross-platform GUI toolkit, uses GTK+ for Linux operating systems. Other ports include DirectFB (used by the Debian installer, for example) and ncurses.

Window managers

The following window managers use GTK+

  • Aewm
  • AfterStep
  • Amaterus
  • IceWM
  • Metacity
  • Mutter
  • Sawfish
  • Wmg
  • Xfwm

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