# Welcome to GuiLite
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<p align="center">The smallest header-only GUI library(5 KLOC) for all platforms</p>
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- [中文](README_zh.md)

## Lightweight
- ✂️Small: 5,000- lines of C++ code & header-only: GuiLite.h
- ⚡Fast: Render GUI within one invoking, independent of any OS & 3rd party library
- 💉Embeddable: Run inside Qt/MFC/Winform/Cocoa/Web - Keep legacy Qt/MFC code reusable
- ⚙️️Hardware Minimum Requirment:

    | Processor | Disk/ROM space | Memory |
    | --- | --- | --- |
    | 24 MHZ | 29 KB | 9 KB |

## Cross platforms
- Support OS: iOS/macOS/WathOS, Android, Linux, Windows, RTOS... or **MCU without OS**
- Support language: C/C++, Swift, Java, Javascript, C#, Golang...
- Support 3rd party library: Qt, MFC, Winforms, CoCoa...

## Useful features
- 🔣Multi-language, support UTF-8
- 🔨[Toolkit](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteToolkit) for building font/image resource
- 📐[Layout GUI WYSIWYG](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLitePreviewer)
- ☁️Cloud + IoT Solution
- 📊Code Telemetry & Analysis in real time
- 📦Support 3D & [Web](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteWeb)
- 🐋Run docker with single command: `sudo docker run -it --privileged -v /dev:/dev-share idea4good/gui-lite:latest bash /run.sh`

## Easy to learn & Full support
Even C beginner, could master GuiLite quickly. The source code only use basic C++ feature(e,g: class, virtual function). We choose C++ for it could make the code size small significantly, and easy to read.
- 📚Documents
    - [How to use GuiLite?](documents/HowToUse.md)
    - [Design specification](documents/HowToWork.md)
    - [How to Layout widgets?](documents/HowLayoutWork.md)
    - [How to build unicode font/bitmap resource?](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteToolkit)
    - [How to switch theme?](https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/blob/master/HostMonitor/UIcode/source/resource/resource.cpp)
    - [How to dispatch messages?](documents/HowMessageWork.md)
    - [UML chart of GuiLite core](documents/UML.md)
- 📈Learning steps
    1. Build GuiLite library
    2. Build/Run HelloXXX demos
    3. Read/Modify `HelloXXX/UIcode/UIcode.cpp` code
    4. Read/Modify `gui` code
    5. Read/Modify `core` code
    6. Build your UI framework
- 📞[Reach out us](#community-channel) if you have any question, and welcome to our devloper family.
- 🌐[GitHub link](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLite)

## Demo wall
Click the image you like, and run it on your hardware
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/Hello3D"><img src="documents/Hello3D.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>3D on STM32</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloWave"><img src="documents/HelloWave.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wave on STM32</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloParticle"><img src="documents/HelloParticle.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Particle on STM32</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloStar"><img src="documents/HelloStar.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Star on STM32</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloNets"><img src="documents/HelloNets-mcu.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Nets on STM32</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloNoTouch"><img src="documents/HelloNoTouch.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Keyboard on STM32</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloMario"><img src="documents/HelloMario.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Mario on STM32</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloCircle"><img src="documents/HelloCircle.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>3D circle on STM32</b></sub></a>
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  <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloTimer"><img src="documents/HelloTimer.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Timer</b></sub></a>
  <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloSlide"><img src="documents/HelloSlide.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Swipe view</b></sub></a>
  <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloAnimation"><img src="documents/HelloAnimation.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Animation</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/Hello3D"><img src="documents/iWatch.hello3D.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>3D on Apple Watch</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloWave"><img src="documents/iWatch.helloWave.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wave on Apple Watch</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloParticle"><img src="documents/iOS.particle.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>Particle on iPhone</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/iOS.gif" width="200px;"/><br /><sub><b>HostMonitor on iPhone</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLitePreviewer"><img src="documents/Previewer.gif" width="600px;"/><br /><sub><b>Layout GUI</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloGuiLite"><img src="documents/HelloGuiLite.gif" width="600px;"/><br /><sub><b>Run Windows on Linux</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloFont"><img src="documents/HelloFont.gif" width="600px;"/><br /><sub><b>Multi-language</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/BuildInfo.png" width="600px;"/><br /><sub><b>Code Telemetry & Analysis in real time</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloScroll"><img src="documents/HelloScroll.gif" width="600px;"/><br /><sub><b>Scroll widget</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloNets"><img src="documents/HelloNets-pc.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>3D Nets on Windows/Linux</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HelloWidgets"><img src="documents/HelloWidgets.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>How to use widgets</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/unicode.jpg" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>Multi-language</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteWeb"><img src="documents/GuiLite3D.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>3D on Web</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteWeb"><img src="documents/GuiLiteCube.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>3D on Web</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLiteWeb"><img src="documents/GuiLiteGraphic.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>Tutorial on Web</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/HostMonitor.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>HostMonitor on Windows</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/data_on_cloud.png" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>HostMonitor on IoT-Cloud</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/Android.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>HostMonitor on Android</b></sub></a>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/WinMR.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>HostMonitor on Windows Mixed Reality</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/Mac.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>HostMonitor on Mac</b></sub></a>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitee.com/idea4good/GuiLiteSamples/tree/master/HostMonitor"><img src="documents/Linux.gif" width="300px;"/><br /><sub><b>HostMonitor on Linux</b></sub></a>
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## 📞Community Channel
Thanks for the help from community, you guys make GuiLite better! And welcome new friend to join us.
- [**@Twitter**](https://twitter.com/idea4good)
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