gtk4
brew install gtk4
v4.22.4
LGPL-2.1-or-later
Cross-platform C widget toolkit for building native-looking graphical user interfaces.
Why you might care
GTK4 is a mature, portable GUI toolkit widely used in GNOME and other Linux desktop environments. It's the dependency-of-choice for C/C++ applications needing native theming and accessibility support across X11, Wayland, and macOS. Primary use is as a build/runtime dependency for applications like GIMP, Inkscape, and Evolution.
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Runtime dependencies
cairo
fontconfig
fribidi
gdk-pixbuf
glib
graphene
harfbuzz
hicolor-icon-theme
jpeg-turbo
libepoxy
libpng
librsvg
libtiff
pango
gettext
Build dependencies
Links
- https://gtk.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/g/gtk4.rb
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