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Asked: 2026-05-14T00:40:47+00:00

I developed a command line application, whose binary runs in Linux, Windows and Mac

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I developed a command line application, whose binary runs in Linux, Windows and Mac OSX. It reads some text input files, but I realize that some special users can not handle this. I would then like to build some kind of graphical interface, where the user only finds buttons and scroll bars for selecting the input parameters, a big “run” button, and then it reads the output of the program and makes some figures.

I also need that everything gets finally packed in a single file, which uses only static libraries, so the user just needs to copy the file to his/her machine and run it.

I would like to know what is the best open source and multi-platform approach to do this. 10 years ago I played a bit with something similar on DEC machines, so I guess that nowadays the situation has probably improved a bit.

P.S. For designing the graphical interface, I am looking for a graphical approach, where you add buttons, scroll bars with the mouse
P.S. 2: the interface is really simple, just need less than 10 buttons, 5 text fields and 2 scrolla bars

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  1. Editorial Team

    For advanced UIs, I would generally recommend writing a different UI for each platform (since each platform has its human inteface guidelines). However, is this going to be a simple UI, then one of the cross-platform UIs.

    You also didn’t mention what language you want to use.

    Lastly your “1 exe file” is a bit of a myth – it applies only to Windows. On MacOSX, we use the magic app folders, so it doesn’t matter how many files comprise your app, you still get drag-n-drop installs.

    Look into GTK+ which originated on Linux, or wxWidgets.

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