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Asked: 2026-05-12T23:55:04+00:00

I want to write a standalone GUI based app for administering one of the

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I want to write a standalone GUI based app for administering one of the most popular enterprise middleware products from a very big company. But that big company already has a admin tool and its free.
But guess what , its very very slow , since its written on the java/Eclipse platform.

I want to write a very fast responsive GUI tool natively for windows.

I do not have much experience programming for windows , So what library(open source preferably) i can use on windows to get the job done.

Note: I need to write it in C, Not C++ , But if i dont have any choice I guess i can do with C++.
So I basically need to write a GUI app in C with some good GUI library.

Please help me out.

Thanks.

Edit : I do not know OOP and don’t prefer using it.

Edit : So my choice is down to Win32API and Qt.
my requirement is that of a simple GUI , nothing fancy. I will be using simple windows ,buttons and menus. But I may need to do some processing , which means GUI should not take up much resources.
Based on this I m thinking of using Win32 API , even if I have to take the pain to hopefully satisfy the users.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want to write a C GUI app, stick to Win32 or GTK+.

    Win32 is blazingly fast, and will let you access everything available to Windows. Take a look at this tutorial.

    GTK+ is extremely easy to use, cross platform, and provides tons of extra functionality. Start by downloading the all-in-one bundle, and move onto a tutorial and the documentation.

    Personally I’d recommend going straight to Python if you need quick, responsive GUIs, and just need to wrap some lower level stuff.

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