https://guide.aelve.com/haskell/feed/category/ugvn4hsf2019-07-04T12:24:54Zi69wgvo62019-07-04T12:24:54Z<h1> <span class="item-name">sdl2</span> (<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/sdl2">Hackage</a>) </h1><p>Not directly for applications, but for graphics, games, controller interaction and sound. Some games have been written in Haskell with sdl2.</p> <h2>Pros</h2><ul></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul></ul>h9gkbz2l2017-04-16T16:00:10Z<h1> <span class="item-name">gi-gtk</span> (<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/gi-gtk">Hackage</a>) </h1><p>GTK Frontend library. More recent than gtk3.</p> <h2>Pros</h2><ul></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul></ul>rqqvksuv2017-04-16T15:57:23Z<h1> <span class="item-name">qtah-qt5</span> (<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/qtah-qt5">Hackage</a>) </h1><h2>Pros</h2><ul></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul></ul>dizvkro82016-04-14T10:10:09Z<h1> <span class="item-name">hsqml</span> (<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hsqml">Hackage</a>) </h1><h2>Pros</h2><ul></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul></ul>ros3ywsx2016-04-14T10:09:17Z<h1> <span class="item-name">fltkhs</span> (<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/fltkhs">Hackage</a>) </h1><p>FLTKHS is a Haskell binding to <a href="https://www.fltk.org/">FLTK</a>. It is simple, fast and has excellent documentation.</p> <h2>Pros</h2><ul><p><li>Easy to install (even on Windows) thanks to bundled FLTK</li></p><p><li>Custom Widgets can be added in Haskell</li></p><p><li>Good documentation</li></p><p><li>Many examples</li></p><p><li>Can use FLUID as a GUI designer</li></p><p><li>FLTK has LGPL license, but with static linking exception so it can be used also in commercial software and embedded systems (see <a href="https://www.fltk.org/articles.php?L364+I0+TFAQ+P1+Q">here</a> and <a href="https://www.fltk.org/articles.php?L365+I0+TFAQ+P1+Q">here</a>)</li></p><p><li>OpenGL and SVG rendering are available</li></p></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul><p><li>Looks very retro, though some themes are available</li></p><p><li>Very thin layer, therefore very IO driven and based on FLTK primitives. No high-level interface</li></p><p><li>Cairo not bound</li></p></ul>zkvwu4y92016-04-14T10:08:25Z<h1> <span class="item-name">wx</span> (<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wx">Hackage</a>) </h1><h2>Pros</h2><ul></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul></ul>oz7cqrw22016-04-14T10:08:20Z<h1> <span class="item-name">threepenny-gui</span> (<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/threepenny-gui">Hackage</a>) </h1><h2>Pros</h2><ul><p><li>Can utilise browser technology</li></p></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul><p><li>Only available in the browser.</li></p></ul>yk1iale62016-04-14T10:07:32Z<h1> <span class="item-name">gtk3</span> (<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/gtk3">Hackage</a>) </h1><p>Haskell binding to the Gtk3 library (also GTK2 is available in the gtk2 library for older systems which do not yet support gtk3).</p> <h2>Pros</h2><ul><p><li>Well documented, some snippets can be found on stack overflow, some applications can be found on github that use it.</li></p><p><li>Most mature GUI framework binding in Haskell (also gtk2 for older systems available)</li></p><p><li>Nearly all functionality of GTK is supported (as well as GIO, Pango, Cairo, OpenGL, SourceView, GDK and Webkit)</li></p><p><li>Backends for the <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Chart-gtk">Chart</a> library and <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/diagrams-gtk">diagrams</a> library are available to directly draw in GTK windows</li></p></ul><h2>Cons</h2><ul><p><li>LGPL license (from GTK itself), which also applies to the Haskell binding (which is normally statically linked).</li></p><p><li>No deriving of new widgets in Haskell</li></p><p><li>Very low level, IO driven interface (thin layer around C functions)</li></p></ul>