Mastodawn

2/4 #librsvg is a popular #C/C++ SVG library. For years, I searched for a lighter option. #sdl_svg was good but not perfect. #nanosvg makes a great alternative. It's used by #SDL_image & #FLTK projects & others. I would love to combine the best patches from the nanosvg forks. #DFD2026

babble encat Feb 15

You know, #FLTK has been good to me. I have a couple actually "complete" projects with FLTK.

I just don't reach for it now that I'm targeting phones.

I actually told a friend last week, "Hey, open this on a laptop or desktop, it won't make any sense on a little phone screen" and she got her tablet out.

People are being born and dying without ever knowing real human-computer interfaces. Mice and keyboards relegated to a curiosity.

It would be fine if they didn't need it, but ... 🧵

matthew - retroedge.tech Jan 27

FLinux is a Linux distribution with desktop environment entirely built in FLTK 1.3

https://flinux-distro.sourceforge.io/

.iso download is less than 50MB ! - 32bit only

#linux #retroedge #fltk

FLinux

Mathieu Westphal Jan 10

F3D 3.4.1 just released!

F3D is a fast and minimalist 3D viewer/renderer which support many formats (gltf, usd, fbx, abc) and tons of options!

In 3.4.1 we improved ⚗️ Alembic support (xForm and Curves support) and shipped 🇨 C bindings!

We also have dozen of examples usage of the libf3d, including C, Java, Qt, QML, FLTK and so on!

Please check it out!

https://github.com/f3d-app/f3d/releases/tag/v3.4.1

#f3d #3d #model #render #opensource #Qt #QML #FLTK

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lmemsm Dec 25

@thomasadam Not thrilled that a lot of the #GUI libraries are dropping #X11 support. I prefer cross platform options and dropping one backend means less portability to environments. I'm switching my own desktop to more lightweight GUI options like #FLTK and #SDL. At least those support X11 for now. #pdcurses also supports X11 via SDL.

Hacker News Nov 14

EDE: Small and Fast Desktop Environment
https://edeproject.org/
#ycombinator #ede #equinox #ede_desktop #ede_desktop_environment #ede_screenshots #equinox_screenshots #equinox_desktop_environment #equinox_themes #desktop_environment #linux_desktop #freebsd_desktop #desktop_fltk #window_manager #x11 #linux #FLTK #eFLTK

EDE - light and fast desktop environment

Light desktop environment for UNIX operating systems

Digital Freedom Foundation Sep 16, 2025

4 days and counting to #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. What's your favorite #FLOSS music player? I like the lightweight combo of #FLTK based flrec and #sox. I'm also a fan of #qmmp. #SFD2025

Begasus Aug 12, 2025

Lagging a few posts for Haiku/haikuports, fltk updated to 1.4.4. :)

#HaikuOS #haikuports #FLTK

Digital Freedom Foundation Jul 27, 2025

(4/7) #FLTK has a lot of the features of standard #GUI libraries but still manages to be lightweight with few dependencies. It's been used with #nano-x to create #XFDOS and #nanolinux. #TinyCore also features FLTK applications. FLTK applications even work on handheld and mobile devices. Here's a list of FLTK programs: https://www.fltk.org/links.php?LC+P22+Q While some are designed for older versions of FLTK, I've had no trouble updating many of them to later versions of the library.

Links: By Category - Links - Fast Light Toolkit (FLTK)

lmemsm May 21, 2025

Here's a list of some of the more lightweight #graphics editors for low resource computers and editors that work well for younger age groups:
https://pulkomandy.tk/projects/GrafX2
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lodepaint/
https://tuxpaint.org/
https://rendera.sourceforge.net/
https://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/
https://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/#rgbPaint
Have a favorite lightweight graphics editor for low resources computers? Please share it.
#FLOSS #FOSS #retrocomputing #SDL #FLTK