Nathan ReedAug 15, 2024
Omar
I wrote a thing...
"10 years of Dear ImGui" (long post) 🎉
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/issues/7892
10 years of Dear ImGui (long post) · Issue #7892 · ocornut/imgui

10 years of Dear ImGui 🎉 On August 11, 2014, I published v1.00 of Dear ImGui on GitHub. I thought I would take the occasion to reflect about it, share some data points and stories, and generally th...

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Show threadOmarAug 16, 2024
Made a few changes:
- amended section 6.9 about existing GUI/Layout editors. In particular, ImRAD (https://github.com/tpecholt/imrad) is noticeably more powerful, cater for data binding + hand-rolled C++ parser to allow iterations.
- mention accessibility a little bit better in section 5.
GitHub - tpecholt/imrad: ImRAD is a GUI builder for the ImGui library

ImRAD is a GUI builder for the ImGui library. Contribute to tpecholt/imrad development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadAras PranckevičiusAug 17, 2024
@ocornut btw! Unity picking IMGUI paradigm is definitely not my doing. While I was reading Molly Rocket forums at the time indeed, so was Nicholas Francis (one of Unity founders), he did drive IMGUI direction
Show threadOmarAug 17, 2024

@aras Thanks! I have corrected that section of the article to give them credits.

(Btw probably nothing you can do, but weirdly not seeing this message in my Mastodon notifications, I accidentally found it on my home screen.)

Show threadAras PranckevičiusAug 17, 2024
@ocornut :shrug:
Show threadOmarAug 19, 2024

@aras I now see a notification for the _previous_ message and got an e-mail for it, but not for this reply, so I assume it's a funny off by one FIFO bug that always keeps a guest in (FOBOFIFO? FOMOFIFO?)

(please forget everything about this and enjoy your day).

Show threadDuckonautAug 19, 2024
@ocornut @aras https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/112988700892941530 was wondering what was up with this but looks like it's already fixed lol
Show threadXtoFAug 15, 2024

@ocornut Dear ImGui is a wonderful and incredibly useful tool: thanks for sharing it with the world 🙂

I only read the part about the history thus far. It's very interesting, and it is very nice that you could illustrate it with screen captures spanning over the years.

Show threadGraham PenthenyAug 15, 2024
@ocornut Congratulations!
Show threadmrangeAug 15, 2024
@grahamboree @ocornut I recently tried Imgui and I was very pleased.
Show threadMorten Hilker-SkaaningAug 15, 2024
@ocornut thank you for Dear Imgui. It's a rare good thing ❤️
Show threadAlex S - Cranberry KingAug 15, 2024

@ocornut Really insightful and interesting. Thanks for sharing!

Congrats on 10 years!

Show threadDavid Maas 🪄Aug 15, 2024
@ocornut Here’s to 10 more! 🍻
Show threadOmarAug 15, 2024
@PathogenDavid thank you for your invaluable help ☀️
Show threadArseny KapoulkineAug 15, 2024
@ocornut Thanks for writing this! A lot of things resonate.
Show threadColin RileyAug 15, 2024
@ocornut Thank you for writing this and congrats on the milestone :)
Show threadDaniel GibsonAug 15, 2024

@ocornut Congratulations to 10 years of Dear ImGui!

I'm super impressed that you manage to basically single-handedly develop and maintain such a big library, keeping it in great shape and even run a company incl. doing biz-dev "on the side" - and all that with ADHD. Just the thought of all that gives me anxiety ;)

Show threadagersantAug 15, 2024
@ocornut Thanks for this cool writeup, for the continued hard work, and for making such high quality code <3
Show threaddemofoxAug 16, 2024
@ocornut this is all good, but I really appreciate the info about how you develop and fund it, and your thoughts on the future. It's a good data point about what it'd be like to bring something to open source and maintain it, as a ~solo dev.
Show threadErin CattoAug 16, 2024
@ocornut I remember you ported the Box2D test app to an early version of ImGui. I've been a fan ever since!
Show threadthomask77Aug 16, 2024

@ocornut I see strong parallels to FreeRTOS. It also has a big market share, and is used by half of the industry. They had "Dark matter of the embedded universe" as their marketing claim!

The funding was done by dual-licensing with a modified GPL + commercial offer: https://github.com/FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS/blob/V9.0.0/FreeRTOS/License/license.txt

(Meanwhile they were bought by Amazon and relicensed to MIT).

While the modified GPL had no teeth, it was scary enough for commercial customers to buy a license.

Perhaps you should talk to Richard Barry?

FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS/License/license.txt at V9.0.0 · FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS

'Classic' FreeRTOS distribution. Started as Git clone of FreeRTOS SourceForge SVN repo. Submodules the kernel. - FreeRTOS/FreeRTOS

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Show threadJari Komppa 🇫🇮Aug 17, 2024
@ocornut
Thank you. For what it's worth, your lib feels like the only sane way to make UIs in windows these days.