# Fyne vs wxWidgets

| Attribute | Fyne | wxWidgets |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 56.7 (31% (low)) | 49.6 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 793 | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | 28,680 | 7,258 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A native UI toolkit for Go that enables developers to build cross-platform desktop and mobile applications without web runtimes or JavaScript dependencies. It is indexed under Desktop App Frameworks.","source":"https://fyne.io/","question":"What is Fyne?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Fyne supports Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://fyne.io/","question":"What platforms does Fyne support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Fyne is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne","question":"Is Fyne open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A mature, open-source C++ framework that enables developers to write GUI applications once and deploy them across multiple desktop platforms while maintaining each platform's native appearance and behavior. It provides language bindings for Python, Ruby, Dart, and other languages. It is indexed under Desktop App Frameworks.","source":"https://wxwidgets.org","question":"What is wxWidgets?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"wxWidgets is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://wxwidgets.org","question":"Is wxWidgets free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"wxWidgets supports Windows, macOS and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://wxwidgets.org","question":"What platforms does wxWidgets support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. wxWidgets can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://wxwidgets.org","question":"Can wxWidgets be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for wxWidgets, including Travis CI, GitHub, GTK, GNOME and KDE. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://wxwidgets.org","question":"What does wxWidgets integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | - | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A native UI toolkit for Go that enables developers to build cross-platform desktop and mobile applications without web runtimes or JavaScript dependencies. | A mature, open-source C++ framework that enables developers to write GUI applications once and deploy them across multiple desktop platforms while maintaining each platform's native appearance and behavior. It provides language bindings for Python, Ruby, Dart, and other languages. |
| features.capabilities | `{"native_look_and_feel":true,"mobile_target_support":true,"app_store_distribution":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | - | 5 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Travis CI"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GTK"},{"name":"GNOME"},{"name":"KDE"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | C++ |
| license.spdx | BSD-3-Clause | - |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` | `{"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"free","sourceUrl":"https://fyne.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-08T21:03:20.993Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://wxwidgets.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:08:31.420Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | free | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 51 | 44 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.8.1","date":"2026-08-26T15:52:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.8.0","date":"2026-07-11T20:47:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.7.4","date":"2026-05-12T20:29:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.7.3","date":"2026-02-21T14:12:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.7.2","date":"2026-01-06T22:09:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.7.1","date":"2025-11-14T22:45:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.7.0","date":"2025-10-16T09:34:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.6.3","date":"2025-08-21T14:18:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.6.2","date":"2025-07-28T10:46:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.6.1","date":"2025-05-08T09:17:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.6.0","date":"2025-04-10T15:38:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.5.5","date":"2025-03-13T14:51:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.5.4","date":"2025-02-06T21:14:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.5.3","date":"2024-12-15T11:23:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.5.2","date":"2024-10-15T10:50:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.5.1","date":"2024-08-25T19:32:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2024-07-14T17:50:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.4.5","date":"2024-04-15T11:03:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.4.4","date":"2024-02-13T19:10:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne/releases/tag/v2.4.3","date":"2023-12-24T13:49:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.3"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.3.3","date":"2026-07-07T19:06:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.11","date":"2026-07-07T18:44:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.3.2","date":"2026-03-03T17:51:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.10","date":"2026-03-03T17:51:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.9","date":"2025-12-12T02:00:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.3.1","date":"2025-07-21T14:45:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.3.0","date":"2025-06-06T16:13:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.8.1","date":"2025-05-25T17:35:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.8","date":"2025-04-24T23:21:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.7","date":"2025-03-19T22:58:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.6","date":"2024-09-09T12:34:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.5","date":"2024-05-13T21:45:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.4","date":"2023-11-11T15:11:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.3","date":"2023-10-10T13:41:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.2.1","date":"2023-02-13T15:10:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.2","date":"2023-02-09T17:14:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.1","date":"2022-09-09T12:06:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.0","date":"2022-07-06T22:02:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.2.0-rc1","date":"2022-06-27T19:42:52Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.2.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/releases/tag/v3.1.7","date":"2022-06-06T17:31:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.7"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 6.7 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=fyne.io%2Ffyne%2Fv2&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FwxWidgets%2FwxWidgets&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Desktop App Frameworks)

| Capability | Fyne | wxWidgets |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Native look and feel | ✓ | - |
| Bundled runtime | - | - |
| Auto update builtin | - | - |
| Code signing support | - | - |
| App store distribution | ✓ | - |
| Hot reload dev | - | - |
| Accessibility support | - | - |
| Mobile target support | ✓ | - |
| Ide bundled | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-09-11T23:38:11.348Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*