NUI Wiki¶

This wiki is about NUI, a C++ framework designed to build multiplatform applications with hardware accelerated GUIs.

To know a bit more:

about nui
about nui's licensing
how to download nui

Services¶

• This server, http://redmine.libnui.net, is used to coordinate the developpers. Please use this wiki, the forums and enter or fix issues.
• The mailing lists on http://mailman.libnui.net
  • Each SVN commit send an email to the NUI-SVN list
  • Users can help each others on NUI-Users
  • Developers can interact and organise their work on NUI-Devel
• If you don't like the way this site presents the sources you can use the alternative ViewVC
• Of course you can go social ;-)
  • Be a fan of NUI on
  • Join to the NUI group on
  • Follow the developers on
  • Join us on IRC (Internet Relay Chat): #ngl on irc.freenode.net .
  • Vote for us on Ohloh

Getting Started¶

• On Windows
• On MacOSX and iPhone
• On Linux
• Screenshots of the tutorial applications

Development tutorials¶

• Let's get started
• Communication systems
• Basics Overview part I: Strings, Paths and Streams
• The virtual file system and how to access files and resources in an nui application
• Basics Overview part II: Timers, Threads and Critical Sections
• GUI Layout (including how to place widgets by hand)
• Basics Overview part III: Common Widgets
• How to integrate NUI in a GLUT application

  ... to be continued

Design documents¶

• Overall
• Simple types
• Object Model
• Graphic rendering engine
• Widget tree
• Widget layout
• Event propagation
• Powerful debugging tools
• CSS language syntax
• Licensing
• Premultiplied Alpha vs raw Alpha in PNGs
• Notes about the ongoing Cocoa OSX Port
• Partial Redraw and its challenges

Places to update with project news