gtk+3

Install command:
brew install gtk+3

Toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces

https://gtk.org/

License: LGPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/gtk+3.json

Formula code: gtk+3.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 3.24.52

Revision: 1

Patches:

https://github.com/GNOME/gtk/commit/f80b61d6c8d6de0ce80c29052590c359a7f4b465
https://github.com/GNOME/gtk/commit/9667dc9166513ba0e99043920cf80562f8a8b926

Depends on:

at-spi2-core 2.62.1 Protocol definitions and daemon for D-Bus at-spi
cairo 1.18.6 Vector graphics library with cross-device output support
fribidi 1.0.18 Implementation of the Unicode BiDi algorithm
gdk-pixbuf 2.44.8 Toolkit for image loading and pixel buffer manipulation
glib 2.90.1 Core application library for C
gsettings-desktop-schemas 51.0 GSettings schemas for desktop components
harfbuzz 15.1.0 OpenType text shaping engine
hicolor-icon-theme 0.18 Fallback theme for FreeDesktop.org icon themes
libepoxy 1.5.10 Library for handling OpenGL function pointer management
pango 1.58.2 Framework for layout and rendering of i18n text
gettext 1.0 GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library

Depends on when building from source:

docbook 5.2.1 Standard XML representation system for technical documents
docbook-xsl 1.79.2 XML vocabulary to create presentation-neutral documents
gettext 1.0 GNU internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) library
gobject-introspection 1.86.0 Generate introspection data for GObject libraries
meson 1.12.1 Fast and user friendly build system
ninja 1.13.2 Small build system for use with gyp or CMake
pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Uses from macOS: libxslt (build)

Binaries: gtk-builder-tool, gtk-encode-symbolic-svg, gtk-launch, gtk-query-immodules-3.0, gtk-query-settings, gtk-update-icon-cache, gtk3-demo, gtk3-demo-application, gtk3-icon-browser, gtk3-update-icon-cache, gtk3-widget-factory

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