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/get/ - Gtk2 Enthusiasts Thread Anonymous 12/18/25(Thu)13:20:42 No.107594026

/get/ - Gtk2 Enthusiasts Thread
Xfce 4.12 edition
share your projects, programs, and the ways you use gtk2 (gnome toolkit 2)
>why gtk2
made for desktop use unlike gtk3/4 and soon to be 5
so stable it makes qt users question what they're doing
>how do it get gtk2
your distro should already come with the gtk2 package, if not then you can download and install it elseware
>what are some good gtk2 software?
lxmusic (music player)
lazpaint-gtk2, mtpaint, gimp 2.x (image editors)
viewnior (image viewer)
parole (video player)
leafpad (text editor)
Geany 1.29 (IDE)
galculator 1.3.4-1 (calculator)
xsane (scanner)
parcellite (clipboard manager)
palemoon-gtk2 (web browser)
sylpheed, claws-mail 3.17 or older (e-mail clients)
pidgin 2.x, hexchat (IRC/XMPP clients)
gparted 0.32 from 2018 (partition editor)
spacefm (file manager and desktop manager)
Xfce4 4.12 (compiled against GTK2) or 4.10 (last pure GTK2) - also see: https://slackalaxy.com/2021/06/30/gtk2-only-xfce-4-12-desktop
hardinfo (system benchmarks; don't use "hardinfo2" if you're on debian)
yad (GTK2 version: https://github.com/step-/yad)
rrqsu (graphical sudo like the old gksu, made with yad: https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=54084#p54084)
>how to code for gtk2
official tutorial
https://www.sao.ru/cats/~satr/GTK2/GTK+2.0_Tutorial.html
and the api reference
https://www.manpagez.com/html/gtk2/gtk2-2.24.29/
>gtk2 projects
fork of gtk2, with all warnings fixed, bloat removed, and updated to modern glib
https://github.com/stefan11111/gtk2
compatibility library to run gtk3 apps with gtk2
https://github.com/stefan11111/gtk3-to-gtk2
when someone asks what toolkit to use say get gtk2