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[[Category:GHC|GUI programming]]
This page contains notes and information about how to get the various GUI packages available for GHC up and running on different platforms, and some basic usage information to get you going.

Please feel free to add stuff here.

== Starting points ==

* [[wxHaskell]] is a GHC binding to the wxWidgets cross-platform GUI library. One of the key benefits of wxWidgets is that it provides code portability with a 'native' look and feel on Unix, Windows and Mac platforms. License allows free use of the libraries in open or closed source software ([http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/newlicen.htm wxWidgets license]).

* [[HOC]] is a GHC binding to the Mac OS X Cocoa APIs for GHC. The key benefits are the ability to interface with most Cocoa frameworks, and to use GUIs constructed using Interface Builder. See the [http://code.google.com/p/hoc/ HOC homepage]. BSD licensed.

* [[Gtk2Hs]] is a GHC binding to the Gtk+ portable GUI library. At the time of writing it is probably the most complete and well-supported GUI option for GHC. It provides some degree of native look and feel on Windows but not on Mac yet. See [http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs Gtk2Hs homepage]. LGPL licensed.

== Building and installing ==

* [[WxHaskell/Install | Building and installing wxHaskell]]
* HOC
* [http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/download/ Downloading Gtk2Hs]