# Dear ImGui Bundle

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Dear ImGui Bundle and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for fast plots and tools for physical simulation and internal use, though the web version can take a long time to load on mobile.

## Why people recommend it

- Smooth real-time plots and high frame rates (2 comments): "Once loaded you can run at 60 FPS (or even 120 FPS depending on the browser's vsync)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055878)) "smooth real-time updates in a nice plot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055933))
- Useful for simulations and internal tools (2 comments): "This is really neat, and I think I can use it in some of my projects as a simple front end to physical simulation tools." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48058298)) "but for internal tooling it's awesome." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46386775))

## What people warn about

- Slow initial load, especially on mobile (2 comments): "the page takes like 30s to load on mobile. It wasn't a comfortable ux." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055491)) "Its super cool after it eventually loads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055746))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Qt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qt.md): 191 recommend
- [GTK](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gtk.md): 85 recommend
- [Windows Forms](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winforms.md): 76 recommend
- [SwiftUI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/swiftui.md): 75 recommend
- [Tcl/Tk](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tcl-tk.md): 61 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Dear ImGui Bundle", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dear-imgui-bundle/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).