Dear ImGui Bundle
Shares rank 35 of 45 GUI frameworks by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Smooth real-time plots and high frame rates
“Once loaded you can run at 60 FPS (or even 120 FPS depending on the browser's vsync).”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Dear ImGui Bundle: Python and C++ apps for desktop, mobile, and the web” “smooth real-time updates in a nice plot”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Dear ImGui Bundle: Python and C++ apps for desktop, mobile, and the web” Useful for simulations and internal tools
“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.”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Show HN: Dear ImGui Bundle: Python and C++ apps for desktop, mobile, and the web” “but for internal tooling it's awesome.”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Python 3.15's interpreter for Windows should be 15% faster”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow initial load, especially on mobile
“the page takes like 30s to load on mobile. It wasn't a comfortable ux.”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Dear ImGui Bundle: Python and C++ apps for desktop, mobile, and the web” “Its super cool after it eventually loads.”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Dear ImGui Bundle: Python and C++ apps for desktop, mobile, and the web”
Other GUI frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other GUI frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qt | 191 | 133 | 59% | 12 | 15 yrs7 owners | — |
| GTK | 85 | 118 | 42% | 12 | — | — |
| Windows Forms | 76 | 33 | 70% | 12 | 15 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| SwiftUI | 75 | 121 | 38% | 11 | 4 yrs8 owners | — |
| Dear ImGui BundleThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“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.”
“smooth real-time updates in a nice plot”
“Once loaded you can run at 60 FPS (or even 120 FPS depending on the browser's vsync).”
“Its super cool after it eventually loads.”
“Very very impressive! So many use cases for this.”
“the page takes like 30s to load on mobile. It wasn't a comfortable ux.”
“but for internal tooling it's awesome.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.