# wxFortran: Fortran bindings to wxWidgets GUI toolkit

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/wxfortran-fortran-bindings-to-wxwidgets-gui-toolkit/11274>\
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**Created:** [November 3, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/wxfortran-fortran-bindings-to-wxwidgets-gui-toolkit/11274 "2026-11-03T21:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jacobwilliams](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/jacobwilliams/32/10_2.png) [@jacobwilliams](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/jacobwilliams)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/wxfortran-fortran-bindings-to-wxwidgets-gui-toolkit/11274/1 "2026-11-03T21:30:09Z")

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Announcing [wxFortran](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/wxFortran): modern Fortran interface to the [wxWidgets](https://wxwidgets.org) GUI toolkit. Similar to [qt-fortran](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/qt-fortran), this is an AI-assisted creation written in Fortran (there’s a small C++ layer but the user never has to use that directly). So, you can write your GUI completely in Fortran, because why not?

Standard disclaimer: work in progress, experimental, etc.

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**Author:** ![jacobwilliams](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/jacobwilliams/32/10_2.png) [@jacobwilliams](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/jacobwilliams)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/wxfortran-fortran-bindings-to-wxwidgets-gui-toolkit/11274/2 "2026-11-03T21:42:48Z")

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Not too long ago, there were no open source options for writing sophisticated GUIs in Fortran. I think gtk-fortran was the first? Now we have at least three:

| Name | License | First commit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [gtk-fortran](https://github.com/vmagnin/gtk-fortran) | GPL-3.0 | 2011 |
| [qt-fortran](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/qt-fortran) | MIT | 2026 |
| [wxFortran](https://github.com/jacobwilliams/wxFortran) | MIT | 2026 |

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**Author:** ![jorgeg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/jorgeg/32/6835_2.png) [@jorgeg](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/jorgeg)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/wxfortran-fortran-bindings-to-wxwidgets-gui-toolkit/11274/3 "2026-11-03T21:46:35Z")

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The MIT licenses are a great thing. Shipping code with GPL/LGPL can be bothersome or scare away certain people

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**Author:** ![Cean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@Cean](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/Cean)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/wxfortran-fortran-bindings-to-wxwidgets-gui-toolkit/11274/4 "2026-11-03T22:55:06Z")

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Excellent.

I use Intel Fortran, but it doesn’t have toolbar. I have to draw it with opengl.the benefit is that I can draw icon anywhere I want inside the opengl area.

I have tried to build qt-fortran application with Intel Fortran. But it runs into a problem that it can’t interpret the path of vc tool with space. gFortran is all good.