Gtk projects on GitHub

Cross-platform widget toolkit widely used for building graphical user interfaces on Linux.

As of October 20, 2026, the most-starred Gtk projects on GitHub are ghostty (62.4K stars), matplotlib (23.4K stars) and xournalpp (15.5K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 13 Gtk repositories with 190.2K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 18 was ghostty, with +37 stars in a day.

13Projects

190.2KStars in total

+67Stars in a day

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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 18

+37

ghostty

ghostty-org/ghostty · ★ 62.4K

Ghostty is a terminal emulator built around ending the usual trade-off: the README says other emulators force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs, and Ghostty provides all three.

Waybar

Alexays/Waybar · ★ 12.1K

Waybar is a highly customizable status bar built for Wayland compositors like Sway, Hyprland, River, and other wlroots-based setups, with modules for things like battery, network, audio, and the clock.

rnote

flxzt/rnote · ★ 11.8K

Rnote is a free, open-source vector-based drawing app for sketching, taking handwritten notes, and annotating documents and pictures. It is written in Rust and GTK4.

transmission

transmission/transmission · ★ 15.3K

Transmission is a fast, easy, and free BitTorrent client, available in several flavors across platforms.

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13 projects · by stars

#1 · ghostty-org/ghostty
ghostty
Ghostty is a terminal emulator built around ending the usual trade-off: the README says other emulators force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs, and Ghostty provides all three.
62.4K
#2 · matplotlib/matplotlib
matplotlib
Matplotlib is a comprehensive Python library for creating static, animated, and interactive data visualizations and publication-quality figures.
23.4K
#3 · xournalpp/xournalpp
xournalpp
Xournal++ is open-source handwriting note-taking software with PDF annotation support, built in C++ with GTK3 for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
15.5K

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transmission
15.3Ktransmission/transmission · C++
Transmission is a fast, easy, and free BitTorrent client, available in several flavors across platforms.
5
webview
14.3Kwebview/webview · C++
A tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++: you build the GUI in HTML/JS and it renders it with the platform's native engine — WebKit on macOS (Cocoa) and Linux (GTK), Edge WebView2 on Windows. It supports two-way JavaScript bindings, so C/C++ and the page can call each other.
6
eww
12.7Kelkowar/eww · Rust
Eww (ElKowars Wacky Widgets) is a standalone widget system written in Rust that lets you build your own custom desktop widgets, like bars or system trackers, for any window manager.
7
Waybar
12.1KAlexays/Waybar · C++
Waybar is a highly customizable status bar built for Wayland compositors like Sway, Hyprland, River, and other wlroots-based setups, with modules for things like battery, network, audio, and the clock.
8
rnote
11.8Kflxzt/rnote · Rust
Rnote is a free, open-source vector-based drawing app for sketching, taking handwritten notes, and annotating documents and pictures. It is written in Rust and GTK4.
9
peek
10.5Kphw/peek · Vala
Peek is a simple screen recorder for Linux with an easy to use interface: you place its window over a screen area, press Record, and get an animated GIF. It can also record directly to WebM.
10
WebKit
10.3KWebKit/WebKit · JavaScript
The official home of the WebKit project: an open-source, cross-platform browser engine that powers Safari, Mail and Apple Books on iOS and macOS, plus browsers on Linux.
11
shrimply
1.2Ksoirihiroka/shrimply · Rust
Shrimply is a cross-platform video editor built in Rust, currently in a pre-alpha stage of development.
12
gtkx
488gtkx-org/gtkx · TypeScript
GTKX is a framework for building native Linux desktop apps with React and TypeScript, rendering real Adwaita and GTK4 widgets instead of a browser-based UI.
13
juhradial-mx
141JuhLabs/juhradial-mx · Python
JuhRadial MX is an open-source Linux app that fills the gap left by Logitech's Options+ software, giving MX Master mice (and now the MX Keypad and MX Keys S) a radial action menu, button remapping and per-app profiles on KDE Plasma, GNOME and Hyprland.