wxFormBuilder: Visual GUI Drag-and-Drop Designer Based on wxWidgets

wxFormBuilder: Visual drag-and-drop GUI designer for wxWidgets. Cross-platform tool generates C++, Python, Lua, PHP code from layouts.

Jul 11, 2025

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Recently been messing around with cross-platform desktop applications, and are you constantly hand-writing piles of layout code, alignment parameters, event bindings until your head goes bald? Wouldn't life be beautiful if there were a visual tool where you could just drag and drop to create interfaces! Today I'm recommending a divine tool: wxFormBuilder. Without exaggeration, it can instantly free you from writing rigid XML and manually debugging layouts, multiplying your efficiency!

What is wxFormBuilder

Simply put, wxFormBuilder is a visual GUI designer based on wxWidgets.

Fully cross-platform: runs on Windows, Linux, macOS
Generates code in multiple languages: C++, Python, Lua, PHP
Supports XRC (XML interface description) import/export
Plugin architecture: want more controls? Custom plugins solve everything

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