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Initially created for the graphics program ["GIMP"], the '''GIMP Toolkit''' - abbreviated as '''GTK+''' - is one of the two most popular ["widget toolkit"]s for the ["X Window System"], intended for creating [[graphical user interface]]s.

GTK+ and Qt toolkit have supplanted Motif, previously the most widely-used X widget toolkit.

Licensed under the ["GNU Lesser General Public License"], GTK+ is ["free software"] (and ["open source"]) software, and is part of the ["GNU"] Project.

== Desktop environments and Window manager that uses GTK ==
 * The GNOME environment uses GTK+ as a base, which means that programs written for GNOME use GTK+ as their toolkit.
 * Xfce also uses it as their base, though their apps typically do not depend on as many programs. (This is the difference between something being branded as a "GNOME program" and as a "GTK+ program".)
 * The GPE Palmtop Environment and Maemo, Nokia's internet tablet framework, also use GTK+ as a base.
 * Fluxbox uses GTK+.

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GTK is an Acronym for the ?GimpToolKit. It's officially known as GTK+, but the little '+' is often left out in calling its name. GTK official website is http://www.gtk.org

If you have questions or just want to know what the GTK community is doing, check out this [http://www.nabble.com/Gtk%2B-f1329.html Gtk+ Forum] hosted by [http://www.nabble.com/ Nabble]. It currently archives all the Gtk mailing lists into a forum to allow cross search and browse. It's a place where you can post questions and find answers.

["GNOME"] and ["XFCE"] uses GTK.

Initially created for the graphics program ["GIMP"], the GIMP Toolkit - abbreviated as GTK+ - is one of the two most popular ["widget toolkit"]s for the ["X Window System"], intended for creating ?graphical user interfaces.

GTK+ and Qt toolkit have supplanted Motif, previously the most widely-used X widget toolkit.

Licensed under the ["GNU Lesser General Public License"], GTK+ is ["free software"] (and ["open source"]) software, and is part of the ["GNU"] Project.

Desktop environments and Window manager that uses GTK

  • The GNOME environment uses GTK+ as a base, which means that programs written for GNOME use GTK+ as their toolkit.
  • Xfce also uses it as their base, though their apps typically do not depend on as many programs. (This is the difference between something being branded as a "GNOME program" and as a "GTK+ program".)
  • The GPE Palmtop Environment and Maemo, Nokia's internet tablet framework, also use GTK+ as a base.
  • Fluxbox uses GTK+.