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Comparison of user interface markup languages
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<h2 id="general-information">General information</h2> <p>Basic general information about the markup languages: creator, version, etc. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Creator</th><th>License</th><th>First public release date</th><th>Latest stable version</th><th><a href="/facts/Development_environment_(software_development_process)/gG7DJoE6">development environment</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Runtime_environment/YmCuC4xP">Runtime environment</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="http://www.libavg.de">avg</a></th><td>Ulrich von Zadow</td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License/AXwkz9x3">LGPL</a></td><td>2003</td><td>1.0.0</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a> or <a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/FXML/cwCa2t4d">FXML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Oracle_Corporation/0z14FygH">Oracle Corporation</a></td><td>?</td><td>October 2011</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Netbeans/9kqvIVFG">Netbeans</a></td><td><a href="/facts/JavaFX/hWrAAmny">JavaFX</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/GladeXML/KpeSc227">GladeXML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/GNOME/EFMNBmpR">GNOME</a></td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License/AXwkz9x3">LGPL</a></td><td>April 1998</td><td>2.10.0</td><td><a href="/facts/Glade_Interface_Designer/KpeSc227">Glade</a></td><td><a href="/facts/GTK%2B/oLpVm9pp">GTK+</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/GNUstep_Renaissance/2sUKPGhV">GNUstep Renaissance</a></th><td><a href="/facts/GNUstep/LaIT4jYx">GNUstep</a></td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License/AXwkz9x3">LGPL</a></td><td>April 2001 (base)</td><td>0.9.0</td><td><a href="/facts/Gorm_(computing)/TRRRpT3o">Gorm</a>, ProjectCenter <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/GNUstep/LaIT4jYx">GNUstep</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/OpenLaszlo/L7vuwx3K">LZX</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Laszlo_Systems/L7vuwx3K">Laszlo Systems</a></td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/Common_Public_License/M12x3DgF">CPL</a></td><td>July 2003</td><td>4.9</td><td>optional (e.g., <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a>, <a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a> <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">IDE</a> available)</td><td><a href="/facts/Flash_Player/IvnaoU7v">Flash Player</a> 5 or above, <a href="/facts/DHTML/XrmcmIv5">DHTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Java_ME/wsJJf7lq">Java ME</a> announced</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/MXML/WJ7aFUlF">MXML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Adobe_Systems/Bj1d5XvJ">Adobe Systems</a></td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/Mozilla_Public_License/hBuvAz1w">MPL</a> 1.1</td><td>March 2004</td><td>2.0.1</td><td><a href="/facts/Flex_Server/WvwRnWt2">Adobe Flex</a> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/flex/">[1]</a> or free Flex 3 SDK <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100930093925/http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+SDK">[2]</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Flash_Player/IvnaoU7v">Flash Player</a> 9 or above</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111129210127/http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools">Qt Designer</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Qt_Project/EUranJFn">Qt Project</a>,<a href="/facts/The_Qt_Company/L94UDSw5">The Qt Company</a></td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License/AXwkz9x3">LGPL</a></td><td>?</td><td>5.9</td><td><a href="https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtdesigner-manual.html">Qt Designer</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Qt_(software)/gVhwlQnJ">Qt</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060718215239/http://www.innoscript.org/content/view/7/2/">QuiX</a></th><td><a href="http://www.innoscript.org">inno:script</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a>, <a href="/facts/Commercial_software/WLgyRFMh">commercial</a></td><td>June 2005</td><td>0.5</td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060718021800/http://www.innoscript.org/content/view/44/2/">Quill UI Designer</a></td><td>Internet Explorer, Mozilla based browsers</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/UIML/0EYW4h7q">UIML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/OASIS_(organization)/a2r8y7tX">OASIS</a></td><td>?</td><td>December 1997</td><td>?</td><td>various</td><td><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/juiml">jUIML</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111002034023/http://research.edm.uhasselt.be/~uiml/wiki/Main_Page">UIML.Net</a>, various</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Extensible_Application_Markup_Language/L17VFyz2">XAML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a></td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/Shared_source/wRewF7Ja">Ms-PL</a></td><td>November 2006</td><td>v2009<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td>optional (e.g., <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a>), <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Expression_Blend/cnRRC0E6">Microsoft Expression Blend</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Expression_Design/1jLcN9df">Microsoft Expression Design</a>, <a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_.NET/omNe6Lej">Visual Studio 2008</a>, Vectropy</td><td><a href="/facts/.NET_Framework_3.0/9LBLRl6q">.NET Framework 3.0</a> or above (formerly WinFX), XBAPs for <a href="/facts/Windows_Presentation_Foundation/KTs9FcFn">WPF</a> and plugins for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Silverlight/SYKe8yL1">Silverlight</a> in web browsers</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/XML_Resource/ENPqTmLV">XRC</a></th><td><a href="/facts/WxWidgets/TQvpa4Pl">wxWidgets</a></td><td>Free, wxWindows Library<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td>?</td><td>wxWidgets 2.8.12</td><td>optional (e.g., <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a>), wxGlade, XRCed, wxDesigner, DialogBlocks</td><td><a href="/facts/WxWidgets/TQvpa4Pl">wxWidgets</a>-based applications</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/XUL/VoNXYx92">XUL</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Mozilla_Foundation/Y1xYJsDm">Mozilla Foundation</a></td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/Mozilla_Public_License/hBuvAz1w">MPL</a></td><td>December 1998</td><td>1.0<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td>optional (e.g., <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Gecko_(layout_engine)/HXINMkgW">Gecko</a>-based applications</td></tr><tr><th>XFD (user interface)</th><td>Abbott Informatics</td><td>?</td><td>2004</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/JScript_.NET/BvBS09IC">JScript .NET</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a></td><td>STARLIMS v 10-11</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/XForms/rM2wzJsM">XForms</a></th><td><a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web_Consortium/lGWmhF6M">World Wide Web Consortium</a></td><td>Free, <a href="/facts/W3C_Software_Notice_and_License/2a7ST5om">W3C</a></td><td>14 March 2006</td><td>1.0<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td>optional (e.g., <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a>)</td><td>Many implementations in browsers, plug-ins, extensions, and servers</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ZK_Framework/BQk9xTAf">ZUML</a></th><td><a href="http://www.potix.com">Potix</a></td><td>free, <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPL</a>, <a href="/facts/Commercial_software/WLgyRFMh">commercial</a></td><td>November 2005</td><td>2.4.0</td><td><a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a> or <a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a></td><td>Ajax <a href="/facts/ZK_Framework/BQk9xTAf">ZK Framework</a></td></tr><tr><th></th><th>Creator</th><th>License</th><th>First public release date</th><th>Latest stable version</th><th><a href="/facts/Development_environment_(software_development_process)/gG7DJoE6">development environment</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Runtime_environment/YmCuC4xP">Runtime environment</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>Some features of the markup languages. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th><a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">Programming language</a></th><th>Treatment</th><th><a href="/facts/Web_standard/3U9MLjD1">Web standard</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/GladeXML/KpeSc227">GladeXML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a>, <a href="/facts/C%2B%2B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>, <a href="/facts/C_Sharp_(programming_language)/UC2gxeyb">C#</a>, <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, <a href="/facts/Ada_(programming_language)/Y2yHel4l">Ada</a>, <a href="/facts/Pike_(programming_language)/F6nLmX47">Pike</a>, <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a>, <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, <a href="/facts/Eiffel_(programming_language)/gEzPjzmn">Eiffel</a>, <a href="/facts/Ruby_(programming_language)/BeYSaPSR">Ruby</a>, <a href="/facts/D_(programming_language)/4qIzRjkF">D</a></td><td>Interpreted, compiled for some languages (deprecated)</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/GNUstep_Renaissance/2sUKPGhV">GNUstep Renaissance</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Objective-C/5mM557BW">Objective-C</a></td><td>Compiled, dynamic binding</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/OpenLaszlo/L7vuwx3K">LZX</a></th><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/ECMAScript/M7nDHsB5">ECMAScript</a></td><td>Compiled</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/ECMAScript/M7nDHsB5">ECMAScript</a>, <a href="/facts/Cascading_Style_Sheets/tA90XBQo">CSS</a>, <a href="/facts/XPath/0eCtJoj7">XPath</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/MXML/WJ7aFUlF">MXML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/ActionScript/xtDQb0wR">ActionScript</a></td><td>Compiled</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/ECMAScript/M7nDHsB5">ECMAScript</a>, <a href="/facts/Cascading_Style_Sheets/tA90XBQo">CSS</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://wiki.qt.io/Language_Bindings">Qt/QML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/C%2B%2B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> (Plus many more by third party support)</td><td>Compiled, interpreted</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060718215239/http://www.innoscript.org/content/view/7/2/">QuiX</a></th><td><a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a></td><td>Interpreted</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/Cascading_Style_Sheets/tA90XBQo">CSS</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/UIML/0EYW4h7q">UIML</a></th><td>Various</td><td>Various</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Extensible_Application_Markup_Language/L17VFyz2">XAML</a></th><td>Browser (<a href="/facts/Silverlight/SYKe8yL1">Silverlight</a>); <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/facts/IronPython/lpXuCulA">IronPython</a>, <a href="/facts/IronRuby/zfDwlxGn">IronRuby</a>, <a href="/facts/C_Sharp_(programming_language)/UC2gxeyb">C#</a>, <a href="/facts/Visual_Basic_.NET/09mPEo4q">VB.NET</a>, <a href="/facts/Managed_Extensions_for_C%2B%2B/QBpTqU75">C++/CLI</a>, and <a href="/facts/J_Sharp/J8s8qupu">J#</a> among others.</td><td>Interpreted, compiled</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/XPath/0eCtJoj7">XPath</a>, <a href="/facts/Document_Object_Model/GglE6jGx">DOM</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/XML_Resource/ENPqTmLV">XRC</a></th><td><a href="/facts/C%2B%2B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>, <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a> (<a href="/facts/WxPython/sTdK8guC">wxPython</a>), <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a> (<a href="/facts/WxPerl/llFGhX9r">wxPerl</a>), <a href="/facts/C_Sharp_(programming_language)/UC2gxeyb">C#</a> and other .NET languages (wx.NET), <a href="/facts/Erlang_(programming_language)/2PuxmzT3">Erlang</a> (wxErlang)</td><td>Various</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/XUL/VoNXYx92">XUL</a></th><td><a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, <a href="/facts/C%2B%2B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>, <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>, <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a></td><td>Interpreted, compiled (C++)</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/Cascading_Style_Sheets/tA90XBQo">CSS</a>, <a href="/facts/Document_Type_Definition/JsvY9PyQ">DTD</a>, <a href="/facts/Resource_Description_Framework/WMufyukm">RDF</a>, <a href="/facts/XPath/0eCtJoj7">XPath</a>, <a href="/facts/XSLT/0gw4WVyJ">XSLT</a>, <a href="/facts/Document_Object_Model/GglE6jGx">DOM</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> (<a href="/facts/ECMAScript/M7nDHsB5">ECMAScript</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ZK_Framework/BQk9xTAf">ZUML</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/facts/Ruby_(programming_language)/BeYSaPSR">Ruby</a>, <a href="/facts/Groovy_(programming_language)/vGAckbte">Groovy</a> and <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a></td><td>Interpreted, compiled</td><td><a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>, <a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Cascading_Style_Sheets/tA90XBQo">CSS</a></td></tr><tr><th></th><th><a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">Programming language</a></th><th>Treatment</th><th><a href="/facts/Web_standard/3U9MLjD1">Web standard</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_user_interface_markup_languages/a11LYj6s">List of user interface markup languages</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adobe_Integrated_Runtime/oV2TPXJP">Adobe Integrated Runtime</a> (AIR)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adobe_Flex/WvwRnWt2">Adobe Flex</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/JavaFX/hWrAAmny">JavaFX</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Silverlight/SYKe8yL1">Silverlight</a>, <a href="/facts/XAML/L17VFyz2">XAML</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"GNUstep Developer Tools: Project Center". <a href="http://www.gnustep.org/experience/ProjectCenter.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnustep.org/experience/ProjectCenter.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Microsoft Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) technical documentation set <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=113699" target="_blank">https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=113699</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"wxWindows Library Licence". Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2007-08-02. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100702210118/http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/newlicen.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100702210118/http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/newlicen.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>XUL 1.0 specification <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/projects/xul/xul.html" target="_blank">https://www.mozilla.org/projects/xul/xul.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>XForms 1.0 second edition <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xforms-20060314/" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xforms-20060314/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>