monomer/README.md

Monomer

An easy to use, Elm/Flutter inspired, GUI library for writing native applications in Haskell.

Objectives

• It should be easy to use
• It should be possible to extend it with custom widgets
• It should work on Windows, Linux and macOS
• It should have good documentation
• It should have good examples

Ideally, in the future, this project will

• Be able to run in mobile
• Support Vulkan/Metal

Why would I want to use this library

• You want to write your application in Haskell
• You want to write a native, not Electron based, application
• You prefer not to use Gtk

These are not objectives for this project

• Have a native look and feel
• Be a research project pushing the boundaries on how GUIs are created

Current limitations

• Multi-platform features depend on what SDL already provides
  • Copy/paste is only supported for text, not images
• Text input capabilities are basic, supporting only left to right editing at the moment