# Re: Ruby with Qt or GTK?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-with-qt-or-gtk/70215>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 27, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-with-qt-or-gtk/70215 "2006-09-27T15:28:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-with-qt-or-gtk/70215/1 "2006-09-27T15:28:55Z")

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From what I have read it depends what platform or flavour of Linux your  
app is targetted at.

GTk is great for Gnome

Qt is great for KDE.

[http://members.chello.nl/~k.vangelder/ruby/learntk/](http://members.chello.nl/~k.vangelder/ruby/learntk/)

There’s also a few others out there to look at like Tk, wxRuby and  
FXRuby… Check out this site I just found:

[http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/ComparingGuiToolkits/TakeTwo](http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/ComparingGuiToolkits/TakeTwo)  
[http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/DoYourRubyGUIResearch](http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/DoYourRubyGUIResearch)

Hope this is some help!