# Will Tk still be standard in 1.9?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-tk-still-be-standard-in-1-9/154510>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 1, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-tk-still-be-standard-in-1-9/154510 "2008-12-01T01:05:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![davis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@davis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davis)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-tk-still-be-standard-in-1-9/154510/1 "2008-12-01T01:05:18Z")

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I realize there’s a lot of GUI options when using Ruby, and there’s also  
a lot of opinions on which ones are the best - but I’m trying to find  
one that will be as “standard” and easily available as possible. I  
believe Tk was part of the standard Ruby distro in 1.8.x (correct me if  
I’m wrong), and I was wondering if that will be changing in 1.9. I’ve  
done a bit of Google-ing on this and I’m having a hard time finding a  
straight answer.

Thanks for any help!

Dave

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**Author:** ![davis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@davis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davis)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-tk-still-be-standard-in-1-9/154510/2 "2008-12-01T12:36:25Z")

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Dave Kapp wrote:

> I believe Tk was part of the standard Ruby distro in 1.8.x (correct me if  
> I’m wrong), and I was wondering if that will be changing in 1.9. I’ve  
> done a bit of Google-ing on this and I’m having a hard time finding a  
> straight answer.

The code is still in the trunk:  
[http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/ext/tk/](http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/trunk/ext/tk/)