imguinzdinau/imguinz
Examples project using Dear Imgui (CImGui), ImPlot (CImPlot) and many additional libraries with Zig language
README
- ImGuinZ
- Prerequisites
- Build and run
- Available libraries list at this moment
- Examples screenshots
- ImGui-Toggle / CImGui-Toggle
- ImGui-Knobs / CImGui-Knobs
- ImSpinner / CImSpinner
- Raylib example
- Raylib + ImGui + rlImGui
- ImPlot3D / CImPlot3D
- ImGuiFileDialog / CImGuiFileDialog
- ImGuiColorTextEdit / cimCTE
- ImNodes / CImNodes
- ImGuizmo / CImGuizmo
- imgui_markdown / cimgui_markdown
- Image load
- Showing CJK multi byte fonts and input UTF-8 text
- Icon font viewer
- Image load / save
- glfw_opengl3_implot
- ImPlot Demo written in Zig lang.
- Show / Hide console window
- SDL libraries
ImGuinZ
This project aims to simply and easily build Dear ImGui (CImGui) / ImPlot (CImPlot), Raylib, rlImGui and many other libaries and examples in Zig with less external dependencies.
ImGui / CImGui version 1.92.4 dock (2025/11)
OS: Windows11 and Linux
Frontends and Backends
GLFW SDL3 OpenGL3
backendYES YES SDLGPU3
backend- YES vulkan
backendWIP WIP Features
- Included Font Awesome Icon fonts.
- Included GLFW 3.4.0 static library (for Windows)
- Included SDL3 libraries (for Windows)
- Included STB libraries (only stb_image) for Load / Save images
- Available ImPlot (CImPlot) with
ImDrawIdx="unsigned int" - Enabled Input method (IME) flag with
IMGUI_ENABLE_WIN32_DEFAULT_IME_FUNCTIONS
- Included Font Awesome Icon fonts.
Prerequisites
Zig compiler version confirmed
- Windows: zig-x86_64-windows-0.15.2.zip
- Linux: zig-x86_64-linux-0.15.2.tar.xz
WindowsOS
Windows11
MSys2/MinGW basic commands (make, rm, cp, strip ...)
pacman -S make
Linux OS (Ubuntu / Debian families)
sudo apt install lib{opengl-dev,gl1-mesa-dev,glfw3,glfw3-dev,xcursor-dev,xinerama-dev,xi-dev} git makeSDL3
If you are using Debian13 Trixie, add sdl3 library,sudo apt install libsdl3-devotherwise install SDL3 manually
Build and run
git clone https://github.com/dinau/imguinz
cd imguinz/examples/glfw_opengl3 # cd one of examples
make run # or zig build --release=fast run
Available libraries list at this moment
Library name / C lang. wrapper
ImGui / CImGui (2024/11)
ImPlot / CImPlot (2025)
ImPlot3d / CImPlot3d (2025/07)
ImNodes / CImNodes (2025/06)
ImGuizmo / CImGuizmo (2025/07)
ImGui-Knobs / CImGui-Knobs (2025/05)
ImGuiFileDialog / CImGuiFileDialog (2025/07)
ImGui_Toggle / CimGui_Toggle (2025/05)
ImSpinner / CImSpinner (2025/05)
ImGuiColorTextEdit / cimCTE (2025/07)
ImGui_Markdown (2025/09) WIP
Additional examples
Raylib, rlImGui (2025/11)
Examples screenshots
ImGui-Toggle / CImGui-Toggle
ImGui-Knobs / CImGui-Knobs
ImSpinner / CImSpinner
Raylib example
raylib_cjk: Showing multi byte(CJK) fonts
Raylib + ImGui + rlImGui
ImPlot3D / CImPlot3D
ImGuiFileDialog / CImGuiFileDialog
ImGuiFileDialog / CImGuiFileDialog
ImGuiColorTextEdit / cimCTE
ImNodes / CImNodes
ImGuizmo / CImGuizmo
imgui_markdown / cimgui_markdown
WIP
imgui_markdown / cImgui_markdown
Image load
Image load and magnifying glass
glfw_opengl3: main.zig / sdl3_opengl3: main.zig / sdl3_sdlgpu3: main.zig
Showing CJK multi byte fonts and input UTF-8 text
Icon font viewer
main.zig, magnifying glass, incremental search
Image load / save
Image load / save and magnifying glass.
Image file captured would be saved in .the folder ./zig-out/bin.
Image can be saved as JPEG / PNG / BMP / TGA file.
glfw_opengl3_implot
ImPlot Demo written in Zig lang.
Now work in progress.
Build and run
pwd
examples/imPlotDemo
make run # or zig build --release=fast run
ImPlot demo source in Zig lang.
Plots Tab
LinePlots (Dynamic)
BarGroups
BarStacks
PieCharts
Heatmaps
Histogram2D
Images
Axes Tab
LogScale
Subplots Tab
Tables
Tools Tab
DragRects
Show / Hide console window
Open build.zig in each example folder and
Hide console window: Default,
Show console window: Comment out this line as follows,
... snip ...
//exe.subsystem = .Windows; // Hide console window
... snip ...
and rebuild example.
SDL libraries
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases
Similar project ImGui / CImGui
| Language | Project | |
|---|---|---|
| Lua | Script | LuaJITImGui |
| NeLua | Compiler | NeLuaImGui / NeLuaImGui2 |
| Nim | Compiler | ImGuin, Nimgl_test, Nim_implot |
| Python | Script | DearPyGui for 32bit WindowsOS Binary |
| Ruby | Script | igRuby_Examples |
| Zig, C lang. | Compiler | Dear_Bindings_Build |
| Zig | Compiler | ImGuinZ |
SDL game tutorial Platfromer
| Language | SDL | Project | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LuaJIT | Script | SDL2 | LuaJIT-Platformer |
| Nelua | Compiler | SDL2 | NeLua-Platformer |
| Nim | Compiler | SDL3 / SDL2 | Nim-Platformer-sdl2/ Nim-Platformer-sdl3 |
| Ruby | Script | SDL3 | Ruby-Platformer |
| Zig | Compiler | SDL2 | Zig-Platformer |
Notes:
- Using ImPlot3D / ImPlot with Zig
- Zig + ImGui + ImPlot3D / ImPlot demo
- Build with ImPlot3D / ImPlot / Raylib / rlImGui
- ImPlot3D integration example
- This project builds and runs Dear ImGui + ImPlot3D / ImPlot / Raylib / rlImGui using Zig.
- ImPlot3D is compiled from source (implot3d.h / implot3d.cpp)
- ImPlot is compiled from source (implot.h / implot.cpp)