ImGuinZ

ImGuinZ

This project aims to simply and easily build Dear ImGui (CImGui) / ImPlot (CImPlot) examples in Zig language with less external dependencies.

ImGui / CImGui version 1.92.1 dock (2025/07)
OS: Windows and Linux
Frontends and Backends

GLFW SDL3

OpenGL3
backend v v
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

Prerequisites

Zig version confirmed
1. Windows: zig-x86_64-windows-0.14.1.zip
2. Linux: zig-x86_64-linux-0.14.1.tar.xz
3. or Zig version <= 0.15.0-dev.885
WindowsOS
- Windows10 or later
- MSys2/MinGW basic commands (make, rm, cp, strip ...)

Linux OS (Ubuntu / Debian families)

$ sudo apt install lib{opengl-dev,gl1-mesa-dev,glfw3,glfw3-dev}

Build and run

Download this project.

git clone https://github.com/dinau/imguinz

Go to one of the examples folder, build and run

cd imguinz/examples/glfw_opengl3
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

Examples screen shots

Image load

Image load and magnifying glass

glfw_opengl3.zig / sdl3_opengl3.zig

Showing CJK multi byte fonts and input UTF-8 text

glfw_opengl3_jp.zig

Icon font viewer

iconFontViewer.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_image_load.zig

glfw_opengl3_implot

glfw_opengl3_implot.zig

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.

demoAll.zig

Plots Tab

LinePlots (Dynamic)

BarGroups

BarStacks

PieCharts

Heatmaps

Histogram2D

Images

Axes Tab

LogScale

Subplots Tab

Tables (Dynamic)

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 [^order]		Project
Lua	Script	LuaJITImGui
NeLua	Compiler	NeLuaImGui
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 [^order]		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

[^order]: Alphabectial order

README

ImGuinZ

Prerequisites

Build and run

Available libraries list at this moment

Examples screen shots

ImGui-Toggle / CImGui-Toggle

ImGui-Knobs / CImGui-Knobs

ImSpinner / CImSpinner

ImPlot3D / CImPlot3D

ImGuiFileDialog / CImGuiFileDialog

ImGuiColorTextEdit / cimCTE

ImNodes / CImNodes

ImGuizmo / CImGuizmo

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.

Build and run

ImPlot demo source in Zig lang.

Plots Tab

LinePlots (Dynamic)

BarGroups

BarStacks

PieCharts

Heatmaps

Histogram2D

Images

Axes Tab

LogScale

Subplots Tab

Tables (Dynamic)

Tools Tab

DragRects

Show / Hide console window

SDL libraries

Similar project ImGui / CImGui

SDL game tutorial Platfromer