wxWidgets Distributions

Please choose a version of wxWidgets for your platform.

2.6.3 stable release Previous stable release 2.4.2
Windows
Unix/GTK+
Unix/Motif and X11
Mac OS
MGL
OS/2
Base library
All ports combined
Patches for 2.6.3
Windows
Unix/GTK+
Unix/Motif and X11
Mac OS
MGL
OS/2
Base library
All ports combined
Patches for 2.4.2

wxWidgets Essential Downloads: 2.6.3

Changes since 2.4.2

Support for Windows Mobile devices * enhanced GTK+ 2 support * XRC resource system compiled as standard * radical overhaul of the Mac OS X port * replacement build system, Bakefile * better integration with STL * a CppUnit-based test suite * sizer improvements * new Gnome printing features * ODBC enhancements such as BLOB support and Unicode support on Windows * wxTaskBarIcon support on Mac OS X and Linux as well as Windows * arbitrary shapes for top-level windows * flicker reduction on Windows * better theme support * alpha channels for images * Compilation of the wxMSW port on Unix using Winelib * plus many API enhancements and bug fixes to existing classes.

New classes include wxHtmlListbox, wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, wxPropertySheetDialog, wxGridBagSizer, wxMediaCtrl, wxDatePickerCtrl, wxArchiveInputStream/wxArchiveOutputStream (including zip archive read/write support), wxListbook, wxChoicebook, wxDebugReport, wxStandardPaths, wxURI, and more.

See also docs/changes.txt and the manual section Changes since 2.4.x.

The manual is available online here.

These are the major source and documentation downloads for 2.6.3: if you want further files, such as RPMs or a Windows installer version of wxWidgets, try the links above. Please also check the Patches page for updates.

Download a suitable archive, plus docs in your preferred format. Then unpack the archive and read the files in docs/xxx where xxx is the port of interest, such as mac, msw, gtk, etc.

wxWidgets - all ports
This contains source files for all ports, but excludes the reference manual. The supported ports are:

  • wxMSW: Win32/Win64/WinCE.
  • wxGTK: GTK+ 1 or 2 on Unix.
  • wxX11: Xlib on Unix.
  • wxMac: Mac OS X/Carbon, Mac OS Classic.
  • wxMGL: MGL on DOS, Linux and other platforms supported by MGL.
  • wxBase: non-GUI builds of the library.
  • wxCocoa: Mac OS X/Cocoa (beta).
  • wxOS2: a Presentation Manager port (beta).
  • wxPalmOS: a Palm OS port (alpha).

Mac users: If you wish to use CodeWarrior, please copy include/wx/mac/setup0.h to include/wx/setup.h before compiling wxWidgets. See the wxMac-only archive below for a tarball that has this file pre-copied.

SourceForge: wxWidgets-2.6.3.tar.gz | wxWidgets-2.6.3.tar.bz2 | wxWidgets-2.6.3-1.zip
UK: wxWidgets-2.6.3.tar.gz | wxWidgets-2.6.3.tar.bz2 | wxWidgets-2.6.3-1.zip

wxMSW only
This is an installer for wxWidgets 2.6.3 for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and CE. The release contains wxWidgets source and samples, makefiles for most Windows compilers, MS HTML Help manuals, and Win32 binaries of Tex2RTF, the Widgets sample, and the Life! demo.

SourceForge: wxMSW-2.6.3-Setup-1.exe
UK: wxMSW-2.6.3-Setup-1.exe

wxMac only
This contains source files for the wxMac ports only, and excludes the reference manual. Supported ports are wxMac (MacOS X/Carbon, MacOS Classic), wxCocoa (MacOS X/Cocoa).

SourceForge: wxMac-2.6.3.tar.gz
UK: wxMac-2.6.3.tar.gz

Patches
Please see the Patches page.

Documentation
Download a documentation archive in your favourite format. We supply Windows HTML Help (CHM), Windows Help (HLP), plain HTML, Acrobat PDF, and wxWidgets HTML Help (HTB). Unarchive over your wxWidgets installation.

SourceForge: wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTMLHelp.zip | wxWidgets-2.6.3-WinHelp.zip
wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTML.tar.gz | wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTML.zip
wxWidgets-2.6.3-PDF.tar.gz | wxWidgets-2.6.3-PDF.zip
wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTB.tar.gz | wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTB.zip
UK: wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTMLHelp.zip | wxWidgets-2.6.3-WinHelp.zip
wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTML.tar.gz | wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTML.zip
wxWidgets-2.6.3-PDF.tar.gz | wxWidgets-2.6.3-PDF.zip
wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTB.tar.gz | wxWidgets-2.6.3-HTB.zip

See also: Other platforms, Patches for recent releases, Daily snapshots of the development code (mirrored at York University), Daily builds of the development code, Mirror Sites, CVS, Optional components, Tools to use with wxWidgets, Contributions, Supported Platforms.

wxWidgets 1 is available for historical interest: Windows, Unix/Xt, Unix/Motif and XView, Mac