Thread: Which Ruby GUI Toolkit?

i've known ruby while, , can build guis in many other toolkits, java/swing, gtk(with c , python, , more recently, .net), , small bits , bobs few others, including winforms , wxwidgets.

so, i'm interested in picking toolkit ruby (sounds awfully familiar similar thread made .net gui toolkits c#) reasons, i've heard it's poor language guis... maybe here elaborate. anyway, know other toolkits reasons... java/swing portable guis computer-illiterate end-users, gtk because gnome fast becoming 'standard' gui unix, winforms due being 'native' windows, , wxwidgets because looked cool. however, reason wanting ruby gui toolkit quite different. here factors take account...

- don't care immediate portability, care potential portability.
- want free licensing let me want without costs/restrictions, regardless of whether sell code or not (which won't anyway). qt out automatically.
- has @ least remotely stable.
- don't care if it's hard use. if can use gtk/c , basics of wxwidgets/c++ should able see others through.
- rather toolkit designed cross-platform use, single-platform 1 patched/binded other platforms.
- reiterating first point, should available on lot of oses, , available on unix packaging systems, linux , bsd. whether default on lot of systems though, i'm less bothered about.
- should powerful , advanced. in, not ruby/tk.
- end-users technical users. out-the-box ease of use isn't essential.

i'm thinking wxruby way go here. but, isn't stable last heard, , isn't on few packaging systems, openbsd's. so... alternatives?

in advance

http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl

wiki here rates production quality, though have no personal experience it. if have learned basics of wxwidgets try stay that. why learning new again? have used several gui toolkits swing, swt, qt, etc. , i'm tired of relearning nuances.

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