Learn and prototype with GNOME technologies

Workbench goal is to let you experiment with GNOME technologies, no matter if tinkering for the first time or building and testing a GTK user interface.

Among other things, Workbench comes with

• realtime GTK/CSS preview
• library of examples
• JavaScript and Vala support
• XML and Blueprint for describing user interface
• syntax highlighting, undo/redo, autosave, session restore
• code linter and formatter
• terminal output
• 1000+ icons

ℹ️ Workbench is made possible by Flatpak. Only Flathub Workbench is supported.

Testimonials

“ It is an essential tool for those who develop applications with GTK ” • “ as someone who is learning GTK, Workbench is definitely a must have! ” • “ created a simple mockup using the amazing Workbench app ” • “ It used to be hard but Workbench helps me learn GTK. ” • “ I recommend it even to those who are new to GTK ” • “ This tool has simplified my life by saving my time drastically. ” • “ Gone too wild playing with Workbench ”

// prettier-ignore
matrix(
  1, 0, 0,
  0, 1, 0,
  0, 0, 1
);

/* prettier-ignore */
.my    ugly rule
{

}

Workbench would not be possible without

Flatpak, GTK, GLib, GtkSourceView, libadwaita, VTE, GJS, Blueprint, icon-development-kit, Vala

and the GNOME community 🖤

© 2022 Sonny Piers and contributors

GPLv3. Please see COPYING file.

Except for everything under src/Library/demos which is in the public domain under the terms of CC0 1.0.