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Useful Extensions

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An exhaustive list of all known extensions/plugins/reusable piece of code related to Dear ImGui.

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Index

Automation / Testing

imgui_test_engine: Dear ImGui Test Engine + Test Suite (2022-2024)
github/ocornut/imgui_test_engine
imgui_test_engine

Text Editors

ImGuiColorTextEdit: Colorizing text editor for Dear ImGui (2017-2019)
github/BalazsJako/ImGuiColorTextEdit

Zep: An embeddable editor, with optional support for using vim keystrokes (2018-2023)
github/Rezonality/zep

Scintilla integration (2015)
issue #108 (likely obsolete)

Node Editors

imgui-node-editor: node editor using Dear ImGui (2016-2023)
github/thedmd/imgui-node-editor

ImNodes: Node graph implementation for Dear ImGui (2019-2022)
github/rokups/ImNodes

imnodes: A small, dependency-free node editor for dear imgui (2019-2024)
github/Nelarius/imnodes

ImNodeFlow: Node based editor/blueprints for Dear ImGui (2024)
github/Fattorino/ImNodeFlow

More Node Editors stuff at #306.

Hex / Memory Editors

imgui_memory_editor: hexadecimal editor (2017-2024)
github/ocornut/imgui_club

imgui_hex_editor: My version of hexadecimal editor for the Dear ImGui (2024)
github/Teselka/imgui_hex_editor
image

Plotting, Graph

ImPlot: Advanced 2D Plotting for Dear ImGui (2020-2024)
github/epezent/implot

imgui-plot (2019-2023)
github/soulthreads/imgui-plot

SimpleImGuiFlameGraph (2024)
github/CheapMeow/SimpleImGuiFlameGraph

imgui-flame-graph (2019-2023)
github/bwrsandman/imgui-flame-graph

Plot Var Helper (2016)
comment

Curves, Animations, Gradients Editors

Cubic Bezier / Curve Editor (2016-2021)
github

ImSequencer: animation sequencer (2018-2022)
github/CedricGuillemet/ImGuizmo

ImGradient: gradient editor (2018-2022)
github/CedricGuillemet/ImGuizmo

ImCurveEdit: curve editor (2018-2022)
github/CedricGuillemet/ImGuizmo

Gradient Color Generator (2016)
gist/galloscript

im-neo-sequencer (2022-2023)
gitlab/GroGy/im-neo-sequencer / discussion
image

HImGuiAnimation: Create animations easily (2024)
github/Half-People/HImGuiAnimation

File Browsers / File Dialog

ImFileDialog: A simple file dialog library [... ] supports favorites, actual Windows icons, image previews, zooming in, (2021)
github/dfranx/ImFileDialog
ImFileDialog

imfile: Rust-only file dialog for ImGui (2023)
github/tseli0s/imfile

ImGuiFD: A Dear ImGui based File Dialog without any extra dependencies (not even STL!) (2022-2024)
github/Julianiolo/ImGuiFD

L2DFileDialog (2020-2022)
github/Limeoats/L2DFileDialog

aiekick/ImGuiFileDialog: (2019-2024) (win/linux/mac) thumbnails, advanced file styling, custom pane, bookmarks, etc..
github/aiekick/ImGuiFileDialog

OverShifted's Directory tree view (2020-2024)
thread / gist

AirGuanZ's imgui-filebrowser (2019-2024)
github/AirGuanZ-imgui-filebrowser

gallickgunner's ImGui-Addons (2021-2023)
github/gallickgunner/ImGui-Addons

Flix01's ImGui-Addons
github/Flix01/imgui

Rich text / Markdown

imgui_markdown: Markdown for Dear ImGui (2019-2024)
github/juliettef/imgui_markdown

imgui_md: Markdown renderer for Dear ImGui using MD4C parser (2021)
github/mekhontsev/imgui_md

UntitledImGuiTextUtils: small utility functions to make marking down text in ImGui easier (2023-2024)
github/MadLadSquad/UntitledImGuiTextUtils

url/hyperlinks
gist/dougbinks
Since 1.91.0 you can use TextLink(), TextLinkOpenURL()

Input Method Editors (IME)

DearImGui-with-IMM32: Microsoft IME Overlay using Dear ImGui (2020)
github/maildrop/DearImGui-with-IMM32

UntitledIBusHandwriting: A multilingual handwriting IM for IBus (2023)
github/MadLadSquad/UntitledIBusHandwriting

Knobs

imgui-rs-knobs: A library for designing knobs for imgui-rs [Rust] (2021)
github/DGriffin91/imgui-rs-knobs

imgui-knobs: This is a port/adaptation of imgui-rs-knobs (2022-2023)
image
github/altschuler/imgui-knobs

thread
issue #942

Spinners

imspinner: Set of nice spinners for imgui (2022-2023)
github/dalerank/imspinner / issue #5421

Spinner/Loading progress indicators
issue #1901

Toggles

Toggle Button
issue #1537

imgui_toggle (2022)
github/cmdwft/imgui_toggle

Layout

Splitters
issue #319

Stack Layout (pr/branch)
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/pull/846

GUI/Layout Editor/Generator

ImRAD (2023-2024)
ImRAD is a GUI builder for the ImGui library. It generates and parses C++ code which can be directly used in your application.
github/tpecholt/imrad

ImStudio (2021-2022)
github/Raais/ImStudio, web app

ImGuiBuilder: gui editor of the Imgui framework (2021)
github/Code-Building/ImGuiBuilder

ImGuiDesigner: interactive gui editor (2023)
github/iamclint/ImGuiDesigner
designer

Fellow ImGui (2024)
https://fellowimgui.dev
github/poirierlouis/FellowImGui
FellowImGui

HImGuiEditor (2020-2023)
issue #6157 / GitHub/HalfPeople/HImGuiEditor

Styling

Thread: Using gradients in widgets (2021)
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/issues/4722

imgui-spectrum ImGui library [...] embracing Adobe's Spectrum guidelines
https://github.com/adobe/imgui/blob/master/docs/Spectrum.md

Software Renderer/Rasterizer

Software Renderer for Dear ImGui (2018)
github/emilk/imgui_software_renderer

ImSoft (softraster for ImGui) (2019)
github/LAK132/ImSoft

Fast(er) Software Rasterizer for Dear ImGui
github/malamanteau [down]

Backend for Xlux
github/Jaysmito101/Xlux

Remoting

netImGui: Dear ImGui remote access library and application (2020-2022)
github/sammyfreg/netImgui
+ UnrealNetImgui: Unreal Engine 4's support of NetImgui. (2020-2022)
https://github.com/sammyfreg/UnrealNetImgui

imgui-ws: Dear ImGui over WebSockets (2019-2022)
github/ggerganov/imgui-ws

ImGui_WS: Unreal ImGui_WS plugin provides the ability to display debugging information from the unreal engine on remote web pages and also supports packaged games. (2024)
github/Eragon-Brisingr/ImGui_WS

RemoteImGui: send vertices over the network (2014-2022)
github/JordiRos/remoteimgui

AndroidAppViewer: Android GLES3 stub with RemoteImGui (2018-2019)
github/CedricGuillemet/AndroidAppViewer

Terminal / Text mode

ImTui: Immediate Mode Text-based User Interface (2019-2021)
github/ggerganov/imtui

tear imgui: Experiment for a terminal-based renderer for imgui (2017)
github/jonvaldes/tear_imgui

Midi/OSC interfacing

midi2osc: midi to opensoundcontrol bridge (2018-2020)
github/mmalex/midi2osc

devmidi: A simple MIDI input library that also dovetails into Dear ImGui (2020)
github/antonthefirst/devmidi

shric/midi: A C++ program to read midi input and display things with Dear ImGui (2020)
github/shric/midi
shric/midi

Virtual Reality (VR) / Reprojected UI plane

Desktop+: Advanced desktop access for OpenVR (2021)
github/elvissteinjr/DesktopPlus

ImGuiVR: Demo code for using Imgui with OpenVR (2017)
github/temcgraw/ImguiVR / video

BIMXplorer:
homepage

mpFluid CAVE Front End
github/sariug/mpfluid_cave_frontend
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Image manipulation

imgInspect (2019)
github/CedricGuillemet/imgInspect
image

ImGuiTexInspect: Advanced, flexible texture inspector (2021-2022)
github/andyborrell/imgui_tex_inspect (discussion, online demo)
Screenshot of ImGuiTexInspect

Date Picker

ImGuiDatePicker (2024)
DnA-IntRicate/ImGuiDatePicker
image

BrotBoxEngine's ImGuiExtensions.cpp (in engine-snippet) (2024)
#8159

Flix01's ImGui-Addons
github/Flix01/imgui

2D/3D manipulation Gizmos

ImGuizmo: 3d translation/rotation Gizmo (2016-2022)
github/CedricGuillemet/ImGuizmo

imGuiZMO.quat: 3d translation/rotation Gizmo (2020)
github/BrutPitt/imGuIZMO.quat

ImGui-2D-HArrow :2D Mobile Components (2023)
github/Half-People/ImGui-2D-HArrow

Inspectors, Serialization

ImGui::Auto(): auto serialize into UI using C++17 (2017)
github/Csabix/imgui

ImQuick: render UI elements automagically based only on the variable type. (2021)
github/martinpetkovski/ImQuick

imgui-inspect: [Rust] An inspector UI using imgui in Rust (2021)
github/aclysma/imgui-inspect

C++ness

imgui_stdlib: InputText() wrappers for C++ standard library (STL) type: std::string (2018-2022)
in main repository

TextFmt(): helper to use fmt (2023)
pastebin

imgui_scoped: Add some RAII-style wrappers
#2096, #2197

imgui_sugar: C++11 syntactic sugar for Dear ImGui with RAII guards (2021-2022)
github/mnesarco/imgui_sugar

imguiwrap: CMake wrapper for imgui and C++17+ based RAII bindings, and helpers for bootstrapping simple projects.
github/kfsone/imguiwrap

Multi-Context

Explicit context pointer PR/patch (2023-2024)
#5856
github/Dragnalith/imgui
explicit context

Multi-Context Compositor (2024)
github/ocornut/imgui_club
imgui_multicontext_compositor

Unreal Engine specific

(to be combined with an Unreal Engine backend, see Bindings & Backends)

Cog: Cog is a set of debug tools for Unreal Engine built on top of Dear ImGui (2023)
github/arnaud-jamin/Cog
Cog

PropertyWatcher: A runtime variable watch window for Unreal Engine using ImGui (2023)
github/guitarfreak/PropertyWatcher
image

UnrealImGuiTools: A set of tools and utilities for use with Unreal Engine projects using ImGui (2022)
github/nakdeyes/UnrealImGuiTools)

UnrealNetImgui: Unreal Engine 4's support of NetImgui. (2020-2022)
github/sammyfreg/UnrealNetImgui
image

SrgImGui: plugin extends the functionality of ImGui by providing automatic setup, full BP-only usage and an Unreal property inspector. (2024)
github/SurgentStudios/SrgImGui

Miscellaneous

Combos with custom filtering and preview
issue #1658

ImGuiTextSelect: a text selection implementation for Dear ImGui (2024)
github/AidanSun05/ImGuiTextSelect

ImZoomSlider: Range/Zooming Slider (2020-20220
github/CedricGuillemet/ImGuizmo

Slider 2D and Slider 3D
issue #3484

imgui-notify: header-only wrapper made to create toast notifications** (2021-2023)
github/patrickcjk/imgui-notify
image

ImHotKey: hotkey editor
github/CedricGuillemet/ImHotKey

IP Entry Box
issue #388

Pie Menu
issue #434

nnview: a neural network viewer
github/lighttransport/nnview

ImGui Command Palette (2022)
github/hnOsmium0001/imgui-command-palette

imlottie: Renderer Lottie animation for imgui (2023)
https://github.com/dalerank/imlottie

ImCoolBar : a MacOs Dockbar Like for Dear ImGui
github/aiekick/ImCoolBar

InAppGpuProfiler : a ImGui based In App Gpu Profiler
github/aiekick/InAppGpuProfiler

Also Useful Widgets Tag in Issues.

Third party repos

Flix01's ImGui-Addons: file dialog, date picker, listview, toolbar etc.
github/Flix01/imgui

@leiradel's snippets
github/leiradel/ImGuiAl

@nem0's snippets (in imgui_user.* files)
github/nem0/LumixEngine

@aoterodelaroza's snippets
github/aoterodelaroza/imgui-goodies

MetricsGui: controls for displaying performance metrics
github/GameTechDev/MetricsGui

nakedeyes' UnrealImGuiTools: game agnostic ImGui tools and utilities for Unreal Engine game development.
github/UnrealImGuiTools
image


Also see Gallery Threads and Software Using Dear ImGui for references of other software which may be open-sourced.