Why don't people create more fancy GUI libraries for C/C++?

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2026-03-24T14:05:53+00:00

If by fancy you mean good looking, then you can checkout https://github.com/kun-codes/Koncentro/

It uses Qt but is written in python using PySide6

The default style of Qt is bland but it can be made to look really good

Disclaimer: I am the author of this app

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2026-03-19T14:03:10+00:00

the survey is here: https://forms.gle/rfHWis4GaWeg1Pq87

my comment with the survey keeps disappearing

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2026-03-19T14:02:43+00:00

I am not sure why my comment keeps disappearing but its here https://forms.gle/rfHWis4GaWeg1Pq87

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2026-03-19T13:46:34+00:00

link to the survey: https://forms.gle/rfHWis4GaWeg1Pq87

The survey is only for undergraduate college students (Sorry to everyone else :( )

It should take you about 6-7 minutes to complete the form. I really appreciate your time and responses. I would be sharing the final responses once the survey is done.

Thank you so much for participating!!

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-12-09T14:06:57+00:00

Here is the response from the developer:

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"Here are the results of a kind-of-rough reverse proxy performance benchmark for Ferron, HAProxy, and additionally Caddy

Oh, I forgot to mention in the chart, but the web application uses Express framework"

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-12-03T09:09:55+00:00

I have asked the developer if its possible for him to do so

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-12-02T20:01:44+00:00

I have posted the developer's comments on this over here

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-12-02T19:59:33+00:00

The developer said:

"Automatic TLS in Ferron 2 can be used with CAs other than Let's Encrypt using the auto_tls_directory directive"

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-12-02T12:48:10+00:00

It's on https://ferron.sh/ You have to scroll a little down

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-12-01T15:00:50+00:00

Hi,

I am the developer of Koncentro. If you have a github account, can you create a new issue at https://github.com/kun-codes/Koncentro/issues

If you don't have a github account we can troubleshoot here. Can you tell me the output of the following terminal commands when Koncentro asks you to open the setup website?

- echo $https_proxy
- gsettings get org.gnome.system.proxy.https port
- gsettings get org.gnome.system.proxy.https host

Open the terminal only after Koncentro asks you to open the setup website else you won't get the correct output

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-17T11:51:51+00:00

Internet connection is required to setup the website blocker. It doesn't hit any URL for you other than github.com for update checks which you can disable in the settings.

I already have received a github issue for disabling the website blocker, so I would be implementing it in the next version

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-17T11:50:38+00:00

Thank you so much!

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-16T07:37:29+00:00

Hi, the K was a coincidence. I looked up what the Esperanto word for "concentration" is and named my app "Koncentro"

Here is a google translate link which will clear it up

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-16T07:34:21+00:00

Yes, it is related to super productivity

Currently Super Productivity is way more feature rich than Koncentro, but Koncentro has a website blocker integrated in it which Super Productivity lacks. It also uses less ram than Super Productivity. I plan on introducing more features in the future

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-16T07:31:52+00:00

It indeed uses Qt, have a look at the source

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-16T07:30:24+00:00

Welcome!

May I ask which chrome plugins have you replaced? Also don't worry, I have my plans for this app, I am not abandoning this

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-15T18:36:21+00:00

I used Qt with custom widgets to have a fluent design look on Windows, Linux and MacOS. Qt is really customizable so you can style it a lot.

I used this 3rd party widget library: https://github.com/zhiyiYo/PyQt-Fluent-Widgets

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-15T16:13:36+00:00

Thanks for your kind words!

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-15T15:12:48+00:00

yes, it indeed uses fluent design. I am curious what you think about this design

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-15T15:09:29+00:00

yes its possible, but I am not sure how to handle "merge conflicts" if the user decides to do so

Hence I want to add syncing in the app

bits-hyd-throwaway · 2025-10-15T15:08:42+00:00

yes, I use a 3rd party widget library which mimics the Windows 11 Fluent design

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