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Wt

C++ library for building interactive web applications without writing JavaScript.

Wt is a C++ library for building web applications. An application is written as C++ widgets, and the library renders them to HTML on the server, so the application code is written without JavaScript. The application is compiled to a binary, and the library includes a built-in HTTP and WebSockets server, libwthttp, which can run it as a single process or as several.

Worth knowing

The library is offered under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with an OpenSSL exception, and under a commercial license. The commercial license does not require distributing the application’s source code.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Emweb bv3
Headquarters
Belgium3

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on47
Rendering
On a server1
Install with
build from source with CMake, or a source download46

Releases

Current major version
48
Last release
2026-10-018

Adoption

GitHub stars
1,8602
Contributors
779

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-26: links, Categories, Rendering
    www.webtoolkit.eu/wt
  2. 2026-10-26: links, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/emweb/wt
  3. 2026-10-26: Maintainer, Headquarters, License model
    raw.githubusercontent.com/emweb/wt/master/LICENSE
  4. 2026-10-26: Written in, Install with, Runs as, License, License model
    github.com/emweb/wt/blob/master/README.md
  5. 2026-10-26: Runtime, Multilingual
    www.webtoolkit.eu/wt/doc/reference/html/overview.html
  6. 2026-10-26: Install with, Databases, links
    www.webtoolkit.eu/wt/download
  7. 2026-10-26: Runs as
    www.webtoolkit.eu/wt/features
  8. 2026-10-26: Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/emweb/wt/releases
  9. 2026-10-26: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/emweb/wt/contributors?per_page=1

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