| Name | Solution | Language | Portability | Embedded |
| Trolltech QT | Cross-Platform API | C++ | Windows/UNIX/BSD/Apple OSX | Trolltech delivers QT/E and the QWS-Server for embedded Linux which makes it easy to port QT Applications |
| GTK+ | UNIX API | C | UNIX/BSD | Embedded Linux Framebuffer support |
| wxWindows | Cross-Platform API | C++ | Windows/UNIX/BSD/Apple OSX | Embedded Linux Framebuffer support |
| Borland Kylix | Cross-Platform API | Delphi | Windows/Linux-x86 | Not advisable since it's hardware-dependent |
| .NET/.GNU/Mono | VM | C/C++/C# | The standard graphics classes provided by Microsoft are not portable | Not advisable, too slow |
| Java AWT/Swing | VM | Java | Almost anywhere | Not advisable, too slow |
| Java JNI | VM and Native Interface | Mixed Java/C/C++ | Almost anywhere | Depends on what part oft the software is written in C/C++ |