GDK

GDK

Simplified software architecture of GTK
Original author(s)	GIMP authors
Developer(s)	The GNOME Project
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/tree/master/gdk
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Platform	X11, Wayland, Quartz and GDI
Type	Software library
License	GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Website	developer.gnome.org/gdk3/stable/

GDK (GIMP Drawing Kit) is a library that acts as a wrapper around the low-level functions provided by the underlying windowing and graphics systems. GDK lies between the display server and the GTK library, handling basic rendering such as drawing primitives, raster graphics (bitmaps), cursors, fonts, as well as window events and drag-and-drop functionality.

Like GTK Scene Graph Kit (GSK), GDK is part of GTK and licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).