Comparison to other UI/window libraries

Traditionally, Java UIs struggled with high-quality OS integration. JWM plans to bring it to modern standards by implementing those integrations from scratch in modern low-level OS-native APIs. Prior art:

AWT: #

• Bullet-proof, works everywhere
• Event loop is two-threaded (lags in UI)
• Dated font management, color management, dpi management
• No vsync

JavaFX: #

• Fixed threading model
• Performance is sometimes great, sometimes terrible
• Even more limited fonts/color/graphics API
• VSync is weird in multi-monitor case
• No real extensibility

Winit #

• https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit
• Tried at JetBrains
• Complicated event loop model (tries to unify desktop + web + mobile)
• https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/blob/master/FEATURES.md

GLFW via LWJGL, SDL2: #

• Game-oriented
• Bad window management
• No OS integration
• Create one window and go full-screen is the main use-case

Electron: #

• Seems great, will use as inspiration
• https://www.electronjs.org/docs