SWT: The Standard Widget Toolkit

SWT is an open source widget toolkit for Java designed to provide efficient, portable access to the user-interface facilities of the operating systems on which it is implemented.

Welcome

Welcome to SWT! You may have come to this page looking for snippets (little code examples) or examples (big code examples like ControlExample); widget snapshots or documentation. Or maybe you want to request a feature, report a bug, or ask a question. Whatever the reason, you will find many resources here. Enjoy!

Downloads

Latest Release
Download page
For links to latest released version of the SWT Binary and Source for all platforms, select the entry for the latest official release and then click on SWT Binary and Source from the menu on the left.

Stable Builds
Download page
For links to stable milestone builds of the SWT Binary and Source for all platforms, select the entry for the latest milestone build and then click on SWT Binary and Source from the menu on the left.

Integration Builds
Download page
For links to daily Integration builds of SWT Binary and Source for all platforms, select a current integration build (select entry starting with I in the Integration builds) and then click on SWT Binary and Source from the menu on the left.

Maven Artifacts
SWT fragments for all the supported platforms are published to Maven Central for every release. The table below contains the links to the artifacts.

Windows

Mac/Cocoa

Linux/GTK (x86 64-bit)

Linux/GTK (ppcle 64-bit)

How to contribute

Articles

Resources

SWT wiki
Widget screenshots with links to documentation
Snippets, helpful little code examples
Examples, helpful big code examples
The SWT FAQ answers many common questions
Tools and Plug-ins for SWT developers
Online Javadoc
Books and additional documentation
Test Plan for SWT
SWT Community Page
SWTBot, UI/functional testing tool for SWT and Eclipse based applications.
Eclipse/SWT Accessibility wiki

Contact Us

SWT development is discussed and tracked in the Eclipse bugzilla under the Platform/SWT component. You can subscribe to the new bug inbox by watching [email protected] from your bugzilla email preferences.

If you are modifying or porting SWT and have questions, try the SWT developer mailing list [archive, search].