tcltkResources

List of links for tcl/tk packages and resources that I found useful. Focus is mainly on maintainted tools and packages with Tcl/TK 9.0 support.

• Major sources
• Packages/extensions/libraries/tools
  • Console enchancement
  • Static analyzers
  • Special format files readers/writers
  • Network
  • Documentation tools
  • Arguments processing
  • Plotting
  • Megawidget collections, Tk frameworks, OO-like widget libraries, alternative geometry managers
  • Megawidgets
  • Ttk themes
  • Math
  • Foreign interface and wrapping of C functions
  • Bridges to other languages
  • OS API
  • Debugging
  • PDF processing
  • Distribution
  • Language extension
  • Misc
• IDEs/Editors
  • alited

Major sources

• Tcl/Tk sources
  • Core repositories of Tcl/Tk
  • Core repository, Official download page, Tk github mirror, Tcl github mirror
  • License: MIT-compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: Tcl/Tk8.6, Tcl/Tk9.0
• Tcllib
  • Official Tcl-only collection of packages
  • Core repository
  • License: MIT-compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: Table of content
• Tklib
  • Official Tcl-only collection of packages for Tk GUI toolkit
  • Core repository
  • License: MIT-compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: Table of content
• Tcl/Tk for Windows
  • Batteries included distribution of prebuild Tcl/Tk binaries for Windows
  • Magicsplat
• TEA3 (Tcl extension architecture)
  • A set of guidelines and techniques for the distribution, configuration, compilation, and installation of Tcl extensions. TEA also provides a set of utilities that operate accordingly.
  • Latest version of sample extension, Latest version on github with additional helper scripts
  • License: MIT-compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: tclwiki page, sample extension wiki page, latest version 3 of TEA wiki page
• Home of orphaned packages under Tcl Community Assosiation
  • This Github organization, owned by the Tcl Community Association, hosts repositories for Tcl/Tk packages and applications, in particular those that are no longer maintained by the original author(s).
  • tcltk-depot

Packages/extensions/libraries/tools

Console enchancement

• TkCon
  • Interactive console written in pure Tcl, replacement for tclsh and wish.
  • Latest version
  • License: MIT-compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentaion: Original docs, tclwiki page
• tclreadline
  • GNU readline for tcl
  • Latest version
  • License: MIT-compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: see README

Static analyzers

• nagelfar
  • Static code analyzer, supports custom syntax databases and plugins, supports code coverage analysis.
  • Latest version
  • License: GPLv2
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentaion: Original docs, tclwiki page

Special format files readers/writers

• tclyaml
  • A binding to the C-based libyaml parser library for YAML Ain't Markup Language.
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: commands reference
• rl_json
  • Extends Tcl with a json value type and a command to manipulate json values directly.
  • Source repository
  • License: Same as Tcl core
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: see README
• tclcsv
  • Tclcsv is a binary extension for reading and writing CSV format files.
  • Source repository
  • License: Custom, see sources
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: tclcsv

Work with data

• tarray
  • The tarray (typed array) extension implements two new Tcl collection data types — columns and tables. Typed arrays store elements of a specific data type in native format and provide some features that are not built into lists and dictionaries
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD-2-Clause license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: tarray
• xtal
  • The (eXtended typed array language) Xtal (pronounced Crystal) is an alternative to Tcl commands for working with collections (lists, typed array columns and tables).
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD-2-Clause license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: xtal

Network

• TclTLS
  • Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extension
  • Source repository, for prebuilt Windows binaries use Magicsplat distribution.
  • License: Same as Tcl core
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: TclTLS

Documentation tools

• Ruff!
  • Documentation generator from the Tcl source code
  • Source repository, Distribution download
  • License: BSD-2-Clause license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: Ruff!
• tmdoc
  • Literate programming with Tcl - embed Tcl code into Markdown or LaTeX documents with code evaluation.
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD-3-Clause license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: Package manual, Package tutorial

Arguments processing

• argparse
  • A feature-heavy argument parser
  • argparse.tcl, pkgIndex.tcl
  • License: Same as Tcl core
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0(modify package require in argparse.tcl)
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: tclwiki
• parse_args
  • A fast argument parser based on the patterns established by core Tcl.
  • Source repository
  • License: Same as Tcl core
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: see README

Plotting

• ticklecharts
  • Tcl wrapper around Apache ECharts.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl (could be speed up with critcl)
  • Documentation: see README
• implotTk
  • Tcl bindings for Implot.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: see README
• tko::graph
  • 2D graph for plotting X-Y coordinate data
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: tko::graph
• rbc
  • Refactored BLT Components
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD
  • Tcl/Tk version: 9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: See sources
• Plotchart
  • Simple plotting and charting package
  • Part of Tcllib
  • License: Same as Tcllib
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: plotchart

Megawidget collections, Tk frameworks, OO-like widget libraries, alternative geometry managers

• tko
  • oo class like widgets
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: See source repository
• apave (pave)
  • Tcl/Tk library for GUI development
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: apave
• oowidgets
  • Megawidget creation package using TclOO
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD-3-Clause license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: tutorial, manual
• BWidget
  • BWidget is a mega-widget package
  • Source repository
  • License: Same as Tcl core
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: BWidget, for prebuilt Windows binaries use Magicsplat distribution.
• wob
  • Create widgets with their own Tcl object and their own interpreter.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: wob
• TKproE
  • Visual Tk designer
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: Documentation
• TkDND
  • TkDND is an extension that adds native drag & drop capabilities to the Tk toolkit
  • Source repository
  • License: Custom MIT compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: See sources

Megawidgets

• Tablelist
  • The multi-column listbox and tree widget package.
  • Source repository, also included into Tklib
  • License: Same as Tcl core
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: Tablelist
• TkTreeCtrl
  • Multi-column hierarchical listbox widget for Tk.
  • Mantained repository with tcl 9 support, Original unmaintained source repository, for prebuilt Windows binaries use Magicsplat distribution.
  • License: BSD License
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: TkTreeCtrl
• TkTable
  • TkTable is a full-featured 2D table widget for Tk.
  • Latest updated version source repository Original unmaintained source repository for prebuilt Windows binaries use Magicsplat distribution.
  • License: BSD License
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: TkTable
• bartabs
  • Highly improved tab bar widget for Tcl/Tk.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: bartabs
• baltip
  • Tcl/Tk package of tooltip and balloon.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: baltip
• playtkl
  • Testing scenarios for Tcl/Tk applications & playing macros.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: playtkl

Ttk themes

• ale_themes
  • It's a batch of Tcl/Tk themes.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: see README

Math

• VecTcl
  • Provides a numerical array extension for Tcl with support for vectors, matrices and higher-rank tensors of integers, floating point and complex numbers.
  • Source repository, Port to Tcl9
  • License: Same as Tcl core
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: VecTcl
• ndlist
  • A pure Tcl implementation of arbitrary rank tensors.
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD-2-Clause license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: ndlist
• tclinterp
  • Tcl wrapper for C interpolation routines
  • Source repository
  • License: LGPL-2.1 license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: tclinterp

Foreign interface and wrapping of C functions

• SWIG
  • SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages, including Tcl.
  • Source repository, Main website
  • License: multiple licenses, including GPL. Code generated by SWIG, which is not governed by copyright.
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: SWIG
• tcl-cffi
  • A Foreign Function Interface extension for Tcl.
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD-2-Clause license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: tcl-cffi
• critcl
  • C Runtime In Tcl, CriTcl for short, a system to build C extension packages for Tcl on the fly, from C code embedded within Tcl scripts.
  • Source repository
  • License: Same as Tcl core
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: critcl

Bridges to other languages

• tohil
  • Tohil is simultaneously a Python extension and a TCL extension that makes it possible to effortlessly call bidirectionally between Tcl and Python, targeting Tcl 8.6+ and Python 3.6+
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD-3-Clause license
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0(?)
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: tohil

OS API

• twapi
  • The Tcl Windows API (TWAPI) extension provides access to the Windows API from within the Tcl scripting language.
  • Source repository
  • License: Custom, see sources.
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: twapi

Debugging

• flytrap
  • Tcl debugging tools.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: flytrap
• TclProDebug
  • Tcl interactive debugger
  • Source repository
  • License: Custom
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0(not all features are supported)
  • Type: C extension
  • Documentation: See sources

PDF processing

• tclfpdf
  • Port of tFPDF (PHP) by by Ian Back and Tycho Veltmeijer (modified version of FPDF by Olivier Plathey) to TCL.
  • Source repository
  • License: Custom
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
• pdf4tcl
  • pdf4tcl is a tcl package for generating pdf files.
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Type: pure Tcl
  • Documentation: pdf4tcl

Distribution

• Freewrap
  • Tool for wrapping Tcl application to single executable
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT-compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: Documentation

Language extension

• TclX
  • TclX provides additional interfaces to the operating system, and adds many new programming constructs, text manipulation tools, and debugging tools.
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: See sources
• tcl-promise
  • Promises are concurrency primitives that simplify asynchronous programming by allowing you to write the code in a sequential style. This project implements promises for the Tcl language.
  • Source repository
  • License: BSD
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: tcl-promise

Misc

• Github workflows for Tcl
  • Github action workflows for testing Tcl extensions.
  • tcl-setup, tcl-build-extension
  • License: MIT-compatible
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: see README

IDEs/Editors

• alited
  • Text editor with main focus on Tcl/Tk projects. Written in pure Tcl, ideally suited for Tcl/Tk development.
  • Source repository
  • License: MIT
  • Tcl/Tk version: 8.6/9.0
  • Documentation: documentation