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Which GUI library does Google Chrome use?


As of May 2014 Google Chrome uses it's own custom UI stack called Aura. This is currently the case for all platforms except OSX.

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You probably want their document entitled "Conventions and patterns for multi-platform development." Your answer is

Mac -> Cocoa,Linux -> GTK,Windows -> Their own custom "Windows Views"

You'll also see have an experimental "GTK Views", so it sounds like they're aiming for their own abstraction?