What language should be used for an OpenSource GUI application?

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Denis Suprunenko2015-03-09 12:43:32

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Denis Suprunenko, 2015-03-09 12:43:32

There is currently a console program that receives information from an external device and displays it on the screen (writing to a file). The program is written in C++ and exchanges data with the device via a virtual COM port.
There is a desire to breathe new life into the program by adding a GUI interface. I would like to make the source codes of this program OpenSource so that everyone can help the development of the project.
Although the main users of such an application are Windows users, there is a desire to immediately swing at 3 whales: Windows, MacOSX, Linux.
The question is, what would you advise to use as a programming language for solving such a problem? How is it easier and more logical to do this for OpenSource?

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Vyacheslav Zolotov, 2015-03-09
@SZolotov

Qt + C++ - 100% development capability for all platforms.
C# + Xamarin (Mono) - not sure

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Vasily, 2015-03-09
@Applez

As an option to do in Java + Swing, or correctly suggested above, C ++ + Qt.

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Ilya Bobkov, 2015-03-09
@heksen

C++ and GTK (still possible)

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sanchas, 2015-03-13
@sanchas

Qt. Moreover, there is already a cross-platform class for working with a COM port - QSerialPort.

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Man-Soul, 2015-03-20
@Man-Soul

Cross-platform wxWidgets library (included, for example, in IDE Code::Blocks).
Denis Suprunenko , if not a secret, what library did you use for the COM port in your program? What IDE did you work with?