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RAD tool for the GTK+ and GNOME environment. Version 3.40.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install glade

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install glade

MacPorts ports tree · devel/glade/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add glade

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · glade · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gir1.2-gladeui-2.0

Debian stable package indexes · gir1.2-gladeui-2.0 · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install glade

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · glade · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#glade

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gl/glade/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S glade

Arch Linux sync databases · glade · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install glade

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · glade · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id gnome.Glade -e

Windows Package Manager source index · gnome.Glade · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

RAD tool for the GTK+ and GNOME environment

Commands and aliases

  • glade
  • glade-previewer

history

Project history and usage

Glade is a graphical interface designer for GTK and GNOME applications. It belongs to the long line of desktop RAD tools, but its lasting role in the GTK world comes from producing declarative interface files that applications load through GtkBuilder rather than from generating application code.

Project history

The GNOME project distributes Glade as a free-software user-interface designer, with archived release series reaching back to the 0.x and 1.x eras and later 2.x and 3.x branches. The 3.x line became the GTK 3-oriented branch, while Glade 3.8 remained the documented path for projects that still needed GTK 2 support.

Glade evolved alongside GTK's move toward GtkBuilder XML and template-based widget classes. Its release notes show continued adaptation to GNOME application conventions, Meson builds, JavaScript widget support, GTK 3.24, and fixes for GtkBuilder and template workflows.

Adoption history

Glade became a standard tool in GNOME and GTK packaging because it gave application authors a visual way to edit interface definitions while still keeping those definitions portable across GTK language bindings. Its package metadata appears across common Unix-like package managers, including Homebrew, Debian-family systems, Fedora-family systems, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, MSYS2, and Flatpak.

How it is used

Practitioners use Glade to sketch and maintain GTK interfaces, save them as XML, and load those files from C, Python, Vala, Java, Perl, C#, and other GTK bindings through GtkBuilder. The command-line companion glade-previewer supports testing interface files outside the full application.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Glade is significant because it packages both a desktop application and the libgladeui tooling around GTK catalogs, templates, and preview support. It is also a useful marker for the GTK 2 to GTK 3 transition because the project documents Glade 3.8 as the branch for GTK 2 work while later releases target GTK 3.

Timeline

  • 1999: GNOME source archives include early Glade release series such as 0.5 and 0.6.
  • 2011: Glade 3.8 is documented as the GTK 2-compatible branch.
  • 2020: Glade 3.38 adds automatic template loading and JavaScript widget support.
  • 2022: Glade 3.40.0 is released as the last stable release noted by the project site.

Related projects

  • GTK, GNOME, GtkBuilder, GNOME Builder, Flatpak, MSYS2, Homebrew.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 9 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 7 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gladecliglobal executable
glade-previewercliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version3.40.0
manager updated2026-07-05
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://glade.gnome.org/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:glade
Version3.40.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glade
Homepagehttps://glade.gnome.org/
Repositoryhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glade
Upstream docshttps://glade.gnome.org/
LicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later
Source archivehttps://download.gnome.org/sources/glade/3.40/glade-3.40.0.tar.xz
Last updated2026-07-05T04:22:29Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesadwaita-icon-theme, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gtk+3, hicolor-icon-theme, libxml2, pango
Build dependenciesdocbook-xsl, gettext, gobject-introspection, itstool, meson, ninja, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameglade
Version Scheme0
Revision2
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedyes
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

gir1.2-gladeui-2.0 3.40.0-6+b1

GObject introspection data for the GTK+ User Interface library

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install gir1.2-gladeui-2.0
  • Section: introspection
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-gladeui-2.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

glade 3.40.0-6+b1

GTK+ User Interface Builder

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install glade
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: glade from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgladeui-2-13t64 3.40.0-6+b1

GTK+ User Interface Build core library

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install libgladeui-2-13t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 12 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgladeui-2-13t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgladeui-common 3.40.0-6

GTK+ User Interface Build core library (common files)

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install libgladeui-common
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: glade
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgladeui-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgladeui-dev 3.40.0-6+b1

GTK+ User Interface Build core library (development files)

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install libgladeui-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgladeui-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgladeui-doc 3.40.0-6

GTK+ User Interface Build core library (documentation)

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install libgladeui-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: glade
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgladeui-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

glade

nix profile install nixpkgs#glade
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glade/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

gir1.2-gladeui-2.0 3.40.0-5build2

GObject introspection data for the GTK+ User Interface library

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install gir1.2-gladeui-2.0
  • Section: universe/introspection
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gir1.2-gladeui-2.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

glade 3.40.0-5build2

GTK+ User Interface Builder

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install glade
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: glade from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgladeui-2-13t64 3.40.0-5build2

GTK+ User Interface Build core library

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install libgladeui-2-13t64
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 12 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgladeui-2-13t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgladeui-common 3.40.0-5build2

GTK+ User Interface Build core library (common files)

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install libgladeui-common
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: glade
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgladeui-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgladeui-dev 3.40.0-5build2

GTK+ User Interface Build core library (development files)

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install libgladeui-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgladeui-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgladeui-doc 3.40.0-5build2

GTK+ User Interface Build core library (documentation)

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apt install libgladeui-doc
  • Section: universe/doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: glade
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgladeui-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

glade 3.40.0-r10

User Interface Designer for GTK+ and GNOME

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apk add glade
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glade from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

glade-dev 3.40.0-r10

User Interface Designer for GTK+ and GNOME (development files)

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apk add glade-dev
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glade
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glade-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

glade-doc 3.40.0-r10

User Interface Designer for GTK+ and GNOME (documentation)

https://glade.gnome.org/

sudo apk add glade-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: glade
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Glade
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glade-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

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  • gdk-pixbufRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gtk+3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libxml2Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • docbook-xslBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gobject-introspectionBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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