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It makes sense to build many kinds of applications using (at least) two different levels and languages. Those being C+GObject, and a managed (GC'd) runtime. C is good for graphics, multimedia, and lower level systems work. However, writing complex software is difficult and error-prone without garbage collection. A managed runtime such as JavaScript, Python, Java, Lua, .NET, Scheme etc. makes a lot of sense for non-fast-path application logic such as configuration, layout, dialogs, etc.
Thus, one of the major goals of the GObject introspection project is to be a convenient bridge between these two worlds, and allow you to choose the right tool for the job, rather than being limited inside one or the other. With the introspection project, you can write for example a ClutterActor or GtkWidget subclass in C, and then without any additional work use that class inside JavaScript.
gobject-introspection: A convenient bridge between C and a runtime language and more
It makes sense to build many kinds of applications using (at least) two different levels and languages. Those being C+GObject, and a managed (GC'd) runtime. C is good for graphics, multimedia, and lower level systems work. However, writing complex software is difficult and error-prone without garbage collection. A managed runtime such as JavaScript, Python, Java, Lua, .NET, Scheme etc. makes a lot of sense for non-fast-path application logic such as configuration, layout, dialogs, etc.Thus, one of the major goals of the GObject introspection project is to be a convenient bridge between these two worlds, and allow you to choose the right tool for the job, rather than being limited inside one or the other. With the introspection project, you can write for example a ClutterActor or GtkWidget subclass in C, and then without any additional work use that class inside JavaScript.
| Name: | gobject-introspection |
| Release: | 1.86.0-1mamba |
| Group: | System/Libraries |
| Maintainer: | silvan |
| License: | GPL |
| Size: | 6.48 MB |
| Upstream URL: | https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ |
| Build time: | 2025-09-14 06:30:51 |
Binary packages and requirements
| x86_64 | aarch64 | i586 | |
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| Built RPMS | gobject-introspection gobject-introspection-apidocs gobject-introspection-debug gobject-introspection-devel | gobject-introspection gobject-introspection-apidocs gobject-introspection-debug gobject-introspection-devel | gobject-introspection gobject-introspection-apidocs gobject-introspection-debug gobject-introspection-devel |
| Build requirements | glibc-devel [1] libffi-devel [1] libglib-devel [1] python-Markdown-py3 [1] python-mako-py3 [1] python3-devel[>=0:3.11.5-3mamba] [1] | glibc-devel [1] libffi-devel [1] libglib-devel [1] python-Markdown-py3 [1] python-mako-py3 [1] python3-devel[>=0:3.11.5-3mamba] [1] | glibc-devel [1] libffi-devel [1] libglib-devel [1] python-Markdown-py3 [1] python-mako-py3 [1] python3-devel[>=0:3.11.5-3mamba] [1] |
History of changes
| Date | Packager | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-14 | Automatic Build System | 1.86.0-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2025-03-16 | Automatic Build System | 1.84.0-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-09-14 | Automatic Build System | 1.82.0-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-09-07 | silvan | 1.81.4-1mamba | - update to 1.81.4 |
| 2024-04-24 | Automatic Build System | 1.80.1-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-10-01 | silvan | 1.78.1-2mamba | - rebuilt with python3 == 3.11 |
| 2023-09-16 | autodist | 1.78.1-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-09-10 | autodist | 1.78.0-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-03-23 | autodist | 1.76.1-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-03-14 | autodist | 1.76.0-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
