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Gtkdialog vs whiptail

A side-by-side look at Gtkdialog and whiptail. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Gtkdialog

Gtkdialog

Development

Gtkdialog is a utility for creating graphical user interfaces for shell scripts. It allows you to quickly construct dialog boxes, menus, buttons, entry fields, progress bars and more for your scripts without coding.

gtkdialogguishell-script
whiptail

whiptail

Development

Whiptail is a lightweight user interface shell for shell scripts. It allows creating dialog boxes, menus, progress bars and more to interact with users through a text terminal.

shelldialoguser-interface