Devuan Developer Working On Reviving GTK2 With Modern Fixes
A Devuan developer is working on a project called 'gtk2-ng' to modernize the GTK2 toolkit. This initiative comes after GTK2 was declared end-of-life in December 2020, with most software transitioning to GTK3. The developer aims to backport improvements and ensure compatibility with the latest GCC compiler.
- ▪Devuan is a Linux distribution that operates without systemd.
- ▪The gtk2-ng project seeks to enhance the outdated GTK2 toolkit.
- ▪The project was announced in the Devuan Forums and is hosted on git.devuan.org.
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Devuan Developer Working On Reviving GTK2 With Modern Fixes Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 29 April 2026 at 06:05 AM EDT. 84 Comments A Devuan developer, the Linux distribution that provides a Debian-based operating system without dependence on systemd, is working on "gtk2-ng" for providing modern fixes and improvements to the old GTK2 toolkit. While there isn't much upstream software still left on the GTK2 toolkit after the likes of Inkscape and GIMP transitioned over to GTK3, a Devuan developer has taken to enhancing the GTK2 toolkit in 2026 that hasn't been maintained by upstream GTK since it was declared end-of-life back in December 2020.
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