Tcl/Tk
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Nov 6, 2025first mention
Oct 31, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Now I wish it had won instead of the unholy abomination we have with Electron apps.”
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“Under GNU/Linux, the VB6 counterpart would be TCL/Tk+SQlite”
Caveats and dissent
“TCL/TK looks ugly everywhere”
Often compared with
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Tcl/Tk Maintainer since 2002”
Principal Software Engineer / Systems Architecton “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)”
“Tcl/Tk Maintainer ( https://w.sb/r/tcl )”
Tcl/Tk maintaineron “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026)”
“a Tcl/Tk Maintainer since 2002”
Tcl/Tk maintainer since 2002on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026)”
“Tcl/Tk Maintainer”
job seeker; Tcl/Tk maintainer; formerly on SQLite dev teamon “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)”
“Tcl/Tk Maintainer”
Tcl/Tk maintainer; formerly on SQLite dev teamon “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)”
Threads where it came up
- Common Desktop Environment available now as open-source 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) 1 mention
- Tcl/Tk 9.1 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026) 1 mention
- Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2026) 1 mention
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All comments 7
“I prefer TCL/Tk Bisque, which had its own command, t-shirt, and cult:”
“Tcl and Tk are fantastic”
“Now I wish it had won instead of the unholy abomination we have with Electron apps.”
“later port it to X11/TCL/Tk”
“TCL/TK looks ugly everywhere”
“Under GNU/Linux, the VB6 counterpart would be TCL/Tk+SQlite”
“It might not be on par with TCL/Tk polishing”