# A new Julia GUI Engine has appeared! Mousetrap.jl is now available

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-new-julia-gui-engine-has-appeared-mousetrap-jl-is-now-available/103004>\
**Category:** Package Announcements\
**Tags:** package, gui\
**Created:** [August 20, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-new-julia-gui-engine-has-appeared-mousetrap-jl-is-now-available/103004 "2023-08-20T13:49:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Palli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/palli/32/3380_2.png) [@Palli](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Palli)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-new-julia-gui-engine-has-appeared-mousetrap-jl-is-now-available/103004/24 "2025-05-27T11:30:56Z")

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Note, someone has taken over maintenance, because the original developer has health issues, see here:

> [@\[ANN\] Mousetrap, the new Julia GUI Engine, now supports GLMakie & macOS](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-mousetrap-the-new-julia-gui-engine-now-supports-glmakie-macos/105252/14):
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> I could install in 1.11 on Linux but not run (seemingly can work, and on Windows, see below): (pharaldsson) pkg\> st Status `~/Project.toml` [ac6e5ff7] JuliaSyntaxHighlighting v0.1.0 [5deeb4b9] Mousetrap v0.3.3 `https://github.com/HyperSphereStudio/Mousetrap.jl#main` [287f9a42] libmousetrap\_jll v0.3.0+0 `https://github.com/Clemapfel/mousetrap_jll#main` julia\> using Mousetrap Precompiling Mousetrap... Info Given Mousetrap was explicitly requested, output will be shown live ERROR: LoadErro…

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