Editing GObject (section)

{{Short description|Free software library}}

{{Infobox software
| name                   = GLib
| title                  = GObject
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| developer              = [[The GNOME Project]]
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| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system       = [[Cross-platform]]
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| genre                  = [[Software library]]
| license                = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPL]]
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| website                = {{URL|https://developer.gnome.org/gobject/stable/}}<!--One link only-->
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[[File:Linux kernel System Call Interface and glibc.svg|thumb|300px|As the [[GNU C Library]] serves as a wrapper for [[Linux kernel]] [[system call]]s, so do the libraries bundled in [[GLib]] (GObject, [[GLib|Glib]], [[GModule]], [[GThread]] and [[GIO (software)|GIO]]) serve as further wrappers for their specific tasks.]]

The '''GLib Object System''', or '''GObject''', is a [[free software|free]] [[software library]] providing a portable [[object system]] and transparent cross-language interoperability. GObject is designed for use both directly in [[C (programming language)|C]] programs to provide object-oriented C-based APIs and through [[language binding|binding]]s to other languages to provide transparent cross-language interoperability, e.g. [[PyGObject]].