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nicoburns committed Feb 9, 2024
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{
"slug": "gui",
"name": "GUI",
"description": "GTK and Tauri are probably the only options which can be described as production-ready without caveats.<br />The Rust native options are usable for simple projects but are all still quite incomplete.",
"purposes": [
{
"name": "GTK",
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}]
},
{
"name": "Rust Native GUI",
"name": "Immediate Mode Native GUI",
"recommendations": [{
"name": "egui",
"notes": "Immediate-mode UI. Lots of widgets. The most useable out of the box if your needs are simple and you don't need to customise of the look and feel"
}]
},
{
"name": "Retained Mode Native GUI",
"recommendations": [{
"name": "iced",
"notes": "Retained mode UI with a nice API. It's useable for basic apps, but has a number of missing features including multiple windows, layers, and proper text rendering."
}, {
"name": "egui",
"notes": "Immediate-mode UI. Lots of widgets. The most useable out of the box if your needs are simple and you don't need to customise of the look and feel"
"name": "floem",
"link": "https://github.com/lapce/floem",
"notes": "Inspired by Xilem, Leptos and rui, floem is currently more complete than any of them for native UI. Used by the Lapce text editor."
}, {
"name": "slint",
"notes": "Possibly the most complete rust-native UI library. But note that it's dual GPL3/commercial licensed."
}],
"see_also": [{
"name": "vizia",
"link": "https://github.com/vizia/vizia",
"notes": "Fairly complete with sophisticated layout and text layout but has yet to make a stable release."
"notes": "Fairly complete with sophisticated layout and text layout, but has yet to make a stable release."
}],
"see_also": [{
"name": "xilem",
"link": "https://github.com/linebender/xilem",
"notes": "The replacement for Druid based on the more interoperable Vello and Glazier crates. However, it's currently not complete enough to be usable."
}, {
"name": "freya",
"link": "https://github.com/marc2332/freya",
"notes": "Dioxus-based GUI framework using Skia for rendering."
}, {
"name": "slint",
"notes": "Possibly the most complete rust-native UI library. But note that it's dual GPL3/commercial licensed."
}, {
"name": "druid",
"notes": "Druid is a relatively mature alternative to Iced/Slint, however it has been discontinued in favour of Xilem so it's use for new projects is discouraged."
}, {
"name": "xilem",
"link": "https://github.com/linebender/xilem",
"notes": "The replacement for Druid based on the more interoperable Vello and Glazier crates. However, it's currently not complete enough to be usable."
}, {
"name": "rui",
"notes": "SwiftUI inspired UI framework."
"name": "gpui",
"link": "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/tree/main/crates/gpui",
"notes": "High performance framework used in the Zed text editor. Currently macOS only."
}, {
"name": "concoct",
"notes": "Jetpack compose inspired UI framework. Promising but still immature, even compared to other Rust GUI frameworks."
"name": "makepad",
"link": "https://makepad.dev/",
"notes": "Makepad has a strong focus on performance and minimising bloat but is consequently less feature complete in areas such as accessibility and system integration."
}, {
"name": "kas",
"notes": "One of the older Rust GUI crates, but it never seems to have caught on for some reason"
}]
"name": "ribir",
"link": "https://ribir.org/"
},
{ "name": "cushy" },
{ "name": "rui" },
{ "name": "concoct" },
{ "name": "kas" }]
}, {
"name": "Window creation",
"recommendations": [{
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"notes": "Specialized window creation library targetting windows to be embedded in other applications (e.g. DAW plugins)"
}]
}, {
"name": "2D Canvas Renders",
"name": "2D Renderers",
"recommendations": [{
"name": "femtovg",
"notes": "Pure Rust. Offers a simple API. Probably the easiest to get started with."
"notes": "OpenGL based. Offers a simple API. Probably the easiest to get started with."
}, {
"name": "skia-safe",
"notes": "Based on the Skia C++ library. The most complete option with the best performance. However, it can be difficult to get it to compile."
"notes": "Bindings to the Skia C++ library. The most complete option with excellent performance. However, it can be difficult to get it to compile."
}, {
"name": "vello",
"link": "https://github.com/linebender/vello",
"notes": "Pure Rust, and uses cutting edge techniques to render using the GPU. Still somewhat immature and hasn't yet put out a stable release."
"notes": "WGPU based and uses cutting edge techniques to render vector paths using the GPU. Still somewhat immature and hasn't yet put out a stable release."
}, {
"name": "vger",
"notes": "A simpler WGPU based option which is less innovative but currently more stable than vello."
}, {
"name": "webrender",
"notes": "OpenGL based. Mature with production usage in Firefox but documentation and OSS maintenance are lacking."
}]
}, {
"name": "UI layout",
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