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cxx-qt
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cli
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Yet another question for a GUI framework (slint alternative?)
You can, but the user has to have webview installed. It can be bundled with the app with their cli tool (https://github.com/DioxusLabs/cli)
cxx-qt
- Cxx-Qt: Use Qt from Rust
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Qt 6.6 and 6.7 Make QML Faster Than Ever: A New Benchmark and Analysis
My employer, KDAB, is building an excellent Rust binding for Qt: https://github.com/KDAB/cxx-qt
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I like rust but want to use Qt.
You can use cxx-qt or qmetaobject-rs. Or use Slint
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Build a desktop app with Qt and Rust
Rust has several Qt bindings. The most popular are Ritual, CXX-Qt, and qmetaobject. Ritual is not maintained anymore, and qmetaobject doesn't support QWidgets. So CXX-Qt is our best bet for now.
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DAW Frontend Development Struggles
Qt bindings for Rust also exist, although I'm not sure how mature they are: https://github.com/KDAB/cxx-qt/
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Build a desktop app with Qt and Rust - LogRocket Blog
We're getting closer, but you're still likely to run into missing features in CXX-Qt at this point. If you do, please report it on GitHub!
- GUI development with Rust and GTK 4
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Who "owns" Rust ?
This is no longer required in CXX-Qt as of this week (https://github.com/KDAB/cxx-qt/pull/428). Next release coming soon.
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The first issue of Rust Magazine has been published 🎉🎉
From my understanding KDAB isn't trying to "replace" Qt. They're working on cxx-qt to make using Qt and Rust together much easier.
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Rust: State of GUI, December 2022 – KAS blog
I second this. I wrote an internal Qt/QML app that ran on Windows, Linux, Android, and Raspberry Pis. We had ~20 Raspberry Pi's running this app in kiosk mode. If only KDAB/cxx-qt[1] were ready there, I would have done as much as possible in rust .
- [1] https://github.com/KDAB/cxx-qt/
What are some alternatives?
cushy - An experimental cross-platform graphical user interface (GUI) crate for Rust.
slint - Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, or JavaScript apps.
qt6ct - Qt6 Configuration Tool
tauri - Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend.
crates.io - The Rust package registry
dioxus - Fullstack GUI library for web, desktop, mobile, and more.
miniserve - 🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
gtk4-cross - A Docker container for cross-compiling gtk4 programs to Windows.
gyroflow - Video stabilization using gyroscope data
bonsai - A library for building dynamic webapps, using Js_of_ocaml
ritual - Use C++ libraries from Rust