bonsai
A library for building dynamic webapps, using Js_of_ocaml (by janestreet)
cxx-qt
Safe interop between Rust and Qt (by KDAB)
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
bonsai
Posts with mentions or reviews of bonsai.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-05.
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What is lacking in Rust ecosystem?
Reminds me a bit of Bonsai except of course Bonsai is for web UIs.
- Xilem: An Architecture for UI in Rust
cxx-qt
Posts with mentions or reviews of cxx-qt.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-19.
- 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?
When comparing bonsai and cxx-qt you can also consider the following projects:
miniserve - 🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
slint - Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, or JavaScript apps.
incr_dom - A library for building dynamic webapps, using Js_of_ocaml.
qt6ct - Qt6 Configuration Tool
areweguiyet - A website built for the Rust community
crates.io - The Rust package registry
django-tables2 - django-tables2 - An app for creating HTML tables
rui - Declarative Rust UI library
gyroflow - Video stabilization using gyroscope data
nih-plug - Rust VST3 and CLAP plugin framework and plugins - because everything is better when you do it yourself
ritual - Use C++ libraries from Rust