gtk4-cross
druid
gtk4-cross | druid | |
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9 | 59 | |
55 | 9,380 | |
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3.4 | 3.1 | |
6 days ago | 12 days ago | |
Shell | Rust | |
- | Apache License 2.0 |
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gtk4-cross
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Inkscape (vector graphics editor) is hiring: Accelerating the GTK4 migration
I use it from rust, it works with libadwaita. Since it's rust I just run cargo in a docker container. https://github.com/MGlolenstine/gtk4-cross
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Can I deploy GTK applications to windows, osx and linux in a self-contained way?
(Assuming GTK4) For Windows you could try gtk4-cross. It was pretty clunky to use for Vala but since they have a Rust-specific image it should be easier for your use case
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How to bundle shared libraries to distribute Rust binaries
For gtk programs I just put the dll's in the same folder as the binary and distribute it as a zip. Not the most elegant, but it works. I use this docker image to do the bundling https://github.com/MGlolenstine/gtk4-cross
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One year of Relm4
If you're willing to install docker it's really easy to build and package for windows. https://github.com/MGlolenstine/gtk4-cross
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Cross compiling GTK 4 to x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
I'm guessing you're not using this Docker container? → https://github.com/MGlolenstine/gtk4-cross
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Forced static linking?
You can just bundle the required DLL's in the same directory as the executable. They don't need to install anything. You can use this docker container to handle the bundling automatically for you https://github.com/MGlolenstine/gtk4-cross
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Yet another question for a GUI framework (slint alternative?)
With gtk4 you can just bundle the libs. You can check out https://github.com/MGlolenstine/gtk4-cross for a docker container that handles cross-compiling to windows and packaging the libs.
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GitHub actions for my project to automatically compile for Linux/Windows and create Windows-installer.
The image for cross compiling: gtk4-cross
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Is there a reliable and documented GUI library out there?
Yeah, it's actually much easier to cross compile from linux to windows. If you only have windows you can use docker desktop and this container to cross compile https://hub.docker.com/r/etrombly/rust-crosscompile . It doesn't have gtk4 support yet though, someone forked it if you need gtk4 https://github.com/MGlolenstine/gtk4-cross
druid
- Druid – A data-first Rust-native UI toolkit
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What can rust do
For GUI applications, the story is mixed. There are several GUI frameworks in active development, but nothing as polished and battle-tested as Electron for TypeScript. There are bindings to GTK, but they're cumbersome to work with, and I wouldn't recommend it to a Rust newbie. There's also Tauri, which is a bit like Electron and lets you write the GUI in HTML/CSS/JS and the business logic in Rust.
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Do Rust and Lua work well together?
Concerning GUI frameworks, the most common ones are druid, egui and iced. All three of them run native and on the Web.
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What was the hardest coming from C++ to Rust?
Going to give a shoutout to druid. I've recently tried it with the Lapce editor and it's just so smooth, fast and works so well for a pre-alpha app.
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What GUI libs are out there and good to use?
As iced and egui were difficult for me, i started with druid.
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Rust GUI framework
There is Iced which is used by system76 in Pop!_OS, Druid [DISCONTINUED], GTK-rs, Relm, Azul and Tauri. Personally I would use Tauri for its speed using the OS's native web render, documentation of use with things such as Sveltekit and the ability to make UI's using JS, CSS and HTML. Tauri similarly to Electron whilst being far faster. But its up to personal preference really. There aren't any solid "go to" options at the moment.
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What do people use for simple UI projects?
Druid should be good for most cases, it has a lot of built-in widget for the UI, you can even make a custom widget with a canvas-alike painting API.
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Druid, a Rust-native UI toolkit, released v0.8 after two years of work by 80 contributors.
Druid, which is a Rust-native UI toolkit for building desktop applications targeting Windows/macOS/Linux/OpenBSD/FreeBSD, has a new version out - v0.8.
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Ergonomic APIs for hard problems (RustLab 2022 keynote)
There's a memoize View node in the previous iteration of the Xilem prototype, but it hasn't made it in to the current branch yet. That sounds like what you're asking, but it's possible I'm missing something.
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Dioxus: User interfaces that run anywhere
You can use GTK from Rust. But the Rust native ones aren't really there yet. [Iced](https://github.com/iced-rs/iced) which has been picked up by System76 and [Druid](https://github.com/linebender/druid) (and it's next gen version [Xilem](https://github.com/linebender/xilem)) are the ones to watch, along with Dioxus which is the main post here.
I'd expect there to be something useable by the end of 2023.
What are some alternatives?
gtk4-rs-docker - This repository provides docker images for building libadwaita-rs, gtk-rs applications
iced - A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm
innosetup-docker - Docker image to create Windows installer executables with Inno Setup
egui - egui: an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust that runs on both web and native
tauri - Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend.
sycamore - A library for creating reactive web apps in Rust and WebAssembly
gtk - DEPRECATED, use https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk3-rs repository instead!
Slint - Slint is a toolkit to efficiently develop fluid graphical user interfaces for any display: embedded devices and desktop applications. We support multiple programming languages, such as Rust, C++ or JavaScript. [Moved to: https://github.com/slint-ui/slint]
Azul - Desktop GUI Framework
slint - Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, or JavaScript apps.