iced
A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm [Moved to: https://github.com/iced-rs/iced] (by hecrj)
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] (by sixtyfpsui)
| iced | Slint | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 60 | |
| 11,379 | 3,094 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.5 | 9.9 | |
| over 2 years ago | about 2 years ago | |
| Rust | Rust, C++, JavaScript | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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.
iced
Posts with mentions or reviews of iced.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-23.
- [Rust] Pouvez-vous faire une bonne interface graphique dans Rust?
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Borderlands 3 Save Editor - A GUI save editor written in Rust using iced.
This is my first GUI cross platform desktop application I have ever written. It was a pleasure writing it in Rust using the iced GUI framework. Just thought I'd share it to hear some feedback from the community.
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GTK and custom themes - what really happened
That said, I'm not totally convinced about SixtyFPS today. There are some other interesting options that are suitable GUI toolkits for Rust. Such as OrbTk and Iced. Each toolkit is approaching the GUI space in a different way, so it'll be interesting to see where we end up in a few more years. QML-esque SixtyFPS, ECS-based OrbTk, Elm-based Iced, and a few others out there.
Slint
Posts with mentions or reviews of Slint.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-17.
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Slint VS slint - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 17 Oct 2023
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Will Qt support the Rust language by default? (just curiosity)
As an anecdote, the three top contributors to sixtyfps are ex-Qt people. I think it is not anecdotal that there is at least some degree of overlap and competition between Rust and C++, and that this is a market that surely The Qt Company is watching.
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BeeWare – write Python, run as native everywhere
SixtyFPS (https://sixtyfps.io/) is in progress for Rust, but it is still early days. It also does not technically use a native toolkit (it uses Qt), but I believe that might be on roadmap. For traditional GUI apps, I think the lack of a table or tree widget is the most limiting for the time being. They have stated they intend to remedy that.
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What are the best GUI libraries for a potentially “serious”/large project?
The most promising GUI hasn't been posted here, SixtyFPS. It's in it's early stages and not FOSS, but it's built by some ex-QT cats and has a lot of potential.
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Is there a reliable and documented GUI library out there?
People have been recommending https://sixtyfps.io/ to me.
- Images in sixtyfps
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Is it worth writing a GUI toolkit in Rust?
There is already a project to make a Qt like GUI toolkit in Rust: https://sixtyfps.io/ It is really similar to Qt https://sixtyfps.io/releases/0.1.5/docs/rust/sixtyfps/index.html
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Tauri – Electron alternative written in Rust
People are doing that too. https://sixtyfps.io/ is basically a Qt clone in Rust, actually developed by previous Qt developers.
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I'm giving out microgrants to open source projects for the third year in a row! Brag about your projects here so I can see them, big or small!
spdlog, a pretty useful and more and more commonly used logging library for C++.\ SixtyFPS, an emerging GUI library for Rust, but you can use it in multiple languages. It uses OpenGL or Qt currently as backend (well, it's a new library and they wanted two from the get-go to make sure their abstractions are done right/well enough). They started a company this year for it too.
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Why I choose Electron even when I wanted to use QT
Just so some are not aware, there's a new project called sixtyfps by some people who were in the Qt world for long. I didn't take a deep dive into it but it looks promising.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing iced and Slint you can also consider the following projects:
bl3_save_edit - Borderlands 3 Save/Profile Editor for Windows/MacOS and Linux!
egui - egui: an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust that runs on both web and native
wgpu - Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics api.
iced - A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm
giui - A normal rust gui crate
DearPyGui - Dear PyGui: A fast and powerful Graphical User Interface Toolkit for Python with minimal dependencies
elm-solve-deps - A dependency solver for the elm ecosystem
FLTK - FLTK - Fast Light Tool Kit - https://github.com/fltk/fltk - cross platform GUI development
whisperfish
druid - A data-first Rust-native UI design toolkit.
milton - exploring rust through home IoT applications
gtk4-rs - Rust bindings of GTK 4