rustbox vs conrod

rustbox

Rust implementation of the termbox library (by gchp)

GUI Termbox

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conrod

An easy-to-use, 2D GUI library written entirely in Rust. (by PistonDevelopers)

GUI Rust

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rustbox		conrod
	Project
-	Mentions	5
466	Stars	3,351
-	Growth	0.5%
0.0	Activity	1.8
over 3 years ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Rust	Language	Rust
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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rustbox

Posts with mentions or reviews of rustbox. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

conrod

Posts with mentions or reviews of conrod. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-20.

Hey Rustaceans! Got an easy question? Ask here (42/2021)!
10 projects | /r/rust | 20 Oct 2021
qoin: gRPC API for MediaPipe
10 projects | dev.to | 17 Apr 2021

This is a desktop application that a pointer moves in the display following hand moving. It is written in Rust using conrod as the GUI framework. There is no official gRPC implementation, but we can use such as tonic.
Rust GUI: Introduction, a.k.a. the state of Rust GUI libraries (As of January 2021)
12 projects | dev.to | 18 Jan 2021

Conrod
Can you combine piston and conrod libraries?
1 project | /r/rust | 10 Jan 2021

If anyone is reading this in the future, there is an example at https://github.com/PistonDevelopers/conrod/tree/master/backends/conrod_piston.
Dyon – A rusty dynamically typed scripting language
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Dec 2020

Also check out conrod[0] which is from the same group. One of the really awesome GUI projects in rust that sticks out in my mind.
[0]: https://github.com/PistonDevelopers/conrod

What are some alternatives?

When comparing rustbox and conrod you can also consider the following projects:

Cursive - A Text User Interface library for the Rust programming language

Azul - Desktop GUI Framework

Native Windows GUI - A light windows GUI toolkit for rust

imgui-rs - Rust bindings for Dear ImGui

libui-rs - Rust bindings to the minimalist, native, cross-platform UI toolkit `libui`

QML-rust - QML (Qt Quick) bindings for Rust language

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]

egui - egui: an easy-to-use immediate mode GUI in Rust that runs on both web and native

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