wxRust vs gtk-rs

wxRust

A Rust binding of the wxWidgets cross platform toolkit. (by kenz-gelsoft)

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gtk-rs

Rust bindings for GTK 3 (by gtk-rs)

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wxRust		gtk-rs
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1	Mentions	45
133	Stars	510
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	8.6
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
Rust	Language	Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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wxRust

Posts with mentions or reviews of wxRust. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-30.

Rust GUI Development?
2 projects | /r/rust | 30 Jul 2023

It looks like someone attempted creating Rust bindings for wxWidgets years ago but abandoned the project, likewise this is not an option : wxRust

gtk-rs

Posts with mentions or reviews of gtk-rs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-04.

Counter App with GTK4 and Rust
3 projects | dev.to | 4 Jan 2024

gtk-rs
Rust GUI Development?
2 projects | /r/rust | 30 Jul 2023

GTK: I have little - no experience with GTK, and from what i have read it is cross-platform similar to wxWidgets, however is an emulated UI system similar to Qt. As i have no experience with it i am not sure how well supported this library is as far as it's Rust - bindings are concerned gtk-rs
gtk-rs: can't get window ID with command inside connect_show or connect_realize
2 projects | /r/learnrust | 6 Mar 2023

In a gtk-rs application, I'm running a xdotool command to get the id of the application's window. I'm running the command in a connect_show closure (after the window has been shown):
My (challenging) experience building a window switcher for Ubuntu
6 projects | /r/rust | 5 Mar 2023

To build the UI, I used gtk-rs. My experience with this library was quite pleasant; it was easy to use and there were a lot of examples. However, it isn't as widely used as, say, React, so it was difficult to find answer on Stack Overflow (I come from a JavaScript/Typescript background).
x11rs can't access window created with gtk-rs
2 projects | /r/learnrust | 21 Feb 2023

I'm using x11rb to interact with a window created with gtk-rs. window_id is the ID of the window created with gtk-rs. window_id_2 is the ID of the window created with x11rb (for testing purposes).
What GUI libs are out there and good to use?
9 projects | /r/rust | 19 Feb 2023

I haven't used it yet, but gtk-rs looks pretty good too. I've used GTK in general, just not the Rust bindings so far. The tutorials seem nice and GTK is a good UI toolkit overall.
gtk-rs: triggering code after the window has been shown
1 project | /r/learnrust | 19 Feb 2023

I'm using gtk-rs. I want to trigger some code after the window has been shown (has displayed on the screen):
Adding ListBoxRow to ListBox from inside a closure
1 project | /r/learnrust | 11 Feb 2023

I'm using gtk-rs to add ListBoxRow items to a ListBox. The items are successfully added if I do it outside of input.connect_changed, a closure. But nothing is added if I do it from inside input.connect_changed:
Who "owns" Rust ?
6 projects | /r/rust | 10 Feb 2023

For GTK, there's https://gtk-rs.org/
gtk-ks: Join the Effort to create GTK Bindings for Kotlin!
8 projects | /r/Kotlin | 7 Feb 2023

Out there there are already some open source projects trying to do this, but most of them are abandoned or in a very alpha stage. The most promising project so far seems to me git-kt. This project is trying to do something similar to what gtk-rs does for Rust, which is using GObject Introspection (GIR) files to generate Kotlin native bindings automatically.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing wxRust and gtk-rs you can also consider the following projects:

Azul - Desktop GUI Framework

iced - A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm

gtk - DEPRECATED, use https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk3-rs repository instead!

tauri - Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend.

druid - A data-first Rust-native UI design toolkit.

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

relm - Idiomatic, GTK+-based, GUI library, inspired by Elm, written in Rust

fltk-rs - Rust bindings for the FLTK GUI library.

conrod - An easy-to-use, 2D GUI library written entirely in Rust.

gtk4-rs - Rust bindings of GTK 4

Neutrino - A GUI frontend in Rust based on web-view

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]