Rust GUI framework

1. flutter_embedder

   1 10 79 0.0 Rust

   Flutter embedder written in Rust (WIP)

   

   I personally settled on Flutter. It's a modern declarative UI framework by Google that was designed for mobile apps, but it can also do desktop and web these days. It can be used as a library using its embedder API that can render to Vulkan, Metal and OpenGL. So, it can be embedded in a wgpu context (here's my prototype for that based on wgpu/Vulkan and winit). Flutter uses Dart for UI programming, which is fine for me, since a lot of iteration is necessary for that, and Flutter allows Dart code to be hot reloaded during development (so you just have to save your file and the running application is updated automatically, keeping all of its state intact). Rust wouldn't be able to do that at the moment. Web support is trivial, because Flutter Web allows integrating HTML elements between its UI layers. I can simply insert a canvas there and link that to wgpu.

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3. flutter_rust_bridge

   2 55 4,574 10.0 Dart

   Flutter/Dart <-> Rust binding generator, feature-rich, but seamless and simple.

   

   There's the flutter_rust_bridge project that allows interop between Rust and Dart, allowing the Flutter part to communicate directly with the 3D rendering part written in Rust. I've spent the last two weeks getting the bridge to the point where I can use it. It's still a bit rough, especially around async, but it works so far on both web and native.

4. Godot

   3 2,776 96,280 10.0 C++

   Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

   

   You also have Godot. It is a game engine and while you will need some setup for using rust it will make developing your application way easier:

5. iced

   4 177 26,307 9.8 Rust

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

   

   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.

6. druid

   5 59 9,664 5.3 Rust

   A data-first Rust-native UI design toolkit. (by linebender)

   

   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.

7. relm

   6 23 2,452 5.5 Rust

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

   

   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.

8. Azul

   7 26 5,983 9.4 Rust

   Desktop 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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10. tauri

    8 507 91,648 9.8 Rust

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

    

    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.

11. egui

    9 217 24,454 9.8 Rust

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

    

    egui

12. dioxus

    10 169 26,561 9.8 Rust

    Fullstack app framework for web, desktop, mobile, and more.

    

    Dioxus

13. freya

    11 13 1,804 9.7 Rust

    Cross-platform GUI library for 🦀 Rust powered by 🧬 Dioxus and 🎨 Skia.

    

    Freya

14. vizia

    12 10 1,770 9.3 Rust

    A declarative GUI library written in Rust

    

    Vizia

15. kas

    13 13 928 9.6 Rust

    Another GUI toolkit

    

    KAS GUI

16. concoct

    14 12 374 9.7 Rust

    A reactive runtime for embedded systems in Rust

    

    Concoct

17. rui

    15 24 1,858 9.4 Rust

    Declarative Rust UI library

    

    rui

18. rustdesk

    16 505 86,966 9.9 Rust

    An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.

    

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