What bindings do I need for making a modern Windows 11 GUI?

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  • cacao

    Rust bindings for AppKit (macOS) and UIKit (iOS/tvOS). Experimental, but working!

  • MacOS; I have to call the AppKit API. I can use a library like this which offers Rust bindings for AppKit - otherwise I can write my own maybe?

  • windows-rs

    Rust for Windows

  • WinUI doesn’t really support Rust; see this PR removing XAML support from the official windows crate: https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/pull/1836

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • tauri

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

  • I suggest you take a look at Tauri. It uses the Webview that comes with your OS and is therefore way smaller than Electron.

  • flutter_rust_bridge

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

  • You can use Rust+Flutter https://github.com/fzyzcjy/flutter_rust_bridge

  • create-tauri-app

    Rapidly scaffold out a new tauri app project.

  • This is of great help to get going: https://github.com/tauri-apps/create-tauri-app

  • iced

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

  • Maybe you need some iced https://github.com/iced-rs/iced

  • slint

    Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, or JavaScript apps.

  • Slint (formerly SixtyFPS) uses a DSL to create cross-platform GUIs in Rust, C++, and JS with "native" look and feel. It has the ability to use different backends, but I just checked and it looks like it's only Qt at the moment. I think I remember there used to be more...? Anyway, I've found it to be easy to use.

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