Gtk-rs Alternatives

Reviews and mentions

• Strengths and applications of Rust
  5 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 6 Nov 2021

  gtk-rs is probably the most mature binding to a portable GUI toolkit, thanks to their GObject Introspection interface definition system, though GTK+ is known for being a pain to get set up on Windows and lacking on macOS.

• What Graphics Library to use?
  7 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 20 Oct 2021

  And at the other end of the scale is something like gtk-rs: https://gtk-rs.org

• Gtk4 Tutorial
  12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Oct 2021

  I personally disagree with a lot of the changes GTK4 introduces, but I still think it's my favorite way to build quick little native apps on Linux. If you're well-versed in Rust, I really recommend checking out gtk-rs[0], a fantastic little crate with a surprisingly robust implementation. If you're familiar with 'builder' style tools (particularly Glade), your workflow will feel right at home. Plus, memory safety/type safety/good concurrency and all those other awesome Rust freebies you get.

  [0] https://gtk-rs.org/

• Oxide: A prototype IDE for Linux
  6 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 27 Sep 2021

  GTK

• Understanding #[derive(Clone)]
  3 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 15 Aug 2021

  The pattern itself can be useful, but the problem is that it can be done implicitly by accident, causing problems like this: https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk3-rs/issues/392

• Rust GUI Infrastructure
  6 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 12 Aug 2021

  For this post specifically, I would also include a section on crates more focused on native applications for a particular platform, e.g. gtk-rs for GTK (GNOME platform on Linux + other DEs that borrow its design elements). I'm not sure which crates fill a similar role on Windows and macOS, and I would love to know!

• Do you think the Rust is production ready for GUI in 2021?
  16 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 4 Aug 2021

  If you are targeting Linux, and you’re already willing to go to wxWidgets, why not cut the middle man and use GTK? The gtk-rs bindings are already pretty stable and well tested on Linux, and can be used on other platforms as well.

• Best cross platform GUI library to make borderless/frameless windows?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/rust | 15 Jul 2021

  Well, judging by the apps displayed in it, the first one is probably written using GTK, which has Rust bindings. (You want to call my_window.set_decorated(false).)

• Are we GUI Yet? The state of building user interfaces in Rust
  8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Jul 2021

  GTK+ on Rust is a thing that is seeing a lot of active work (see https://gtk-rs.org/). I think some of the core gnome stuff has even moved over to rust at this point (like libsrvg).

• Help with gtk-rs 0.14.0 Rust crate
  1 project | reddit.com/r/GTK | 26 Jun 2021

  I think this example might be helpful: https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk3-rs/blob/master/examples/gtk_builder_basics/main.rs

• gtk-rs Screenshots of Examples
  2 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 21 Feb 2021

  The link with the source code examples is mentioned at the top: https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs/tree/master/examples

• gtk-rs and custom fonts.
  1 project | reddit.com/r/rust | 3 Feb 2021

  Perhaps open an issue at https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs/

• [Brainstorming] Use cases for variadic generics
  4 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 31 Jan 2021

  I can think of two places right now that work around the lack of variadic tuples by implementing a trait for tuples up to a certain size * nom: The tuple combinator, and the reverse in cookie-factory. * gtk-rs: The list of interface types implemented by an object type.