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lvgl
LVGL is a free, full-featured embedded UI library for devices from small MCUs to 3D-capable MPUs, enhanced by LVGL Pro, a professional editor and tooling.
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I built a macOS FTP client entirely in Rust — no Electron, no webview
I'm building gmacFTP — a dual-pane FTP/FTPS/SFTP client for macOS, written entirely in Rust. The UI runs on Slint with a GPU-accelerated FemtoVG renderer on top of wgpu/Metal. No Electron. No Tauri. No webview. Just a real native macOS app that moves your files.
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Native all the way, until you need text
If you are looking for something similar but not limited to C++, you can check Slint out: https://github.com/slint-ui/slint/
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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)
I had a raspberry pi 3a+ and the old raspberry pi touchscreen laying around. So I'm writing a custom dashboard for it using Rust/Slint[1]. It directly uses opengl without any display manager/window system. It mostly talks to home assistant. Right now, when I start a 3d print, it automatically switches to a view with live camera of the printer and some stats. I can monitor the status of my washer/dryer so I know when they are done (using cheap TP-Link Tapo smart plugs[2]). My favorite thing it does, is if any motion is detected on my Ring cameras, it just automatically pulls up that live feed. Took a little work to get decent playback performance but the pi 3a+ has hardware h264 decoding.
Its nice, overall, to have a little dedicated touchscreen on my desk that I can easily tweak to display whatever I want. Its silent and low power.
[1] https://slint.dev/
[2] https://a.co/d/044MIM3t
- Zed editor switching graphics lib from blade to wgpu
- Slint: Cross Platform UI Library
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The Codex App
Qt is still used, but I think part of the reason it is less used is that C++ isn't always the right language anymore for building GUI application.
That’s actually why we're working on Slint (https://slint.dev): It's a cross-platform native UI toolkit where the UI layer is decoupled from the application language, so you can use Rust, JavaScript, Python, etc. for the logic depending on what fits the project better.
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The state of Linux music players in 2026
Slint may be of interest to you, which is similar but is allegedly better in some ways. It was also made by former Qt team devs.
http://slint.dev/
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High-Level Is the Goal
> someone has to make a native cross-platform desktop UI framework that doesn't suck
This is exactly what we're trying to do with Slint (https://github.com/slint-ui/slint
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iced 0.14 has been released (Rust GUI library)
There is also Slint, if you want another option. https://slint.dev
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ImAnim: Modern animation capabilities to ImGui applications
I somewhat mirror this opinion, but I would like to point out that there are scant alternatives that meet the intersection of attributes ImGui possesses. The best alternative I've seen as of late is Slint[1]. It's early days but it's looking very promising and is light enough to work on embedded systems.
[1] https://slint.dev/
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The primary programming language of slint is Rust.
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Review ★★★★★ 9/10
Slint is a great UI framework, easy to get started with and quick to iterate on UI with the excellent live preview and LSP integrated into VS Code. The main downside in my opinion is the somewhat long compile times once you have a lot of UI code, which I hope they will be able to improve upon.