kwui

A cross-platform GUI library for Rust focused on simplicity and fast development of small tools. Inspired by sciter.

Features

• Builtin JavaScript engine, and CSS parser
• React Hooks alike functional components API
• Easy interop between Rust and JavaScript
• Cross-platform support (Windows, Android)

Documentation

• User Guide
• Rust API References

FAQ

1. Why another GUI library?

• Porting server-side Rust code to client-side quickly, to explore and evaluate new technology.
• Porting tools to mobile platforms quickly.

Example - Hello world

import { useState } from "Keact";

function HelloWorld(props, kids) {
    let [n, setN] = useState(0);
    return <button onclick={() => setN(n + 1)}>{`Click ${n} times`}</button>;
}

app.showDialog({
    title: "Hello World",
	root: <HelloWorld />,
	stylesheet: css`
	button { margin: 10px; padding: 4px; background-color: orange; }
	button:hover { background-color: orangered; }
    `
});

Gallery

VoIP Test tool

Remote Desktop

Installer

Android examples