# winit - Cross-platform window creation and management in Rust [![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/winit.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/winit) [![Docs.rs](https://docs.rs/winit/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/winit) [![Master Docs](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/rust-windowing/winit/docs.yml?branch=master&label=master%20docs )](https://rust-windowing.github.io/winit/winit/index.html) [![CI Status](https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/actions) ```toml [dependencies] winit = "0.30.5" ``` ## [Documentation](https://docs.rs/winit) For features _within_ the scope of winit, see [FEATURES.md](FEATURES.md). For features _outside_ the scope of winit, see [Are we GUI Yet?](https://areweguiyet.com/) and [Are we game yet?](https://arewegameyet.rs/), depending on what kind of project you're looking to do. ## Contact Us Join us in our [![Matrix](https://img.shields.io/badge/Matrix-%23rust--windowing%3Amatrix.org-blueviolet.svg)](https://matrix.to/#/#rust-windowing:matrix.org) room. The maintainers have a meeting every friday at UTC 15. The meeting notes can be found [here](https://hackmd.io/@winit-meetings). ## Usage Winit is a window creation and management library. It can create windows and lets you handle events (for example: the window being resized, a key being pressed, a mouse movement, etc.) produced by the window. Winit is designed to be a low-level brick in a hierarchy of libraries. Consequently, in order to show something on the window you need to use the platform-specific getters provided by winit, or another library. ## MSRV Policy This crate's Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) is **1.70**. Changes to the MSRV will be accompanied by a minor version bump. As a **tentative** policy, the upper bound of the MSRV is given by the following formula: ``` min(sid, stable - 3) ``` Where `sid` is the current version of `rustc` provided by [Debian Sid], and `stable` is the latest stable version of Rust. This bound may be broken in case of a major ecosystem shift or a security vulnerability. [Debian Sid]: https://packages.debian.org/sid/rustc The exception is for the Android platform, where a higher Rust version must be used for certain Android features. In this case, the MSRV will be capped at the latest stable version of Rust minus three. This inconsistency is not reflected in Cargo metadata, as it is not powerful enough to expose this restriction. All crates in the [`rust-windowing`] organizations have the same MSRV policy. [`rust-windowing`]: https://github.com/rust-windowing ### Platform-specific usage Check out the [`winit::platform`](https://rust-windowing.github.io/winit/winit/platform/index.html) module for platform-specific usage.