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quickgui

Native GUI for Go, TS and Rust

WHO USES ITDesktop developer · Go/Rust developer

Renders desktop interfaces on the GPU without a webview.

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424 stars · checked on GitHub GitHub check 30 h late · 7-day +58 observed via GH Archive (as of )

quickgui.dev landing: a PRE-ALPHA badge, the headline 'Build native desktop apps', Go/TS/Rust doc buttons and the init command.

TESIGN TAKE

The repo itself says not to use it for anything serious; for now it is something to watch, not build on.

TRY

AT A GLANCE

USAGE
Unconfirmed — check before use.
LANGUAGE
Rust
PLATFORM
macos
ACTIVITY
last commit 1 day ago () · latest release v0.1.5 () · 4 releases
COMMUNITY
2 contributors · 1 open issue (incl. PRs) · made by: an individual
SOURCES
GitHub
FIRST SEEN
CATEGORY
DEV TOOLS · EXPERIMENT

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WHY IT MATTERS

Wrapping a desktop app in a webview is easy to build and heavy to run. quickgui is an experiment in the other direction: a GUI framework that renders on the GPU with no webview at all. It is written in Rust and has its own homepage. The repository calls itself experimental (the README states MIT OR Apache-2.0), so for now it is closer to something to look at than to build on.

BUILD FROM THIS

  • A desktop interface prototype running without a webview
  • A performance comparison between rendering approaches

WHO IT'S FOR

Desktop developer
keeps an eye on GUI frameworks without a webview
Go/Rust developer
wants a native window from the language they use

START IN 5 MINUTES

# Needs Bun 1.4+ (Go 1.23+ for Go apps, a Rust toolchain for Rust, Xcode CLT on macOS)
$ bunx @quickgui/cli init my-app

CAVEATS

  • The README says it is very experimental and not for anything serious
  • Polish is macOS-first; Windows and Linux compile but are still rough
  • GitHub metadata shows no license, but the README states MIT OR Apache-2.0

RECEIPT

FIRST SEEN
AT SOURCE
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CREATED → FIRST SEEN
20d
WHEN FIRST SEEN
182 ★
SOURCES
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TIMELINE

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  2. FIRST SEEN BY TESIGN