fschutt/azul

Health v2 · maintenance only

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6113 stars · 227 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Azul is a free, reactive desktop GUI framework for Rust, C, C++, Python and other languages, built on Mozilla's WebRender with a CSS/HTML-like DOM model. It renders GPU-accelerated native desktop applications without a browser runtime like Chromium or Electron.

Use cases

• build a native desktop app in rust
• gpu-accelerated gui framework without electron
• style desktop ui with css
• create cross-platform desktop applications from c or c++
• build a small fast desktop app without chromium
• write a desktop gui in python with native performance

When to choose

• you want a lightweight native desktop app without bundling Chromium or a large runtime
• you prefer CSS-based styling with a DOM-like layout model
• you need GPU-accelerated rendering via WebRender
• you want to write UI logic in Rust, C, C++, or Python

When to avoid

• you need a stable, production-ready API today - the project states it is under heavy development and not yet usable
• you need long-term API stability - APIs change frequently
• you need a mature widget ecosystem and community comparable to Qt or Electron
• you rely on the latest release - the previous release was over two years old

Facets

framework · maturity experimental

gui ui-components graphics css-framework templating desktop-applications web-development cross-platform developer-tools windows rust cpp c cross-platform webrender gpu-rendered-ui css-styling reactive-ui multi-language-bindings no-electron native-desktop-apps linux macos desktop

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