# fschutt/azul

Desktop GUI Framework

Repository: https://github.com/fschutt/azul
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/azul
Homepage: https://azul.rs/
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gui, rust, desktop, opengl, gui-framework, cpp, c, desktop-gui-framework, gui-library
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:35:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3151, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 53, "gap_med": 44, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6113, forks 227 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:36.011849+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: experimental
- function: gui, ui-components, graphics, css-framework, templating
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, rust, cpp, c, cross-platform
- tags: webrender, gpu-rendered-ui, css-styling, reactive-ui, multi-language-bindings, no-electron, native-desktop-apps, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- fschutt/azul (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.011849+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:48:11.105208+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fschutt/azul (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.011849+00:00, sha 6829fcac2ed6)
  - homepage: https://azul.rs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:44:39.947478+00:00, sha c76e1cf77019)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/azul (fetched 2026-08-29T08:44:39.958901+00:00, sha 897b0deb04ad)
  - site_page: https://azul.rs/ui (fetched 2026-08-29T08:44:39.956440+00:00, sha 9034211bb93a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.