fltk-rs/fltk-rs

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1850 stars · 119 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Rust bindings for the FLTK 1.4 cross-platform GUI library, providing around 80 customizable widgets with static linking support. It produces small, self-contained, fast desktop applications without external DLL dependencies.

Use cases

• build a lightweight desktop gui app in rust
• create cross-platform native widgets application
• make a small single-executable gui tool with no dlls
• build a themed desktop application with gtk or plastic look
• write a fast-startup gui utility in rust
• embed images and custom widgets in a rust desktop app

When to choose

• you need small binaries and low memory footprint
• you want statically linked single-executable gui apps
• you need to support old architectures
• you want fast build and startup times
• you need permissive licensing for closed-source static linking

When to avoid

• you need modern gpu-accelerated rendering or rich animations
• you want a web-based or mobile gui
• you need extensive ecosystem and theming beyond fltk's schemes
• you prefer declarative/immediate-mode ui paradigms like egui

Facets

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gui ui-components graphics desktop-applications cross-platform developer-tools cross-platform windows rust fltk gui-toolkit widgets bindings static-linking lightweight linux macos

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