# gtk-rs/gtk

DEPRECATED, use https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk3-rs repository instead!

Repository: https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gtk-rs-gtk
Homepage: https://gtk-rs.org/
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-10-17T12:00:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4172, "days_push": 2146, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1233, forks 78 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:04.570247+00:00)

## What it is
Rust bindings and wrappers for GTK+ 3, GDK 3, GLib, and Cairo, part of the gtk-rs project. This repository is deprecated and has been superseded by gtk3-rs (and gtk4-rs for GTK 4).

## Use cases
- build a desktop GUI application in Rust with GTK 3
- create cross-platform graphical interfaces using Rust
- use GLib and GObject from Rust code
- render 2D graphics with Cairo from Rust
- maintain a legacy Rust app that uses GTK+ 3

## When to choose
- you must maintain or extend an existing Rust application built on GTK+ 3 bindings from this crate
- you are pinned to GTK 3 and cannot migrate to gtk3-rs or gtk4-rs

## When to avoid
- starting a new Rust GUI project - use gtk4-rs instead
- you want actively maintained bindings - this repo is deprecated and its latest release was in 2020
- you need GTK 4 features - use the gtk4 crate

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, ui-components
- domain: desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, rust, cross-platform
- tags: gtk3, gtk-rs, glib, gdk, cairo, rust-bindings, deprecated, gnome, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gtk-rs/gtk (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:04.570247+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 2026-08-30T08:22:16.086948+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:04.570247+00:00, sha 92fac7d9b332)
  - homepage: https://gtk-rs.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:49.067010+00:00, sha 222d076c90e8)
  - site_page: https://gtk-rs.org/gtk-rs-core/stable/latest/docs/cairo (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:49.071499+00:00, sha 43f8df75a222)
  - site_page: https://gtk-rs.org/gtk-rs-core/stable/latest/docs/gio (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:49.073348+00:00, sha 1368a634b9b4)
  - site_page: https://gtk-rs.org/gtk-rs-core/stable/latest/docs/glib (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:49.076752+00:00, sha 0bfbeda38c9d)
  - site_page: https://gtk-rs.org/gtk-rs-core/stable/latest/docs/pango (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:49.079778+00:00, sha 0dc8669a8f6b)
  - site_page: https://gtk-rs.org/gtk4-rs/stable/latest/docs/gtk4 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:49.082450+00:00, sha 80d3aea3a001)
  - site_page: https://gtk-rs.org/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T12:21:49.069646+00:00, sha b9eb9ddb95ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.