audulus/rui

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2040 stars · 47 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

rui is an experimental declarative GPU-rendered UI library for Rust, inspired by SwiftUI. It uses reactive state-driven re-rendering with no retained view tree or DOM diffing, built on winit/wgpu and the vger renderer.

Use cases

• build a desktop GUI app in Rust with a SwiftUI-like API
• render GPU-accelerated custom shapes and canvas drawings
• create reactive UIs where views re-render on state change
• prototype cross-platform Rust interfaces for macOS, Windows, Linux, and iOS
• draw gradients, circles, and custom graphics with a canvas API
• build simple interactive widgets like counters, buttons, and sliders

When to choose

• you want SwiftUI-style declarative ergonomics in Rust
• you prefer a minimal, simple implementation over heavyweight widget toolkits
• you need GPU-rendered UI with a canvas for custom drawing
• you're building an app like Audulus and want reactive, no-DOM rendering

When to avoid

• you need a production-stable, mature UI toolkit with a full widget ecosystem
• you require accessibility support or complex retained-view features
• you need a DOM-based or web-technology UI
• your project depends on long-term API stability, since the library is experimental

Facets

library · maturity experimental

ui-components frontend-framework graphics web-development developer-tools cross-platform rust windows wasm declarative-ui gpu-rendered swiftui-inspired immediate-mode wgpu reactive-ui macos linux ios

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