# bodil/vgtk

A declarative desktop UI framework for Rust built on GTK and Gtk-rs

Repository: https://github.com/bodil/vgtk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vgtk
Homepage: http://bodil.lol/vgtk/
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-16T12:49:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2796, "days_push": 1659, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1050, forks 37 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:22.943224+00:00)

## What it is
vgtk is a declarative desktop UI framework for Rust built on GTK and Gtk-rs. It provides a React/JSX-inspired DSL with virtual DOM diffing and an Elm/Redux-style component model, running on GLib's event loop with async/await support.

## Use cases
- build a native desktop app in rust
- declarative gtk ui framework for rust
- elm architecture desktop gui in rust
- cross platform rust gui without embedded browser
- react-style component model for gtk
- async rust desktop application with gtk

## When to choose
- you want a declarative, Elm/React-style UI model in Rust on native GTK
- you need cross-platform desktop apps with native look and feel and no browser engine
- you want async/await integrated with the GTK event loop

## When to avoid
- you need a framework under active development - the project has seen no releases since early 2022
- you want mobile or web targets rather than desktop
- installing GTK on Windows is too involved for your team

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, state-management
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: windows, rust, cross-platform
- tags: gtk, declarative-ui, elm-architecture, jsx-like-dsl, virtual-dom, async-await, gtk-rs, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- bodil/vgtk (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.943224+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 2026-08-30T07:00:17.032891+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bodil/vgtk (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.943224+00:00, sha e96ab8e600f4)
  - homepage: http://bodil.lol/vgtk/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:33.672093+00:00, sha 6b4170256d98)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/vgtk (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:33.676721+00:00, sha 39bd3b806c84)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.