# Boscop/web-view

Rust bindings for webview, a tiny cross-platform library to render web-based GUIs for desktop applications

Repository: https://github.com/Boscop/web-view
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/web-view
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-05-09T14:44:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3151, "days_push": 846, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1951, forks 179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:58.225348+00:00)

## What it is
Rust bindings to the tiny zserge/webview library for rendering web-based GUIs in desktop applications using the host OS's native web engine. It enables two-way communication between Rust and JavaScript without bundling a browser like Electron.

## Use cases
- build a desktop app with an HTML/CSS/JS UI in Rust
- create lightweight Electron alternatives with small binaries
- call Rust functions from JavaScript in a desktop GUI
- render web content in a native window using the OS web engine
- build cross-platform desktop tools with web frontends

## When to choose
- you want a small, memory-efficient desktop GUI in Rust without bundling Chromium
- you need simple Rust-JavaScript interop in a native window
- you're targeting macOS, Linux, or Windows with web-based UIs

## When to avoid
- you need modern, consistent rendering across platforms (Windows defaults to legacy MSHTML/IE)
- you need a full-featured, actively developed framework (consider Tauri or wry instead)
- you need mobile support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, web-framework, desktop-framework
- domain: web-development, desktop-applications, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: rust, cross-platform, windows
- tags: webview, rust-bindings, web-based-gui, lightweight-alternative-to-electron, javascript-interop, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- Boscop/web-view (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.225348+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 2026-08-30T03:06:48.297467+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Boscop/web-view (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.225348+00:00, sha 3cb2c463dffa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.