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immediate-mode GUI in Rust

egui is an easy-to-use, pure-Rust immediate-mode GUI library that runs on web and native and can be embedded in game engines.

30.1kRustApache-2.0active ยท last push 2mo agoGitHub

Same job, different approach

Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.

flutter/flutterGitHub

choose when you want a polished mobile/desktop product in Dart rather than embedding a Rust immediate-mode GUI

Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond

178.7k
Dart
BSD-3-Clause
active1mo ago
react/react-nativeGitHub

choose when you want native mobile components from a React/JS codebase rather than a Rust immediate-mode canvas

A framework for building native applications using React

126.4k
C++
MIT
active1mo ago
ionic-team/ionic-frameworkGitHub

choose when you want to ship a PWA/hybrid app from HTML/CSS/JS instead of compiling Rust to WebAssembly

A powerful cross-platform UI toolkit for building native-quality iOS, Android, and Progressive Web Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

52.6k
TypeScript
MIT
active1mo ago
AvaloniaUI/AvaloniaGitHub

choose when your team is on C#/XAML and needs desktop-first .NET UI with retained-mode data binding

Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. The future of .NET UI

31.4k
C#
MIT
active1mo ago
fyne-io/fyneGitHub

choose for a Go-only desktop UI with Material widgets if you are not tied to Rust or immediate-mode iteration

Cross platform GUI toolkit in Go inspired by Material Design

28.7k
Go
BSD-3-Clause
active1mo ago
slint-ui/slintGitHub

choose for a declarative retained-mode Rust UI with .ui files instead of hand-writing immediate-mode code

Slint is an open-source declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, JavaScript, or Python apps.

23.6k
Rust
NOASSERTION
active1mo ago
dotnet/mauiGitHub

choose if you are invested in .NET/C# and need one native mobile/desktop app UI

.NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.

23.3k
C#
MIT
active1mo ago
JetBrains/compose-multiplatformGitHub

choose for a Kotlin Multiplatform UI using Compose's declarative model instead of egui's immediate mode

Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.

19.3k
Kotlin
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
unoplatform/unoGitHub

choose if you need C#/XAML across mobile/desktop/WebAssembly with hot reload and a different rendering model

Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop, and Embedded apps from a single C#/XAML codebase. Work from any IDE/CLI with Hot Reload, Visual Designer, MCPs, and Skills built for modern .NET workflows. 200M+ NuGet downloads.

10.0k
C#
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
Tencent/HippyGitHub

choose when you are building dynamic JS-driven mobile apps and cannot use Rust immediate-mode UI in that stack

Hippy is designed to easily build cross-platform dynamic apps. ๐Ÿ‘

8.6k
C++
Apache-2.0
active1mo ago
webui-dev/webuiGitHub

choose when you want to drive a local browser/WebView as your GUI from any backend language rather than drawing in-process triangles

Use any web browser or WebView as GUI, with your preferred language in the backend and modern web technologies in the frontend, all in a lightweight portable library.

4.6k
C
MIT
active2mo ago
ShaftUI/ShaftGitHub

choose for a Swift-native cross-platform GUI if your project is written in Swift instead of Rust

A cross-platform GUI framework for Swift, built for demanding workloads and developer ergonomics

721
Swift
BSD-3-Clause
slowing11mo ago
go-drift/driftGitHub

choose for mobile UI with Go rather than desktop/web Rust immediate-mode UI

Cross-platform mobile UI framework for Go

316
Go
MIT
active5mo ago
hasenj/go-shireiGitHub

choose when you need an immediate-mode flexbox GUI while writing Go instead of Rust

Go based GUI framework: practical, immediate mode, flexbox model

597
Go
Zlib
active1mo ago
ocornut/imguiGitHub

choose when your project uses C++ and needs the mature original immediate-mode GUI with its ecosystem, while egui is Rust-only

Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

76.0k
C++
MIT
active1mo ago

Listed as an alternative to

These projects were analysed and named egui among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric โ€” how egui rates them is a separate judgement, made when egui is analysed in its own right.

ocornut/imguiGitHub

calls egui โ€œchoose if you are writing Rust (or need immediate-mode GUI compiled to WebAssembly) and want the same per-frame model as Dear ImGui without C++.โ€

Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

76.0kC++active