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Re:Show HN: Cross-platform native UI library for all OS by cranberryturkey on Sunday March 16, 2025 @04:38PM (#43382075)
Its my understanding WebView uses GTK. for ios/kde I don't use WebView
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Re:Show HN: Cross-platform native UI library for all OS by piperswe on Sunday March 16, 2025 @05:07PM (#43382319)
WebView is often used as a generic term for any embedded web browser.

Web UI is not native UI, even if it's technically embedded in a GTK/etc app. Native UI would be using the platform's native controls.

This project looks more similar to Tauri[0] than anything related to native UI.

[0]: https://tauri.app/

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Re:Show HN: Cross-platform native UI library for all OS by cranberryturkey on Sunday March 16, 2025 @06:17PM (#43383016)
I’m aware. I don’t like rust though
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Re:Show HN: Cross-platform native UI library for all OS by jimsmart on Sunday March 16, 2025 @08:36PM (#43384009)
It's ok not to like Rust.

But that doesn't make your library native at all — just as Tauri is not native, neither is Sans, and that is the point being made here.

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Re:Show HN: Cross-platform native UI library for all OS by cranberryturkey on Sunday March 16, 2025 @09:56PM (#43384470)
Yeah I guess I misunderstood what webview2 does. I thought it created native controls.
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Re:Show HN: Cross-platform native UI library for all OS by ChocolateGod on Sunday March 16, 2025 @05:09PM (#43382346)
GTK WebView (using WebKit) can use GTK to draw certain widgets (aka buttons) but that's about it, and I think this might of been removed.

It's not native.

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Re:Show HN: Cross-platform native UI library for all OS by cranberryturkey on Sunday March 16, 2025 @06:17PM (#43383018)
Interesting.
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