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Re:Zed editor switching graphics lib from blade to wgpu by tensor on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:15PM (#47005810)
Iced seems really promising, however, it's a passion project by a single developer. They very clearly stated that their goal is to follow their passions and desires first, everyone else second, and that it will always be a single person project. Their readme even discourages contributions.

Companies using it in production are often forking it as a result, and trying to keep their fork in sync. Ultimately, if the community wants iced to become a major and stable framework, it will have to be forked and a community development model built around it.

And I'm not saying this to disparage the author in any way, their readme even seems to suggest that that's exactly what they'd prefer.

Re:Zed editor switching graphics lib from blade to wgpu by jenadine on Friday February 13, 2026 @02:19PM (#47006584)
Isn't System76 supporting and contributing to iced?
Re:Zed editor switching graphics lib from blade to wgpu by nicoburns on Friday February 13, 2026 @03:21PM (#47007322)
Yes, and I believe the main developer works for Kraken who use it for one of their apps.
Re:Zed editor switching graphics lib from blade to wgpu by tensor on Saturday February 14, 2026 @12:56AM (#47012001)
Yes, but they maintain their own fork and are good about syncing. It's still not an ideal model long term.
Re:Zed editor switching graphics lib from blade to wgpu by righthand on Monday February 16, 2026 @09:33AM (#47035472)
This is silly. Definitely use Iced.rs, no one cares about it’s early pre-1.0 state. It has good fundamentals and is easy to use. 99% of people on here aren’t building anything more than a vanity project anyways.