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Re:Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework by IshKebab on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @09:04AM (#47689621)
IMO this is the best Rust GUI option at the moment:

https://github.com/longbridge/gpui-component

Re:Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework by FrankenApps on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @02:11PM (#47694078)
The only things I don't like about this is a) your binaries will become huge and very slow to compile with optimizations enabled and b) it's dependence on GPUI and its unsure future direction (I'd like to see GPUI thrive outside of Zed but the maintainers have clarified that that's not the goal for now).
Re:Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework by ldng on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @05:41PM (#47696647)
hum, well, not that convincing :

Failed to open window: WebGPU context not initialized. Was Platform::run() called?

Not being able to load the component gallery does not inspire great confidence.

Re:Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework by IshKebab on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @06:04PM (#47696871)
Yeah it just doesn't have a good error message if your browser doesn't support WebGPU.

It's not really designed for the web though so I wouldn't hold that against it.

Re:Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework by ldng on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:40AM (#47703628)
Fair enough. A little warning would go a long way though.