7/28/2026 at 5:51:12 PM
Wait, what?! These examples run in the browser? This rust library is atop GPUI which is already well used for native apps, but outputs primarily / only (I'd guess only?) web apps? And they are real web apps, with html, unlike the Flutter abomination?This is sick. This is so rad, heck yes.
by jauntywundrkind
7/28/2026 at 6:40:32 PM
Yep! GPUI added WASM compilation targets in Feb!https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/50228
Someone also seems to have added mobile support too
by autodidacc
7/28/2026 at 6:08:59 PM
You might also find Yew, Leptos an Dioxus interresting... they're web UI frameworks for browser applications written in rust... with some options for native(-like) application targets.by tracker1
7/28/2026 at 10:14:18 PM
Oh definitely!It's remarkable to me that this web toolkit is atop GPUI, which is a native app rust toolkit! We don't have a ton of cross native/web libraries, afaik! https://gpui.rs/
Flutter does both, but Flutter does it by being a giant canvas with its own drawing engine. It's awesome-sauce to see such a more harmonious path.
Different topic but I'd done a little playing around with trying to write a HTML front end that could drop in to opencode 's opentui library. The cross-modal UI is a fun idea to me!
by jauntywundrkind
7/28/2026 at 6:44:31 PM
as for compiling to HTML, it unfortunately renders in a HTML <canvas>, which was how Flutter rendered in the web :( but I can only hope it compiles to that in the future!by autodidacc
7/28/2026 at 10:16:05 PM
Ahhhh shucks. The Base UI base made me think "oh they are basing this off of well known web componentry stuff, CSS systems, nice!".Thanks, & mea culpa, my bad for jumping to conclusions.
by jauntywundrkind