Comparison
How GPUI Kit compares with other desktop UI frameworks. The table is maintained by hand; please open an issue or a pull request if you spot a mistake or something outdated.
| Features | GPUI Kit | Iced | egui | Qt 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | Rust | Rust | C++/QML |
| Core Render | GPUI | wgpu | wgpu | QT |
| License | Apache 2.0 | MIT | MIT/Apache 2.0 | Commercial/LGPL |
| Min Binary Size 1 | 12MB | 11MB | 5M | 20MB 2 |
| Cross-Platform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Documentation | Simple | Simple | Simple | Good |
| Web | Yes (WASM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UI Style | Modern | Basic | Basic | Basic |
| CJK Support | Yes | Yes | Bad | Yes |
| Chart | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Table (Large dataset) | Yes (Virtual Rows, Columns) | No | Yes (Virtual Rows) | Yes (Virtual Rows, Columns) |
| Table Column Resize | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Text base | Rope | COSMIC Text 3 | trait TextBuffer 4 | QTextDocument |
| CodeEditor | Simple | Simple | Simple | Basic API |
| Dock Layout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Syntax Highlight | Tree Sitter | Syntect | Syntect | QSyntaxHighlighter |
| Markdown Rendering | Yes | Yes | Basic | No |
| Markdown mix HTML | Yes | No | No | No |
| HTML Rendering | Basic | No | No | Basic |
| Text Selection | TextView | No | Any Label | Yes |
| Custom Theme | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built Themes | Yes | No | No | No |
| I18n | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
#Footnotes
-
Release builds by use simple hello world example. ↩
-
Iced Editor: https://github.com/iced-rs/iced/blob/db5a1f6353b9f8520c4f9633d1cdc90242c2afe1/graphics/src/text/editor.rs#L65-L68 ↩
-
egui TextBuffer: https://github.com/emilk/egui/blob/0a81372cfd3a4deda640acdecbbaf24bf78bb6a2/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/text_buffer.rs#L20 ↩