I always see new GTK apps popup on Flathub. I dont really care and think GTK looks fancy, although CSD suck a bit and they waste space and often functionality.

But they work, are solid, and do what they should.

Qt on the other hand may seem more like a complex job to code with. I dont actually think so, but I heard especially writing rust with GTK is way better than with Qt.

I like KDE a lot, and even though I am excited for Cosmic I think Qt is the better toolkit for many things and a lot of time. But Dolphin seems to suffer from memory safety issues all the time, as well as other projects.

Do you have experience in rust, using GTK or Qt? How do they compare?

  • Pantherina@feddit.deOP
    1·
    1 year ago

    Could you explain C bindings in Rust to a nonprogrammer? Does this mean GTK can’t use Rust natively, at least for the interface?

    • ani@endlesstalk.org
      5·
      1 year ago

      Bindings are like translations of the relevant C code to Rust so they can use Rust to talk (interop) with the C library instead of having to use C.

      Does this mean GTK can’t use Rust natively, at least for the interface?

      I never used GTK, but I suppose from this conversation that yes.

    • zygo_histo_morpheus
      3·
      1 year ago

      Rust can use all basic C data types, but it can’t use C++ classes, in any straightforward way at least.