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		Karellen on April 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GUI development with Rust and GTK 4 I had a quick look and it appears that the Linux backend is GTK-3 based? (Requires gtk-3-dev to build.) Pity. For a moment I was briefly excited that someone had created a Rust binding for EFL/Enlightenment (aka "E").

bri3d on April 25, 2023 [–]

No, egui is an immediate mode framework which draws its own widgets completely using EGL.

GTK is only required if you want the GTK WebView, iirc.

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