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Post #1975006

2026-04-26 13:55 UTC

Hey fediverse, I have a question about #rust ; I'm thinking about learning a bit more of it, but I would like to use it with Qt Widgets. Is it possible? Does it work well? Are there like big missing pieces that only work theoretically? Googling gives me a fairly inconsistent answers, everything between "it works perfectly" and "it's a nightmare". (Also yes I would like to know how Qt works, not about alternatives to Qt, most definitely not about Gtk)

Replies (3)

  • @ragectl@hachyderm.io 2026-04-26 14:05

    @marmarta@chaos.social this is a good resource to check out for Rust GUI https://areweguiyet.com/

    Open ##2488768

  • @fogti@chaos.social 2026-04-26 14:06

    @marmarta@chaos.social It is possible, but the easiest way afaik is to build a wrapper in C++ around the Qt parts, which exports a C interface that can be used from Rust. (stuff like the `cxx` crate (unfortunately by dtolnay) make some stuff easier)

    Open ##2488769

  • @michalfita@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 18:13

    @marmarta@chaos.social @kdab@techhub.social are experts of both Qt and Rust, Leon Matthes doesn't seem to be present on Fediverse.

    Open ##2488770