Rust bindings for the Sciter embeddable HTML/CSS/script engine to build modern desktop application UIs.
Rust-Sciter is a Rust binding library for the Sciter engine, which is an embeddable HTML/CSS/script engine designed for building modern desktop application user interfaces. It allows Rust developers to create cross-platform desktop apps with web-like frontends using a compact, GPU-accelerated engine. The library provides full access to Sciter's features, including DOM manipulation, scripting interoperability, and native graphics rendering.
Rust developers building cross-platform desktop applications who want to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for their UI without relying on heavier web browser engines.
It offers a lightweight, performant alternative to Electron-like solutions by using Sciter's small engine footprint and providing seamless Rust-to-script interoperability, enabling native desktop app development with familiar web technologies.
Rust bindings for Sciter
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Sciter is a compact, single DLL without heavy dependencies, offering GPU-accelerated rendering via native graphics or Skia/OpenGL, as highlighted in the README's introduction and graphics module description.
It enables building for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi from a single codebase, with the README listing all these platforms under 'Platforms'.
The bindings allow automatic dispatching for calling Rust functions from TIScript/JavaScript and vice versa, demonstrated in the interoperability code examples with `dispatch_script_call!`.
It includes bindings for windows, DOM manipulation, events, graphics, and more, as detailed in the 'What is supported right now' section of the README.
Relies on the Sciter engine, which has its own license terms and end-user agreement, potentially introducing vendor lock-in and licensing costs for commercial use, as noted in the License section.
Requires downloading the Sciter SDK and setting up platform-specific tools, such as installing GTK 3 on Linux, which adds steps beyond typical Rust crates, as mentioned in the 'Getting started' instructions.
Compared to alternatives like Electron, Sciter has a smaller community and fewer third-party resources, which can slow down development and troubleshooting, implied by the reliance on Sciter's own forums for support.