slint-ui/slint

Slint is an open-source declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, JavaScript, or Python apps.

Web & frontendRust#rust#embedded-devices#language#gui#wasm

2.3 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

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About the project

Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit for native UIs on embedded, desktop and mobile platforms. UI is written in .slint markup, logic in Rust, C++, JS or Python.

Useful for

Build a lightweight UI for an MCU device like STM32 or RP2040.
Create a cross-platform desktop app with one UI for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Run the same interface in a browser via WebAssembly without rewriting code.

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

10 stars so far today, about 12 expected by the end of the day.
Hacker News: “Declarative GUI toolkit Slint 1.18 Released” — 5 points, 1 day ago.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 23,865
Stars in a day: 12
Forks: 997
Issues and pull requests: 12,007
Watchers: 121
Language: Rust
Latest release: v1.18.0 · September 16, 2026
Created: May 4, 2020
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Hacker News discussions

Declarative GUI toolkit Slint 1.18 Released5 points, September 17, 2026

Spotted in

September 18, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #21, +25 stars
September 17, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #21, +19 stars

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