One of the top comments in Zed's post claim this performs really nicely, but I imagine it doesn't run on GNU/Linux on it's own either; it'll probably come before Zed itself, and hopfully makes a splash so I can check it out then.
I don't want to come off as rude, but why would I ever use this vs something like Tauri? I could use familiar tools (html/css/js/react...) with Tauri and cut the verbosity that this would entail
I have been working on a hobby project in Tauri and I am incredibly intrigued by GPUI.
- I already keep all my state and logic in Rust
- GPUI would allow me to skip Tauri commands and listeners and instead just implement the renderers directly on the already existing structs.
- The renderer is inspired by Tailwind, which would make the transition for me super easy as I already use it on the Tauri browser part.
- The performance and latency has got to be better than going through a webview. If the Zed editor is any indication, it’s about as good as it can be
That said I obviously haven’t started converting my app yet. Documentation is very sparse and I don’t feel like wading through source code to figure out how to accomplish anything…
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 35.2 ms ] threadLooks like development is focused on Mac OS for now. Windows and Linux are not supported yet[1].
[1] https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/5391
- I already keep all my state and logic in Rust - GPUI would allow me to skip Tauri commands and listeners and instead just implement the renderers directly on the already existing structs. - The renderer is inspired by Tailwind, which would make the transition for me super easy as I already use it on the Tauri browser part. - The performance and latency has got to be better than going through a webview. If the Zed editor is any indication, it’s about as good as it can be
That said I obviously haven’t started converting my app yet. Documentation is very sparse and I don’t feel like wading through source code to figure out how to accomplish anything…