/klask

Automatically create GUI applications from clap3 apps

Primary LanguageRustMIT LicenseMIT

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Klask

Allows you to create a gui application automatically from clap (v3). Uses egui for graphics. Changelog

Features

  • Supports optional fields with and without default values
  • Supports flags with multiple occurrences (-vvv)
  • Has a native path picker
  • Supports fields with multiple values
  • Output is colored and has clickable links
  • Combo boxes for arguments with only some values allowed
  • Subcommands
  • Optionally allow setting environment variables, stdin and working directory
  • Progress bars

If you are using this library please contact me, I'm definitely interested! Create an Issue if you find any bugs or would like a feature added!

Example gui: image showcasing the gui

Generated from miniserve's app: image showcasing the gui

How it works

  • The binary runs and there's no CHILD_APP_ENV_VAR environment variable ⇾ no user code runs, only the GUI is displayed.
  • The "Run" button in the GUI is pressed ⇾ CHILD_APP_ENV_VAR is set, the binary is started again. Arguments are passed to stdin and stdout is intercepted for displaying output.
  • The binary is run with CHILD_APP_ENV_VAR ⇾ the user-provided closure is run.