GTK + Rust + Meson + Flatpak = <3
A boilerplate template to get started with GTK, Rust, Meson, Flatpak made for GNOME. It can be adapted for other desktop environments like elementary.
What does it contains?
- A simple window with a headerbar
- Bunch of useful files that you SHOULD ship with your application on Linux:
- Metainfo: describe your application for the different application stores out there;
- Desktop: the application launcher;
- Icons: This repo contains three icons, a normal, a nightly & monochromatic icon (symbolic) per the GNOME HIG, exported using App Icon Preview.
- Flatpak Manifest for nightly builds
- Dual installation support
- Uses Meson for building the application
- Bundles the UI files & the CSS using gresources
- A pre-commit hook to run rustfmt on your code
- Tests to validate your Metainfo, Schemas & Desktop files
- Gsettings to store the window state, more settings could be added
- Gitlab CI to produce flatpak nightlies
- i18n support
How to init a project ?
The template ships a simple python script to init a project easily. It asks you a few questions and replaces & renames all the necessary files.
The script requires having git installed on your system.
You can run it with,
python3 create-project.py
➜ python3 create-project.py
Welcome to GTK Rust Template
Name: Contrast
Project Name: contrast
Application ID (see: https://developer.gnome.org/ChooseApplicationID/): org.gnome.design.Contrast
Author: Bilal Elmoussaoui
Email: bil.elmoussaoui@gmail.com
Github/Gitlab repository: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/design/contrast/