Relm4: A Rust repository from ilya-zlobintsev

An idiomatic GUI library inspired by Elm and based on gtk4-rs. Relm4 is a new version of relm that's built from scratch and is compatible with GTK4 and libadwaita.

Why Relm4

We believe that GUI development should be easy, productive and delightful.
The gtk4-rs crate already provides everything you need to write modern, beautiful and cross-platform applications. Built on top of this foundation, Relm4 makes developing more idiomatic, simpler and faster and enables you to become productive in just a few hours.

Our goals

⏱️ Productivity
✨ Simplicity
📎 Outstanding documentation
🔧 Maintainability

Documentation

📖 The Relm4 book
📜 Rust documentation

Dependencies

Relm4 depends on GTK4: How to install GTK4 and Rust

Ecosystem

relm4-macros - several macros for declarative UI definitions.
relm4-components - a collections of reusable components.
relm4-icons - icons for your application.
relm4-template - a starter template for creating Relm4 applications in the Flatpak package format.
relm4-snippets - code snippets to speed up your development.

Use this in to your Cargo.toml:

# Core library
relm4 = "0.9"
# Optional: reusable components
relm4-components = "0.9"
# Optional: icons (more info at https://github.com/Relm4/icons)
relm4-icons = "0.9.0"

Features

The relm4 crate has four feature flags:

Flag	Purpose	Default
`macros`	Enable macros by re-exporting `relm4-macros`	✅
`libadwaita`	Improved support for libadwaita	-
`libpanel`	Improved support for libpanel	-
`gnome_46`	Enable all version feature flags of all dependencies to match the GNOME 46 SDK	-
`gnome_45`	Enable all version feature flags of all dependencies to match the GNOME 45 SDK	-
`gnome_44`	Enable all version feature flags of all dependencies to match the GNOME 44 SDK	-
`gnome_43`	Enable all version feature flags of all dependencies to match the GNOME 43 SDK	-
`gnome_42`	Enable all version feature flags of all dependencies to match the GNOME 42 SDK	✅

The macros feature is a default feature.

Examples

Several example applications are available at examples/.

📸 Screenshots from the example apps

A simple counter app

use gtk::prelude::*;
use relm4::prelude::*;

struct App {
    counter: u8,
}

#[derive(Debug)]
enum Msg {
    Increment,
    Decrement,
}

#[relm4::component]
impl SimpleComponent for App {
    type Init = u8;
    type Input = Msg;
    type Output = ();

    view! {
        gtk::Window {
            set_title: Some("Simple app"),
            set_default_size: (300, 100),

            gtk::Box {
                set_orientation: gtk::Orientation::Vertical,
                set_spacing: 5,
                set_margin_all: 5,

                gtk::Button {
                    set_label: "Increment",
                    connect_clicked => Msg::Increment,
                },

                gtk::Button {
                    set_label: "Decrement",
                    connect_clicked => Msg::Decrement,
                },

                gtk::Label {
                    #[watch]
                    set_label: &format!("Counter: {}", model.counter),
                    set_margin_all: 5,
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Initialize the component.
    fn init(
        counter: Self::Init,
        root: Self::Root,
        sender: ComponentSender<Self>,
    ) -> ComponentParts<Self> {
        let model = App { counter };

        // Insert the code generation of the view! macro here
        let widgets = view_output!();

        ComponentParts { model, widgets }
    }

    fn update(&mut self, msg: Self::Input, _sender: ComponentSender<Self>) {
        match msg {
            Msg::Increment => {
                self.counter = self.counter.wrapping_add(1);
            }
            Msg::Decrement => {
                self.counter = self.counter.wrapping_sub(1);
            }
        }
    }
}

fn main() {
    let app = RelmApp::new("relm4.example.simple");
    app.run::<App>(0);
}

Projects using Relm4

fm — A small, general-purpose file manager.
Done - A simple and versatile to do app.
Reovim - GUI frontend for neovim.
NixOS Configuration Editor - A graphical configuration editor for NixOS.
Rhino Setup - Setup wizard for Rolling Rhino
Lemoa - Desktop client for Lemmy
Score Tracker - App for tracking player scores in card and board games
Spidey - A seamless and distraction-free work and play environment on the web
Toolbox Tuner - An application to manage Toolbx containers
BitRitter - A bitwarden/vaultwarden client with mobile devices in mind
Space Acres - An opinionated GUI application for farming on Autonomys Network

License

Licensed under either of

Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

Feedback and contributions are highly appreciated!

ilya-zlobintsev/Relm4