Slint
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Dec 10, 2025first mention
Aug 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use Slint and tried a bunch of the other frameworks and nothing worked as well in embedded and also as mac/linux apps.”
“I suggest Slint (https://slint.dev)”
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“There is Slint (https://slint.dev/), which was a company founded by ex-Qt devs and seem to be trying to make a better alternative to Qt.”
“Take a look at Slint or Avalonia if you miss this experience.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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From the makers not counted in the ranking
“UI renders natively (without a browser)”
works for Slinton “Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?”
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript? 1 mention
- Using an old Android phone as a music player 1 mention
- AI Is Changing the Economics of Native Apps 1 mention
- The state of building user interfaces in Rust 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) 1 mention
- Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework 1 mention
Data: slint.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“I managed to compile my WIP Rust / Slint music player app [1] to run on the HiBy framebuffer”
“to create native client for Mattermost using Slint with Rust bindings”
“I use Slint and tried a bunch of the other frameworks and nothing worked as well in embedded and also as mac/linux apps.”
“Written in C++ and Slint, it was also a testbed of slint as an UI framework.”
“`Slint` is also usable, however I'm not sure about the licensing approach”
“I suggest Slint (https://slint.dev)”
“There is Slint (https://slint.dev/), which was a company founded by ex-Qt devs and seem to be trying to make a better alternative to Qt.”
“Take a look at Slint or Avalonia if you miss this experience.”