Gpui

A curated GitHub list of Rust and GPUI desktop applications highlights GitComet, an open-source Git workflow interface with 865 stars, and Arbor, a native desktop app for agentic coding workflows with 826 stars. The listing tracks project status by commit recency, with most entries marked active (latest commit within 30 days), while helix-gpui (540 stars) is dormant and Codux (454 stars) is quiet. The projects span AI coding terminals, database clients, API clients, and diff viewers built on the hybrid immediate and retained mode, GPU-accelerated GPUI framework.

A hybrid immediate and retained mode, GPU accelerated, UI framework for Rust, designed to support a wide variety of applications. Key: - 🔥 1,000+ stars - 🟢 active: latest commit within 30 days - 🟡 quiet: latest commit 31–90 days ago - ⚪ dormant: latest commit more than 90 days ago - 📦 archived - ❓ unavailable | Image | Project | Description | Stars | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | | Arbor https://github.com/penso/arbor | Run agentic coding workflows in a fully native desktop app for Git worktrees, terminals, and diffs. | 826 | 🟢 | | | arc https://github.com/Muhammad-Owais-Warsi/arc | Fast and lightweight api client. | 10 | 🟢 | | | based https://github.com/pavi2410/based | A native database client built for teams and AI agents — connections and queries live in your repo, git-friendly and version-controlled. | 64 | 🟢 | | | Baudrun https://github.com/packetThrower/Baudrun | A cross-platform serial terminal for network engineers, with saved profiles, multi-window, auto-reconnect, and XMODEM/YMODEM file transfer. | 29 | 🟢 | | | Codux https://github.com/duxweb/codux | A native AI coding terminal built with Rust and GPUI, spanning desktop, mobile, and headless hosts. | 454 | 🟡 | | | DBDelve https://github.com/ShayanAbbas1/dbdelve | Multi-engine fast, modern and lightweight DB Client with a focus on beautiful transparent UI and staying snappy on large amounts of data. | 110 | 🟢 | | | DBFlux https://github.com/0xErwin1/dbflux | A keyboard-first, multi-engine database client for SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and DynamoDB with integrated MCP governance for AI agents. | 201 | 🟢 | | | dbui https://github.com/JosueRhea/dbui | A TablePlus-shaped database editor for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite — browse the schema tree, page through rows, and run queries. | 6 | 🟢 | | | Farcaster https://github.com/behzade/farcaster | A native desktop app for working with multiple AI coding agents, with keyboard controls, an embedded terminal, and Neovim. | 63 | 🟢 | | | FluxDB https://github.com/fluxdb-alt/fluxDB | A beautiful, intuitive native database client built with Rust and GPUI, featuring smart SQL editing, schema and data management, support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Redis, and an extensible connector architecture designed for more databases. | 4 | 🟢 | | | Fulgur https://github.com/fulgur-app/Fulgur | A lightning-fast, multiplatform, fully themed text & code editor with secured file sync between devices. | 47 | 🟢 | | | GetCat https://github.com/finch-xu/GetCat | No Postman, Just GetCat A native, cross-platform HTTP API client built with Rust and GPUI — send requests, browse huge responses smoothly, import cURL commands, and generate code snippets. | 29 | 🟢 | | | GitComet https://github.com/Auto-Explore/GitComet | GitComet is fastest open source user interface for GIT workflows. | 865 | 🟢 | | | Hadron https://github.com/s0lda/hadron | Run a swarm of AI coding agents side by side — each in its own git worktree, with a shared event bus, live token telemetry, and an automatic merge gate. | 23 | 🟢 | | | helix-gpui https://github.com/polachok/helix-gpui | Helix gpui frontend. | 540 | ⚪ | | | Herdr GUI https://github.com/undivisible/herdr-gui | A GUI surface for herdr.dev https://herdr.dev + more. Built with Crepuscularity https://crepuscularity.tsc.hk + GPUI. | 16 | 🟡 | | | hi5 https://github.com/jondot/hi5 | A macOS menu-bar app for approving pull requests with zero friction, built with Rust and GPUI. | 3 | 🟢 | | | hunk https://github.com/smolcars/hunk | A cross platform and super fast diff viewer and Codex orchestrator. | 74 | 🟢 | | | JayJay https://github.com/hewigovens/jayjay | A native, keyboard-driven GUI for Jujutsu with DAG navigation, side-by-side diffs, conflict resolution, and a GPUI shell targeting Linux. | 159 | 🟢 | | | Kitten https://mittai.app/kitten/beta | Fast and lightweight API client. | N/A | N/A | | | lgtm https://github.com/ellie/lgtm | A fast, native code review app built with Rust and GPUI. | 102 | 🟡 | | | Lumi https://github.com/CES-Ltd/Lumi | A Unified Cowork & Code Agent to control - Cursor, Claude, Crush/ OpenCode , Hermes, Codex | 34 | ⚪ | | | mobie-studio https://github.com/bayazidsustami/mobie-studio | AI-powered desktop application for automated mobile testing, built with Rust and GPUI. | 9 | ⚪ | | | Navop https://github.com/feigeCode/navop | A native, all-in-one workspace for databases, SSH, SFTP, terminals, remote desktop, monitoring, and AI. | 1.5k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | OpenMango https://github.com/ggagosh/openmango | A native, GPU-accelerated MongoDB workbench for macOS, built with Rust and GPUI. | 23 | 🟢 | | | OxiMux https://github.com/nhtera/OxiMux | A multi-agent development cockpit for macOS. Open a repo, spawn isolated Git worktrees, run CLI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Aider side by side, and review every change through a built-in Git UI. | 54 | 🟢 | | | pgui https://github.com/duanebester/pgui | A GUI to query & manage postgres databases. | 194 | ⚪ | | | postman-gpui https://github.com/847850277/postman-gpui | A simple graphical user interface application for making HTTP requests, inspired by Postman. | 92 | 🟢 | | | Rabbitty https://github.com/mauscoelho/rabbitty-app | A keyboard-driven terminal that runs the AI CLIs you already use, tracking each agent across git worktrees and telling you which one needs you. | 8 | 🟢 | | | RED https://github.com/vojir-mikulas/red | A fast, native database explorer, featuring an AI assistant that understands your schema, drafts queries for approval, and turns results into charts. | 15 | 🟢 | | | Resolved https://github.com/zkillua00/resolved | A native, programmable API workspace for exploring HTTP and WebSocket APIs, scripting and chaining requests into reusable workflows, and collaborating through a self-hosted server. | 4 | 🟢 | | | Reviu https://github.com/reviu-dev/reviu | A native Rust and GPUI desktop app for reviewing agent-written code, with local Git workflows, inline diff feedback, and pull request review. | 19 | 🟢 | | | setu https://github.com/bajrangCoder/setu | A minimal, native API testing application built with GPUI. | 53 | 🟡 | | | termy https://github.com/lassejlv/termy | A Lightweight & GPU-rendered terminal emulator, written in Rust. | 434 | 🟢 | | | TokenMonitor https://github.com/iFence/TokenMonitor | A native Windows desktop app for tracking token usage across AI coding tools Claude Code, Codex, and more , built with Rust and GPUI. | 7 | 🟢 | | | tty7 https://github.com/l0ng-ai/tty7 | A GPU-rendered, daemon-backed terminal in pure Rust — a persistent daemon holds the PTYs so sessions survive quitting the app no tmux needed , with an enhanced prompt, tabs, splits, a command palette, and native builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux. | 1.1k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | Vibex https://github.com/vibex-ai/vibex | A native, local-first AI coding workbench supporting Claude Code, Codex, ZCode, OpenCode, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and any ACP-compatible agent, with a mobile client to monitor and steer sessions remotely. | 12 | 🟢 | | | Waku https://github.com/egoist/waku | A fast, native desktop app for working with local coding agents. | 1.5k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | zed https://github.com/zed-industries/zed | A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. | 90.7k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | zedis https://github.com/vicanso/zedis | A blazing-fast, native Redis GUI built with Rust and GPUI. | 2.1k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | Zeron https://github.com/zeronsh/comet | A native app that controls coding agents, for example Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. It keeps all sessions on your device. If you connect more devices, you can start an agent on one device and control it from a different device. | 1.8k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | zlyph https://github.com/douglance/zlyph | A minimal text editor built with GPUI. | 15 | ⚪ | | | zqlz https://github.com/samurmaykrr/zqlz | A database IDE built with Rust and GPUI, supporting SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis. | 189 | 🟡 | | Image | Project | Description | Stars | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | | bmo https://github.com/rubbieKelvin/bmo | Pomorodo timer written with rust & gpui. | 41 | ⚪ | | | coop https://github.com/lumehq/coop | A simple, fast, and reliable nostr client for secure messaging across all platforms. | 201 | ⚪ | | | dicto https://github.com/logi-camp/dicto | Fast offline desktop dictionary built with GPUI. Reads MDX/MDD dictionary files, the same format used by GoldenDict and MDict. | 11 | 🟢 | | | Fast Forward https://github.com/gaauwe/fast-forward | A window switcher for macOS. | 379 | ⚪ | | | gpui-todos https://github.com/duanebester/gpui-todos | A todo app written in gpui. | 73 | ⚪ | | | Loungy https://github.com/MatthiasGrandl/Loungy | App launcher in the vein of Spotlight, Alfred, Raycast. | 1.7k 🔥 | 📦 | | | Moeka https://moeka.app/ | A high-performance, all-in-one WYSIWYG Markdown editing engine with workspaces, live diff and integrated Agent terminal. | N/A | N/A | | | nohrs https://github.com/noh-rs/nohrs | A fast, flexible, and extensible file explorer for macOS, built with Rust and gpui as a modern alternative to Finder. | 153 | 🟢 | | | Oxide https://github.com/niklabh/oxide | A binary-first browser that runs WebAssembly modules instead of HTML/CSS/JS, built with GPUI. | 34 | 🟢 | | | reminder https://github.com/LeadcodeDev/remindr | An open-source and self-hostable alternative to Notion. | 27 | ⚪ | | | Scratchpad https://github.com/the-inconvenience-store/scratchpad | A keyboard-first, multi-document scratchpad for Rust code and text blocks on macOS, built with GPUI, GPUI Component, and SQLite. | 1 | 🟡 | | | Steward https://github.com/iFence/steward | A small, polished launcher and plugin platform for Windows, built with Rust, GPUI, and gpui-component. | 10 | 🟢 | | | Vellum https://github.com/wzzc-dev/vellum | A WYSIWYG desktop Markdown editor built with Rust and GPUI. | 16 | ⚪ | | | zex https://github.com/shdwmtr/zex | An extremely fast file explorer and disk usage analyzer companion for Linux, built for the Zed ecosystem. Config, themes, icons inherited from Zed OOTB. | 15 | 🟢 | | | Zorite https://github.com/packetThrower/zorite | A Markdown daily journal with WYSIWYG and raw-Markdown editing — wiki-linked pages, embedded PDFs, Mermaid diagrams, whiteboards, and LaTeX math, on macOS, Windows, and Linux. | 49 | 🟢 | | Image | Project | Description | Stars | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | | Cadence https://github.com/infomiho/cadence | A minimal native Spotify player for macOS built with Rust and GPUI, using librespot and rspotify. | 66 | 🟢 | | | Futureboard Studio https://github.com/futureboard/Futureboard | An open-source digital audio workstation with Native GPUI, React WebUI, Rust DSP, and native plugin hosting. | 85 | 🟢 | | | hummingbird https://github.com/hummingbird-player/hummingbird | Modern music player written in Rust using gpui with a focus on design and performance. | 608 | 🟢 | | | Lumia https://github.com/iFence/Lumia | A small, polished, high-performance, cross-platform image viewer built with Rust, GPUI, and gpui-component. | 15 | 🟢 | | | Monocurl https://github.com/monocurl/monocurl | An environment for programmatically animating images, videos, and slideshows in the Monocurl language. | 314 | 🟢 | | | opencut https://github.com/waterblower/opencut | An open source video editor built with Rust and GPUI, with a GStreamer-backed player and timeline editor. | 21 | 🟢 | | | Pawse https://github.com/popovpsk/pawse | A cross-platform music player with bit-perfect/exclusive output and a customizable UI. | 17 | 🟢 | | | rox https://github.com/zealsprince/rox | A Foobar2000-style music player for large local libraries: composable panels, shareable themes, and tagging that holds up at tens of thousands of tracks. | 43 | 🟢 | | | Sonora https://github.com/sonorahq/sonora | A native music streaming client, built with Rust and GPUI. | 1.4k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | sukusho https://github.com/ssut/sukusho | A powerful screenshot manager for Windows. | 14 | ⚪ | | | vleer https://github.com/vleerapp/vleer | Music, but without the subscription. Built on top of the OpenMusic API for a new streaming standard. | 210 | 🟢 | | Image | Project | Description | Stars | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | | bandmeter https://github.com/emamoah/bandmeter | Per-program network usage monitor for Linux. | 18 | ⚪ | | | clp https://github.com/lostf1sh/clp | A minimal, GPU-accelerated Wayland clipboard manager with image support and pinned entries. | 10 | ⚪ | | | CLV3000-Plus https://github.com/sopaco/CLV3000-Plus | A disk cleaner that understands agent work. Blazing-fast and safe, built with GPUI. | 7 | 🟢 | | | omarchist https://github.com/tahayvr/omarchist | A full Rust rewrite of the Omarchy control center. | 746 | 🟢 | | | OpenLogi https://github.com/AprilNEA/OpenLogi | A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+ — remap buttons, DPI, and SmartShift over HID++ with no account or telemetry. | 21.9k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | picoforge https://github.com/librekeys/picoforge | A commissioning tool for pico-fido firmware based hardware keys. | 380 | 🟢 | | | ropy https://github.com/StudentWeis/ropy | A cross-platform native clipboard manager in pure Rust. | 189 | 🟢 | | | rustat https://github.com/salman0ansari/rustat | A fast native Linux system monitor with live CPU, memory, network, disk, GPU, sensors, and process management. | 2 | 🟡 | | | WSL2-HyperV-Firewall-Manager https://github.com/ssut/WSL2-HyperV-Firewall-Manager | A WSL2 Hyper-V Firewall Management GUI for mirrored WSL2 networking built with Rust and GPUI. | 26 | ⚪ | | Image | Project | Description | Stars | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | | gpui-base64 https://github.com/badgooooor/gpui-base64 | Base64 encoder/decoder example with gpui and gpui-component. | 1 | ⚪ | | | gpui-calculator https://github.com/kriskw1999/gpui-calculator | Beautifully designed calculator with both keys and mouse interaction. | 54 | ⚪ | | | gpui-list https://github.com/duanebester/gpui-list | Basic list examples in gpui. | 29 | ⚪ | | Image | Project | Description | Stars | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | | adabraka-ui https://github.com/Augani/adabraka-ui | UI components for building beautiful desktop applications. | 470 | ⚪ | | | Base GPUI https://github.com/LukeTandjung/base-gpui | A GPUI-native port of Base UI's rich, headless component APIs. | 91 | 🟢 | | | Bezel https://github.com/crabtalk/bezel | A SwiftUI-lean GPUI component library, style flows through the environment, never through parameters. | 161 | 🟢 | | | declarative-gpui https://github.com/DevPlus31/declarative-gpui | A declarative ui macro with Tailwind-style tokens, real Rust control flow, and zero runtime overhead. | 12 | 🟢 | | | ferrum-flow https://github.com/tu6ge/ferrum-flow | A high-performance, extensible node-based editor framework. | 83 | ⚪ | | | gpui-component https://github.com/longbridge/gpui-component | UI components for building fantastic desktop applications using gpui. | 14.6k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | gpui-d3rs https://github.com/pierreaubert/sotf/tree/master/gpui-d3rs | a low level plotting library 100% in rust with the familiar d3js https://d3js.org/ components. | 58 | ⚪ | | | gpui-flow https://github.com/pacifio/gpui-flow | Visual node editor react flow for GPUI. | 34 | ⚪ | | | gpui-form https://github.com/stayhydated/gpui-form | A struct derive macro for deriving gpui-component... components on fields. | 25 | 🟢 | | | gpui-hooks https://github.com/leset0ng/gpui-hooks | React-style hooks for GPUI framework. | 17 | ⚪ | | | gpui-mobile https://github.com/itsbalamurali/gpui-mobile | A mobile platform layer for running GPUI applications natively on iOS and Android with wgpu. | 360 | 🟡 | | | gpui-nav https://github.com/benodiwal/gpui-nav | Easy navigation library for GPUI applications. | 27 | ⚪ | | | gpui-pdf https://github.com/packetThrower/zorite/tree/main/crates/gpui-pdf | Page-virtualized PDF viewing built on the pure-Rust hayro rasterizer — zoom, navigation, full-text search, and bounded memory, with no native dependencies. | 49 | 🟢 | | | gpui-px https://github.com/pierreaubert/sotf/tree/master/gpui-px | a high level plotting library 100% in rust inspired by plotly express https://plotly.com/python/plotly-express/ and using d3rs. | 58 | ⚪ | | | gpui-router https://github.com/justjavac/gpui-router | A router for GPUI App. | 97 | ⚪ | | | gpui-storybook https://github.com/stayhydated/gpui-storybook | Storybook-like library for GPUI applications. | 8 | 🟢 | | | gpui-symbols https://github.com/AprilNEA/gpui-symbols | Native SF Symbols for GPUI with type-safe Icon component. | 18 | ⚪ | | | gpui-tea https://github.com/inkwadra/gpui-tea | Runtime primitives for building Elm-style GPUI applications. | 8 | 🟢 | | | gpui-video-player https://github.com/cijiugechu/gpui-video-player | Video player for gpui. | 90 | 🟢 | | | gpui-whiteboard https://github.com/packetThrower/zorite/tree/main/crates/gpui-whiteboard | An infinite, pan-and-zoom whiteboard canvas with shapes, arrows, freehand ink, text, and images, plus a built-in toolbar, templates, and undo/redo. | 49 | 🟢 | | | GPUIX https://github.com/remorses/gpuix | React bindings for building native GPU-accelerated GPUI desktop applications without Electron. | 2.1k 🔥 | 🟢 | | | guise https://github.com/wess/guise | A Mantine-inspired component library with theming, sizing tokens, and a large set of ready-made components. | 123 | 🟢 | | | plotters-gpui https://github.com/JakkuSakura/plotters-gpui | gpui backend for plotters. | 53 | ⚪ | | | ratex-gpui https://github.com/packetThrower/zorite/tree/main/crates/ratex-gpui | A LaTeX math renderer and a structural, MathQuill-style formula editor for GPUI, built on the RaTeX engine. | 49 | 🟢 | | | rhythm-gpui https://github.com/P233/rhythm-gpui | Print-inspired vertical rhythm for GPUI, with baseline offsets computed from real font metrics. | 10 | 🟡 | | Image | Project | Description | Stars | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | | create-gpui-app https://github.com/zed-industries/create-gpui-app | Create a new gpui app in a single command. | 382 | ⚪ | | | Crepuscularity https://github.com/tschk/crepuscularity | One UI codebase for desktop, web, mobile, terminal, browser extensions, and embedded devices. Write React JSX or our lightweight DSL, get GPUI, Ratatui, SwiftUI, LVGL, and more. Batteries included. Official site https://crepuscularity.tsc.hk . | 42 | 🟢 | | | GPUI Kit Canvas https://github.com/JetSquirrel/gpui-kit-canvas | A browser-based visual canvas for designing gpui-kit desktop windows and generating implementation prompts. | 11 | 🟢 | | | Pulsar-Native https://github.com/Far-Beyond-Pulsar/Pulsar-Native | The next-generation game engine that you deserve implemented in rust on top of GPUI. | 389 | 🟢 | | | React Native GPUI https://github.com/nucleus-os/nucleus | An out-of-tree platform for React Native desktop applications, implementing RN Fabric architecture with Rust and GPUI. | 53 | 🟢 | | Image | Project | Description | Stars | Status | |---|---|---|---|---| | | Duane Bester - Rust Streams https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzIkykhdNahwxfVbxgZR69TQSsJc-6Rqq | YouTube streams covering gpui app development. | N/A | N/A | | | gpui-book https://github.com/MatinAniss/gpui-book | A book teaching you the concepts you need to create your own gpui application. | 266 | ⚪ |