Zero-native – Build native desktop apps with web UI

Post by jmpavlec » Thu, May 14, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC

hypendev wrote: post #35

lifty wrote: post #28

Slightly off topic, but what is the best way to build a cross platform GUI app these days, but something with good graphics, typography, etc. I mean a beautiful app. I would prefer to have a shared core in Go, and then something around it to give me the GUI. I know on MacOS it is straightforward to build something beautifully looking with their native Swift toolkit, but not sure on Linux and Windows. Is it better to…

I'm actually working on that - it's called Hypen - (hypen.space). You can build your core in Go or any other supported language, and write the UI in the Hypen DSL. While desktop is still in the works and should be out in the next week or two, currently the alpha supports Native iOS, Android, Web and Web Canvas, and just like mobile, the Desktop will be _real_ native.

Post by trueno » Thu, May 14, 2026, 2:19 PM UTC

AbuAssar wrote: post #2

> No borrow checker. No lifetimes. No fighting the compiler for 20 minutes over a string. I don’t like this attitude, both zig and rust have their strengths.

Post by pmarreck » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC

adastra22 wrote: post #16

pmarreck wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "I don't like this attitude" Cool, let me know when you have a rational counterargument then, some of us have gotten fed up with Rust (especially at scale) and are very much enjoying Zig (which has no magic, which turns out to be a huge advantage at scale)

Ok have fun. The rest of us are having no problems.