# flutter_rust_bridge

6 Hacker News commenters recommended flutter_rust_bridge and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Generates the glue code that lets Flutter apps call Rust, so you write normal Rust and skip hand-written bindings. People report good results in real apps such as RustDesk.

## Why people recommend it

- Generates glue code automatically (2 comments): "which allows you to write normal Rust code that automatically has the glue code generated" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48293967)) "which streamlines FFI bindings management" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50144456))
- Works well in Flutter apps (2 comments): "flutter_rust_bridge is what rustdesk uses with pretty good success" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518231)) "For the Flutter side it's not too bad using FRB" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145791))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [PyO3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pyo3.md): 16 recommend
- [UniFFI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/uniffi.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "flutter_rust_bridge", https://hackerapproved.com/p/flutter-rust-bridge/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).