flutter_rust_bridge
Ranked 3 of 3 binding generators by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Generates glue code automatically
“which allows you to write normal Rust code that automatically has the glue code generated”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Use Boring Languages with LLMs” “which streamlines FFI bindings management”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Parin – A 2D game engine between raylib and Godot, written in Dlang” Works well in Flutter apps
“flutter_rust_bridge is what rustdesk uses with pretty good success”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “The state of building user interfaces in Rust” “For the Flutter side it's not too bad using FRB”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Syncular – offline-first SQL sync with TypeScript and Rust cores”
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All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“which streamlines FFI bindings management”
“For the Flutter side it's not too bad using FRB”
“flutter_rust_bridge is what rustdesk uses with pretty good success”
“which allows you to write normal Rust code that automatically has the glue code generated”
“Seems like a reasonable combo to me”
“need to pull in Rust crates through an FFI layer like flutter_rust_bridge”
“Also shout-out to flutter_rust_bridge and a video”
“also using flutter_rust_bridge to separate the business logic”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.