# gpui-component by Longbridge

15 Hacker News commenters recommended gpui-component by Longbridge and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a polished, shadcn-style widget library for building native desktop applications in Rust on GPUI.

## Why people recommend it

- Best Rust GUI option currently (2 comments): "IMO this is the best Rust GUI option at the moment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689621)) "Definitely the best option today" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076489))
- Easy native desktop GUI building (3 comments): "The only Rust GUI library I found that could do this easily was gpui-component" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003675)) "the only Rust GUI library I found that could do this easily" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003586)) "that seems to finally open doors to have fully native guis that are polished enough for even commercial release" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003110))
- Adds value to GPUI (2 comments): "UI components for building fantastic desktop applications using GPUI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951613)) "I think it adds so much value to GPUI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46085269))
- Impressive, promising project (2 comments): "that looks very promising indeed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47004075)) "It is very impressive IMO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003707))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Qt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qt.md): 191 recommend
- [GTK](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gtk.md): 85 recommend
- [Windows Forms](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winforms.md): 76 recommend
- [SwiftUI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/swiftui.md): 75 recommend
- [Tcl/Tk](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tcl-tk.md): 61 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "gpui-component by Longbridge", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpui-component/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).