# Makepad

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Makepad and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free Rust framework praised for fast compile times, performance and a hot-reloadable DSL; main caveat is very thin documentation.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast compile times and performance (2 comments): "they achieved outstanding compilation times in rust for makepad" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49923880)) "I was amazed to see makepad.nl's performances." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46830794))

## What people warn about

- Little or no documentation (1 comments): "it has basically no documentation so don't bother yet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003586))

## 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, "Makepad", https://hackerapproved.com/p/makepad/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).