Sycamore
Shares rank 35 of 45 GUI frameworks by recommenders
People like its clear execution model, its compiler handling web platform complexity, and its examples and projects on GitHub; the most common caveat is a landing page that doesn't show what it is or include a real demo.
People like its clear execution model, its compiler handling web platform complexity, and its examples and projects on GitHub; the most common caveat is a landing page that doesn't show what it is or include a real demo.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 13
- approval share
- 32%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Projects and examples on GitHub
“many other projects using Sycamore which you can see by looking at GitHub's reverse dependency page”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “There are plenty of examples in the examples/ folder on GitHub”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” Clear model, compiler handles complexity
“You move the incidental complexity of the web platform into the compiler which will always do the right thing.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “Sycamore has a very clear execution model”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” Neat, promising for web projects
“Looks very good and probably will be my library of choice for my next web project.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “I used Sycamore tho, it's neat.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Landing page unclear about purpose
“It's not clear on the landing page that this is for in-browser UI, as opposed to desktop UI and/or mobile UI”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “that website is not enough for anyone to be interested in the library”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “your website does not actually describe what you're providing”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” - Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity”
No real demo or screenshot
“had to wade through site to find some slick demo showing the merits of the speed and responsiveness”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “Not a single example of an actual application is not a good look for a web ui library”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “I can’t find a screenshot of it anywhere, let alone the landing page.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” - Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity”
- Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity”
Claims not backed by demos
“This website could be entirely the same with html and css.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “Seems like it's not delivering what's promised.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity” “Next Gen UI. Bold sounding, show it.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Sycamore – next gen Rust UI library powered by fine-grained reactivity”
Other GUI frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other GUI frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qt | 191 | 133 | 59% | 12 | 15 yrs7 owners | — |
| GTK | 85 | 118 | 42% | 12 | — | — |
| Windows Forms | 76 | 33 | 70% | 12 | 15 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| SwiftUI | 75 | 121 | 38% | 11 | 4 yrs8 owners | — |
| SycamoreThis page | 6 | 13 | 32% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
27 of the 28 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I personally prefer Sycamore's naming conventions”
“had to wade through site to find some slick demo showing the merits of the speed and responsiveness”
“Why make potential users wade through 5 clicks to get to an example”
“Folders on Github is not a demo.”
“That's a pretty big chunk of bytes for such simple applications.”
“It is much better than a static screenshot.”
“Next Gen UI. Bold sounding, show it.”
“Seems like it's not delivering what's promised.”
“I used Sycamore tho, it's neat.”
“That's all you need to know about this one.”
“There are plenty of examples in the examples/ folder on GitHub”
“many other projects using Sycamore which you can see by looking at GitHub's reverse dependency page”
“that website is not enough for anyone to be interested in the library”
“Not a single example of an actual application is not a good look for a web ui library”
“it seems to not even have search”
“combining the drawing layer from one of these existing native UI frameworks with Sycamore could be interesting in reducing some of the boilerplate”
“You move the incidental complexity of the web platform into the compiler which will always do the right thing.”
“This website could be entirely the same with html and css.”
“It's not clear on the landing page that this is for in-browser UI, as opposed to desktop UI and/or mobile UI”
“I really like these projects but missing from them is genericity.”
“i've had my shot at sycamore a number of times”
“I wish they said that on the homepage.”
“I can’t find a screenshot of it anywhere, let alone the landing page.”
“your website does not actually describe what you're providing”
“Sycamore has a very clear execution model”
“Uncaught (in promise) ReferenceError: WebAssembly is not defined”
“Looks very good and probably will be my library of choice for my next web project.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.