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• Last commit today
• 28+ active contributors
• Apache-2.0 licensed
• CI configured
• Tests present
• ⚠ Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 50% of recent commits

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egui is an immediate-mode GUI library written in pure Rust that renders to GPU-accelerated triangles, enabling the same UI code to run on web (via WebAssembly), native desktop (Linux/Mac/Windows), and game engines. It prioritizes ease-of-use and portability over traditional retained-mode GUI paradigms, with a minimal unsafe footprint and batteries-included framework (eframe) that handles windowing, rendering, and platform integration. Monorepo workspace (Cargo.toml at root) with 12 crates: crates/egui is the core immediate-mode library, crates/eframe wraps it with platform integration, crates/epaint handles 2D tessellation/rendering, crates/ecolor and crates/emath provide math primitives, and specialized rendering backends (egui_glow, egui-wgpu, egui-winit) for different graphics APIs. Examples live in examples/ folders within each crate.

Rust developers building cross-platform desktop and web applications who want to avoid boilerplate and platform-specific code; game developers integrating UIs into engines like Bevy or custom renderers; teams shipping both web and native versions of the same app with shared UI logic.

Actively maintained and production-ready. The project is at version 0.34.2 with established CI/CD pipelines (20+ GitHub Actions workflows), Rust 1.92+ MSRV enforcement, MIT/Apache-2.0 dual licensing, and an active Discord community (900+ members visible in badge). However, the 0.x version number signals ongoing evolution rather than guaranteed API stability.

Low risk for new projects; the main dependencies (emath, ecolor, epaint) are tightly controlled within the workspace, and the codebase forbids unsafe code. Breaking changes are possible given pre-1.0 status, so pinning to 0.34.x in production is recommended. Single-maintainer risk is partially mitigated by community engagement, but watch CODEOWNERS for core module maintainers.

Active CI enforcement (cargo_shear, typos, link_checker, png_only_on_lfs workflows), web demo deployment pipeline, and kittest snapshot testing. The CHANGELOG.md and RELEASES.md track versioning; recent work appears focused on stability and web demo polish given the deploy_web_demo and preview workflows.

git clone https://github.com/emilk/egui
cd egui
cargo build
cargo run --example demo_app

For web, see eframe's README: cd crates/eframe && cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown. The workspace uses resolver = "2" and is edition 2024.

Daily commands: Native: cargo run --example demo_app from workspace root or crate dir. Web: cd crates/eframe && wasm-pack build --target web examples/wasm_example (or use eframe's web helpers). Tests: cargo test --all runs unit tests; cargo test --doc for doc tests. Lint: cargo clippy (clippy.toml configured), cargo fmt --check, cargo shear (unused deps).

• crates/egui/src — Core egui immediate-mode GUI library; all UI widgets and input handling originate here
• crates/epaint/src — Painting/rendering abstraction layer that transforms egui's output into renderable primitives
• crates/eframe/src/lib.rs — Application framework that bridges egui to native (winit/glow/wgpu) and web (wasm) platforms
• crates/egui-winit/src/lib.rs — Input event translation layer that converts winit events into egui input context
• crates/egui-wgpu/src/lib.rs — GPU-based rendering backend using WebGPU/wgpu for high-performance output on native and web
• crates/ecolor/src/lib.rs — Color representation and manipulation; foundational for all visual styling in egui
• Cargo.toml — Workspace root defining all crates, dependencies, and edition/MSRV constraints

Add a New UI Widget

1. Define the widget struct in crates/egui/src/widgets/ with builder methods (crates/egui/src/widgets/mod.rs)
2. Implement sense handling and response logic (mouse/keyboard interaction) (crates/egui/src/widgets/your_widget.rs)
3. Add layout, sizing, and painting calls to Ui::your_widget() (crates/egui/src/ui.rs)
4. Test the widget with a demo in crates/egui_demo_lib/src/ (crates/egui_demo_lib/src/apps/demo/widgets.rs)

Add Support for a New Rendering Backend

1. Create crates/egui-myrenderer/ with Cargo.toml and src/lib.rs (crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml)
2. Implement Painter trait to convert epaint draw lists to your GPU API (crates/egui-wgpu/src/renderer.rs)
3. Integrate with eframe's run_native() via feature flags and platform code (crates/eframe/src/native/mod.rs)
4. Add example in examples/ that uses your backend (crates/eframe/examples)

Add a Web Feature (for Web Runtime)

1. Add Wasm integration code in crates/eframe/src/web/ (crates/eframe/src/web/mod.rs)
2. Define JavaScript bindings using wasm-bindgen (e.g., DOM access, storage) (crates/eframe/src/web/app_runner.rs)
3. Update crates/eframe/src/lib.rs to conditionally compile web modules (crates/eframe/src/lib.rs)
4. Test with cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown and wasm-server-runner (Cargo.toml)

Customize Color & Styling

1. Define a Visuals struct with color scheme in crates/egui/src/style/ (crates/egui/src/style/mod.rs)
2. Use color palettes from crates/ecolor/src/color32.rs (crates/ecolor/src/color32.rs)
3. Apply Visuals to Context via ctx.set_style() in your app's update() (crates/egui/src/context.rs)

• Immediate-Mode GUI (IM GUI paradigm) — Simplifies reactive UI: no retained state tree needed; widget code is data-driven and runs every frame. Perfect for real-time applications, games, and tools.
• Rust + no-unsafe-by-default — Memory safety without GC; zero-cost abstractions; fearless concurrency; Badge: 'unsafe forbidden' signals security-conscious design
• wgpu (WebGPU Rust bindings) — Cross-platform GPU abstraction: runs on Metal (macOS), Vulkan (Linux), DX12 (Windows), and WebGPU (browser). Single rendering code for native and web.
• winit (window & event loop) — Mature cross-platform windowing library; abstracts OS event loops, input handling, and window management (Windows, macOS, Linux, web).
• wasm (Rust to WASM compilation) — Allows the same egui app to run unmodified in browsers without JavaScript. No separate web codebase needed.

• Immediate-mode architecture (redraw every frame)

  • Why: Simplicity: UI logic is stateless; avoids complex diff/reconciliation logic. No prop drilling or complex state management.
  • Consequence: Higher per-frame CPU cost (must re-run all widget code); must optimize hot paths. Not suitable for UIs with thousands of widgets on low-end devices.

• Single cross-platform render pipeline (wgpu) rather than native APIs

  • Why: Code reuse; unified feature set across platforms; easier maintenance.
  • Consequence: Cannot exploit platform-specific GPU optimizations; potential performance penalty vs. hand-tuned Metal/DX12; depends on wgpu's maturity.

• No built-in networking, persistence, or backend integration

  • Why: Keep egui focused on UI concerns; let users integrate databases, HTTP clients, async runtimes separately.
  • Consequence: Apps must wire up their own data layer; more boilerplate for data-heavy apps.

• Browser rendering via WASM + WebGPU (not WebGL

  • Why: undefined
  • Consequence: undefined

Wasm optimization: Release profile uses opt-level = 2 by default (not 3) to reduce binary size; don't override without testing. Debug backtrace feature: Dev builds intentionally don't use panic = "abort" to preserve backtrace support for the debug introspection feature (all modifiers + hover). Unsafe forbidden: The codebase enforces zero unsafe via CI; any unsafe blocks will be rejected. Minimal MSRV: Rust 1.92+ is the floor; feature-gating may be needed for older toolchains. Platform-specific backends: Ensure correct backend crate is enabled (egui_glow for OpenGL, egui-wgpu for WebGPU); mismatches cause link errors.

• Immediate Mode GUI — egui's entire architecture is built on this paradigm: UI is described in code each frame without retained state trees, making cross-platform code trivial and debugging straightforward.
• GPU Tessellation — epaint converts 2D shapes and text into triangle meshes and clip rectangles for GPU rendering; understanding tessellation is key to extending egui's rendering or optimizing for custom hardware.
• WebAssembly (WASM) — egui's web deployment compiles Rust to WASM via wasm32-unknown-unknown target; binaries are optimized via cargo profile tuning for size and speed.
• Graphics API Abstraction — egui decouples logic from rendering backends (wgpu, glow, custom); adding a new backend requires implementing a thin trait in a new crate like egui_glow.
• MSRV (Minimum Supported Rust Version) — egui enforces Rust 1.92+ via CI; this affects which language features and dependencies can be used, important for library compatibility guarantees.
• Monorepo Workspace — Cargo workspaces with resolver = "2" enable shared dependencies and coordinated versioning across 12 tightly-coupled crates; crucial for understanding how to modify and test changes.
• Unsafe-free Code — egui forbids unsafe via CI enforcement; this adds performance constraints and influences the choice of algorithms and dependencies, differentiating it from lower-level graphics libraries.

• bevyengine/bevy — Popular ECS game engine with egui integration via bevy_egui; primary consumer of egui for in-game UI.
• iced-rs/iced — Alternative Elm-inspired GUI library for Rust (retained-mode, not immediate-mode); different philosophy but same ecosystem.
• fltk-rs/fltk-rs — Bindings to FLTK C++ library; traditional GUI toolkit alternative for Rust desktop apps without web support.
• DioxusLabs/dioxus — React-like declarative UI framework for Rust web/desktop; complementary approach to egui's immediate mode.
• rust-windowing/winit — Lower-level window/input abstraction that egui-winit wraps; powers all egui native platform support.

To work on one of these in Claude Code or Cursor, paste: Implement the "<title>" PR idea from CLAUDE.md, working through the checklist as the task list.

Add comprehensive unit tests for ecolor color conversion functions

The ecolor crate (crates/ecolor/src) contains critical color manipulation functions (color32.rs, hsva.rs, hsva_gamma.rs, rgba.rs) but lacks visible unit test coverage. Color conversions are mathematically sensitive and prone to edge-case bugs (especially around gamma correction and HSV<->RGB conversions). Adding thorough tests would improve reliability for web/native rendering.

• [ ] Create crates/ecolor/src/tests/ directory with test modules for each file
• [ ] Add tests for Color32 conversions (sRGB to linear, gamma handling)
• [ ] Add tests for HSVA<->RGBA round-trip conversions with boundary values (0, 255, NaN)
• [ ] Add tests for hsva_gamma conversions to verify gamma correction accuracy
• [ ] Verify tests run in CI by checking .github/workflows/rust.yml includes ecolor tests

Add CI workflow for checking breaking changes in public APIs

The repo uses workspace versioning (0.34.2) and has strict maintenance practices (CODEOWNERS, CONTRIBUTING.md), but lacks automated detection of semver-breaking API changes. With multiple public crates (egui, eframe, epaint, ecolor, emath), accidental breaking changes could slip through. A cargo-semver-checks workflow would prevent this.

• [ ] Create .github/workflows/semver_check.yml using cargo-semver-checks action
• [ ] Configure it to check only public crates listed in workspace members (egui, eframe, epaint, ecolor, emath)
• [ ] Set baseline version from Cargo.toml workspace.package.version (0.34.2)
• [ ] Add required: true status check in branch protection rules
• [ ] Document the workflow in CONTRIBUTING.md with guidance on addressing failures

Add platform-specific integration tests for native event loop and rendering

The crates/eframe/src/native directory contains complex platform-specific code (macos.rs, winit_integration.rs, glow_integration.rs, wgpu_integration.rs) but tests directory structure suggests minimal platform-specific test coverage. Adding integration tests for window creation, event handling, and renderer initialization would catch regressions across backends.

• [ ] Create tests/native_integration/ with test suite for eframe native backend
• [ ] Add tests for window creation with different configurations (size, position, icons from crates/eframe/data/icon.png)
• [ ] Add tests for event loop context (crates/eframe/src/native/event_loop_context.rs) with mock events
• [ ] Add renderer initialization tests for both glow and wgpu backends (glow_integration.rs, wgpu_integration.rs)
• [ ] Configure tests to run on multiple platforms in CI (ubuntu, macos, windows) in rust.yml workflow

• Add unit tests to crates/ecolor/src/hsva.rs and crates/ecolor/src/hsva_gamma.rs for color space conversion edge cases (currently coverage gaps visible in file list).
• Document the widget builder pattern with a detailed guide in ARCHITECTURE.md; add inline examples to crates/egui/src/widgets/ for each widget type.
• Implement missing accessibility labels for custom widgets; audit crates/egui/src/widgets/ for missing id() and label() calls and add them systematically.

The egui codebase demonstrates generally good security practices with a dual-license approach (MIT/Apache-2.0), safety-first design goals, and organized workspace structure. However, there are areas requiring attention: (1) Web/WASM security hardening is critical for applications using the web backend; (2) Unsafe code usage claims need verification across all crates, especially graphics and native integration layers; (3) The incomplete dependency definition in Cargo.toml needs completion and audit. The use of modern Rust edition and recommended optimization settings are positive security indicators. No hardcoded secrets, SQL injection risks, or obvious configuration vulnerabilities were detected in the provided file structure.

• Low · Incomplete Workspace Dependencies Definition — Cargo.toml - [workspace.dependencies] section. The workspace dependencies section in Cargo.toml appears to be truncated (ends with 'epai' without completion). This could indicate incomplete dependency management or potential supply chain risks if dependencies are not properly defined. Fix: Complete the workspace dependencies definition and ensure all transitive dependencies are properly reviewed and pinned to secure versions.
• Low · Unsafe Code Usage Despite Safety Claims — Multiple crates - particularly crates/eframe/src/native and crates/egui-wgpu/src. The README claims 'unsafe forbidden' badge, but this is a code-level claim that should be verified across all crates in the workspace (eframe, egui-wgpu, egui-winit, etc.), especially the native/graphics integration layers which may require unsafe code. Fix: Verify through code review or static analysis tools (cargo-deny, cargo-audit) that unsafe code is minimized and properly reviewed in graphics, windowing, and native system integration code.
• Medium · Web-Based Application Security Concerns — crates/eframe/src/web/. The codebase includes Web/WASM support (crates/eframe/src/web/) which can introduce XSS and other web security vulnerabilities. Web implementations need additional security hardening compared to native applications. Fix: Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers, validate all user inputs, sanitize any HTML output, and regularly audit web-specific code paths. Use security-focused testing for web deployments.
• Low · Rust Edition 2024 Compatibility — Cargo.toml - [workspace.package] edition field. The workspace targets edition = '2024', which is a very recent edition. While not a direct security issue, it may have fewer community security reviews and unknown compatibility issues with dependencies. Fix: Monitor the Rust 2024 edition for any security advisories and maintain updated dependencies. Consider LTS stability vs. cutting-edge features trade-off.
• Low · Panic Behavior Set to Abort in Release — Cargo.toml - [profile.release] and [profile.dev]. The release profile sets panic = 'abort' which is good for security (no unwinding), but the dev profile does not. This could mask security issues during development. Fix: Consider consistent panic behavior or ensure security testing is performed with release profile settings. Document why dev uses unwinding panic strategy.

LLM-derived; treat as a starting point, not a security audit.

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• Recent PRs — what's actively shipping
• Source on GitHub

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