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Ladybird Browser adopts Rust, with help from AI (ladybird.org)
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Lobsters.

We’ve been searching for a memory-safe programming language to replace C++ in Ladybird for a while now. We previously explored Swift, but the C++ interop never quite got there, and platform support outside the Apple ecosystem was limited. Rust is a different story. The ecosystem is far more mature for systems programming, and many of our contributors already know the language. Going forward, we are rewriting parts of Ladybird in Rust.

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

https://github.com/DioxusLabs/blitz - This kinda covers the "engine without JS" part, it's a bit more limited, but also in alpha. It's part of the dioxus project, they use it for rendering UI on desktop.

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh now that's interesting. I've always wondered (not knowing much about how they're made) if it would be possible to make a desktop compositor for Linux that simply uses HTML and CSS. One could even natively embed local pages in it.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Gnome shell uses JS and CSS (i beleive anyway), and the w11 start menu is supposedly react native, so I think the answer is definitely yes.

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

Gnome shell uses JS

I knew there was a reason why it sucked so much!