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1043: I’m Using GPUI For Everything

32 minutes Posted Sep 30, 2026 at 11:00 am.

Welcome to Syntax!

Electron, Tauri, and the Trouble With Web Views

Enter GPUI: Why We Don’t Take Money to Talk About Tools

Brought to you by Sentry.io

What GPUI Is: GPU Accelerated, Cross Platform, Native All the Way Down

A React Like API in Rust: Divs, Flex, and Chained Methods

Components, Props, and State in GPUI

How Much of CSS Does GPUI Actually Reimplement?

Flexbox Everywhere, But Where Is CSS Grid?

Where Does Your App Logic Live? No RPC Layer Needed

Render vs RenderOnce: Stateful and Static Components

GPUI Kit: The shadcn of GPUI

GPUI CE: The Community Fork and Ecosystem Tension

Apps Scott Built With GPUI: Gendo, File Bro, and Mr. Space

Why Tiny Utility Apps Should Stay Tiny

File Bro: File Automations a la Hazel

Mr. Space: Building a macOS Window Manager

The Downsides: No Native UI Elements and No Browser DOM

Testing GPUI Apps With Jev and the Accessibility Tree

GPUI Mobile: Experimental, But It Works

Final Verdict: GPUI for Personal Desktop Software

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Scott and Wes ditch Electron and Tauri for GPUI, the GPU accelerated Rust UI framework from the Zed team. They get into its React-like API, styling that feels a lot like Tailwind, GPUI Kit components, the community fork drama, and the tiny desktop apps Scott has built with it.

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GPUI

Scott’s GPUI Demo Gist

Scott’s Rust Best Practices Skill

gpui-agent

GPUI Kit Mobile Docs

gpui-mobile

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