GTK + Rust + Meson + Flatpak = <3

A boilerplate template to get started with GTK, Rust, Meson, Flatpak made for GNOME. It can be adapted for other desktop environments like elementary.


What does it contains?

• A simple window with a headerbar
• Bunch of useful files that you SHOULD ship with your application on Linux:
  • Metainfo: describe your application for the different application stores out there;
  • Desktop: the application launcher;
  • Icons: This repo contains three icons, a normal, a nightly & monochromatic icon (symbolic) per the GNOME HIG, exported using App Icon Preview.
• Flatpak Manifest for nightly builds
• Dual installation support
• Uses Meson for building the application
• Bundles the UI files & the CSS using gresources
• A pre-commit hook to run rustfmt on your code
• Tests to validate your Metainfo, Schemas & Desktop files
• Gsettings to store the window state, more settings could be added
• Gitlab CI to produce flatpak nightlies
• i18n support

How to init a project ?

The template ships a simple python script to init a project easily. It asks you a few questions and replaces & renames all the necessary files.

The script requires having git installed on your system.

You can run it with,

python3 create-project.py

➜ python3 create-project.py
Welcome to GTK Rust Template
Name: Contrast
Project Name: contrast
Application ID (see: https://developer.gnome.org/ChooseApplicationID/): org.gnome.design.Contrast
Author: Bilal Elmoussaoui
Email: bil.elmoussaoui@gmail.com
Github/Gitlab repository: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/design/contrast/
Use gtk4 [Y/n]: y

A new directory named contrast containing the generated project

Credits

• Podcasts
• Shortwave