Relm4 makes developing beautiful cross-platform applications idiomatic

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Relm4 is a Rust-based framework for developing cross-platform applications using a declarative syntax and the Elm programming model, built on GTK for native performance.

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# Relm4 Source: [https://relm4.org/](https://relm4.org/) #### Productivity Use a declarative syntax to write your UI in pure Rust with ease\. #### Simplicity The Elm programming model makes Relm4 applications simple to write and understand\. #### Documentation Relm4 provides an outstanding documentation in the form of a dedicated book and Rust docs\. #### Maintainability Using Rust's type system, Relm4 allows you to write robust and maintainable code\. #### Cross\-platform Relm4 is based on GTK which supports Windows, MacOS and Linux\. #### Truly native Built on GTK, Relm4 runs on bare metal with no additional runtime in between\. #### Asynchronous Built\-in support for asynchronous background tasks and UI updates\. #### Modular Write components that are re\-usable across different applications\.

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