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Should I use Iced?

Documentation - iced.rs

· 1 week ago

Iced fits Rust developers who want a free, Elm-style GUI library for desktop apps. Evidence is thin and mostly unrelated, so confidence is low, and non-Rust teams do not buy this.

Confidence

Low. Based on 5 public sources; most gathered sources cover unrelated iced coffee, vape, and beverage products.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usable evidence found
  • Feature depthNo usable evidence found
  • Support qualityNo usable evidence found
  • Security postureSecurity page 404s, no project CVEs

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Rust developers building desktop apps
  • Teams wanting a free Elm-style GUI
  • Indie and hobby Rust projects

Not for

  • Non-Rust teams; this library only helps Rust codebases
  • Buyers wanting vendor support or SLAs
  • Mobile-first app teams
  • No-code or low-code buyers

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

No published security page; returns 404, so security posture is unverified

medium

Third-party review coverage is nearly nonexistent; you evaluate from forum posts alone

low

CVE-2021-38188 belongs to iced-x86, a different project with a similar name; do not confuse the two

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Listed among Rust GUI framework options in community threads
  • Official documentation lives at

Cons

  • A Rust user publicly sought an alternative to Iced
  • Official security page returns a 404 error

Sources & method

- 5 sources - No known CVEs for the iced GUI library; its own security page returns 404.

official x2review x2security x1
  • Security page missing, returns a 404 Not Found page.
  • Name collision with iced-x86, CVE-2021-38188 affects iced-x86, a different disassembler project, not this GUI library.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 5

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Guess: free, open source library
  • Ease of use. No usable evidence found
  • Feature depth. No usable evidence found
  • Support quality. No usable evidence found
  • Security posture. Security page 404s, no project CVEs
  • $0 Starting price Guess: free open source library
  • 5 Usable sources Other gathered sources cover unrelated products

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No known CVEs for the iced GUI library; its own security page returns 404.

  • Security page missingreturns a 404 Not Found page.²
  • Name collision with iced-x86CVE-2021-38188 affects iced-x86, a different disassembler project, not this GUI library.⁵

What users say

feedback is sparse: one Rust user sought an alternative and forum members list Iced among GUI options.

“I am looking for an alternative to Iced.”
Reddit, r/rust
“Other options are: Iced”
Rust users forum

Alternatives

Compare Iced with each alternative.

  • egui

    Immediate-mode Rust GUI, quick to prototype

  • Slint

    Declarative Rust UI with designer-friendly markup

    Iced vs Slint

  • Tauri

    Desktop apps using web frontend with Rust backend

    Iced vs Tauri
Full analysis

Based on 5 public sources; most gathered sources cover unrelated iced coffee, vape, and beverage products.

Free open-source Rust GUI library. Fits Rust desktop apps; skip it if you do not write Rust. Thin evidence.

Methodology

Based on 5 public sources; most gathered sources cover unrelated iced coffee, vape, and beverage products.

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Sources

  1. Iced (official site)iced.rs
    official
  2. Product security pageiced.rs
    official
  3. Looking for Iced alternative or solution to manage ...reddit.com
    review
  4. Which GUI framwork should I chooseusers.rust-lang.org
    review
  5. CVE-2021-38188 Detail - NVD - NISTnvd.nist.gov
    security

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