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Rust bindings for Dear ImGui
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# imgui-rs: Rust bindings for Dear ImGui



[![Build Status](https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-rs/workflows/ci/badge.svg)](https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-rs/actions)

[![Latest release on crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/imgui.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/imgui)

[![Documentation on docs.rs](https://docs.rs/imgui/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/imgui)

[![Wrapped Dear ImGui Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Dear%20ImGui%20Version-1.89.2-blue.svg)](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui)



![Hello world](hello_world.png)



```rust

ui.window("Hello world")

    .size([300.0, 100.0], Condition::FirstUseEver)

    .build(|| {

        ui.text("Hello world!");

        ui.text("こんにちは世界！");

        ui.text("This...is...imgui-rs!");

        ui.separator();

        let mouse_pos = ui.io().mouse_pos;

        ui.text(format!(

            "Mouse Position: ({:.1},{:.1})",

            mouse_pos[0], mouse_pos[1]

        ));

    });

```



`imgui-rs` are the Rust bindings to [Dear ImGui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui), the standard immediate mode user interface library.



## Main library crates



The core of imgui-rs consists of:



- [`imgui`](./imgui): High-level safe API

- [`imgui-sys`](./imgui-sys): Low-level unsafe API (automatically generated)



Next, we provide an example renderer, and two example backend platform implementations:



- [`imgui-glow-renderer`](https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-glow-renderer): Renderer implementation that uses the `glow` crate

- [`imgui-winit-support`](https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-winit-support): Backend platform implementation that uses the `winit` crate

- [`imgui-sdl2-support`](https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-sdl2-support): Backend platform using SDL2



Each of these contain an `examples` folder showing their usage. Check

their respective `Cargo.toml` to find compatible versions (e.g

`imgui-glow-renderer/Cargo.toml` the `[dependencies]` describes the

compatible `glow` version and `[dev-dependencies]` describes the

compatible `glutin` version)



See below as well for community lead platform and renderer crates.



## Features



- Bindings for Dear ImGui that can be used with safe Rust. Note: API coverage

  is not 100%, but will keep improving over time.

- Builder structs for use cases where the original C++ library uses optional

  function parameters

- Easy integration with `glow` and community integrations with `wgpu` and `glium`

- Easy integration with `winit` and `sdl2`

- Optional support for the freetype font rasterizer and the docking branch



## Minimum Support Rust Version (MSRV)



The MSRV for `imgui-rs` and all of the backend crates is **1.70**. We update our MSRV periodically, and issue a minor bump for it.



## Choosing a backend platform and a renderer



Almost every application that uses imgui-rs needs two additional components in

addition to the main `imgui` crate: a backend platform, and a renderer.



**imgui-rs is not tied to any particular renderer or platform.**



The backend platform is responsible for integrating imgui-rs with the operating

system and its window management. Its responsibilities include the following:



- Handling input events (e.g. keyboard, mouse) and updating imgui-rs state

  accordingly

- Passing information about the OS window (e.g. size, DPI factor) to imgui-rs

- Updating the OS-side mouse cursor when imgui-rs requests it



The renderer is responsible for taking generic, renderer-agnostic _draw lists_

generated by imgui-rs, and rendering them using some graphics API. Its

responsibilities include the following:



- Rendering using vertex/index buffers and command lists

- Handling of DPI factors and scissor rects

- Texture management



We provide the following renderer as an official source (ie, they will always be up to date and working): `imgui-glow-renderer`.



Additionally, we provide the following backends as an official source (ie, they will always be up to date and working): `imgui-winit-support` and `imgui-sdl2-support`.



The most tested platform/renderer combination is `imgui-glow-renderer` +

`imgui-winit-support` + `winit`, but this is not the only possible

combination.



Additionally, there are other libraries which provide other kinds of renderers, which may be out of date with `imgui-rs` releases, but might work well for your use case:



1.  [`imgui-wgpu`](https://github.com/Yatekii/imgui-wgpu-rs)

2.  [`imgui-d3d12-renderer`](https://github.com/curldivergence/imgui-d3d12-renderer)

3.  [`imgui-dx11-renderer`](https://github.com/veykril/imgui-dx11-renderer)

4.  [`imgui-gfx-renderer`](https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-gfx-renderer): Deprecated (no longer maintained beyond imgui-rs v0.8). Renderer implementation that uses the `gfx` crate (_not the new gfx-hal crate_)

5.  [`imgui-glium-renderer`](https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-glium-renderer): Deprecated implementation that uses the `glium` crate

6.  Many more can be found on [crates.io](https://crates.io) either using search or the ["dependents" page](https://crates.io/crates/imgui/reverse_dependencies) (the "depends on" text indicates if the crate has been updated for current versions of imgui-rs)



You can also write your own support code if you have a more advanced use case, because **imgui-rs is not tied to any specific graphics / OS API**.



## Compiling and running the demos



Examples for `imgui` are in their own crate [`imgui-examples`](https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-examples).



```bash

git clone https://github.com/imgui-rs/imgui-examples

cd imgui-examples



# At the reposity root

cargo test;



cargo run --example hello_world

cargo run --example test_window

cargo run --example test_window_impl

```



## Windows Platform Notes



Windows platform users will need to use the _MSVC ABI_ version of the Rust

compiler along with its associated

[dependencies](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/downloads.html#win-foot) to

build this libary and run the examples.



## How to contribute



1. Change or add something

2. Make sure you're using the latest stable Rust

3. Run rustfmt to guarantee code style conformance



   ```bash

   rustup component add rustfmt

   cargo fmt

   ```



4. Open a pull request in Github



## License



Licensed under either of



- Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)



at your option.



Uses [Dear ImGui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui) and

[cimgui](https://github.com/cimgui/cimgui).



### Contribution



Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted

for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall

be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.