microsoft/windows-rs

microsoft/windows-rs

Description: Rust for Windows

Language: Rust

License: Apache-2.0

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Forks: 623

Open issues: 46

Created: 2019-09-12T17:03:25Z

Pushed: 2026-06-11T03:03:50Z

Default branch: master

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README:

Rust for Windows

This repo provides a comprehensive set of Rust crates for building Windows applications — from low-level API access to high-level declarative UI.

• Getting started
• Samples
• Releases

This repo is the home of the following crates:

• windows-animation - Variable interpolation via the Windows Animation Manager. [Docs](animation.md)
• windows-bindgen - Code generator that produces bindings from Windows metadata. [Docs](bindgen.md)
• windows-canvas - Idiomatic 2D graphics built on Direct2D. [Docs](canvas.md)
• windows-collections - WinRT collection types.
• windows-core - Fundamental COM/Windows types.
• windows-future - WinRT async bridged to Rust futures.
• windows-implement - Proc macro for implementing COM interfaces.
• windows-interface - Proc macro for defining COM interfaces.
• windows-link - Raw-dylib linking support.
• windows-metadata - Low-level ECMA-335 metadata reader/writer.
• windows-numerics - Graphics math types.
• windows-reactor - Declarative UI library backed by WinUI 3. [Docs](reactor.md)
• windows-reference - Stock IReference implementation.
• windows-registry - Safe Windows registry access.
• windows-result - Windows error handling.
• windows-services - Windows service control and runtime.
• windows-strings - Windows string types.
• windows-sys - Raw bindings for C-style Windows APIs.
• windows-targets - Import libs for older compilers.
• windows-threading - Thread pool work items, timers, and waits.
• windows-time - Windows time types. [Docs](time.md)
• windows-version - Windows version information.
• windows - Safer bindings for C-style, COM, and WinRT APIs.
• cppwinrt - Bundles the C++/WinRT compiler for use in Rust.

See [crates.md](crates.md) for detailed usage examples and API descriptions.