# `iced_native` [][documentation] [](https://crates.io/crates/iced_native) [](https://github.com/hecrj/iced/blob/master/LICENSE) [](https://iced.zulipchat.com) `iced_native` takes [`iced_core`] and builds a native runtime on top of it, featuring: - A custom layout engine, greatly inspired by [`druid`] - Event handling for all the built-in widgets - A renderer-agnostic API To achieve this, it introduces a bunch of reusable interfaces: - A `Widget` trait, which is used to implement new widgets: from layout requirements to event and drawing logic. - A bunch of `Renderer` traits, meant to keep the crate renderer-agnostic. - A `Windowed` trait, leveraging [`raw-window-handle`], which can be implemented by graphical renderers that target _windows_. Window-based shells (like [`iced_winit`]) can use this trait to stay renderer-agnostic. <p align="center"> <img alt="The native target" src="../docs/graphs/native.png" width="80%"> </p> [documentation]: https://docs.rs/iced_native [`iced_core`]: ../core [`iced_winit`]: ../winit [`druid`]: https://github.com/xi-editor/druid [`raw-window-handle`]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/raw-window-handle ## Installation Add `iced_native` as a dependency in your `Cargo.toml`: ```toml iced_native = "0.4" ``` __Iced moves fast and the `master` branch can contain breaking changes!__ If you want to learn about a specific release, check out [the release list]. [the release list]: https://github.com/hecrj/iced/releases