https://newschematic.org/categories/beginning/Recent content in Beginning on New SchematicHugoen-usChristopher Boette, CC by-sa-ncWed, 05 Aug 2026 17:35:45 -0400https://newschematic.org/blog/starting-with-gpui/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:35:45 -0400https://newschematic.org/blog/starting-with-gpui/<p>A couple of papercuts when getting started with <a href="https://gpui.rs">gpui</a>, the UI framework powering <a href="https://zed.dev">Zed</a>. These weren&rsquo;t exactly specific to the framework, but more that gpui is a single crate that&rsquo;s part of a monorepo representing an entire product, and its develpment is inexorably tied to Zed&rsquo;s.</p> <h2 id="installing-from-different-sources">Installing from different sources</h2> <p>If you&rsquo;re on macOS or Linux, and you want your text rendererd nicely, the <a href="https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/gpui/README.md">crate README</a> says you have to install another crate, <code>gpui_framework</code>. It allows for cross-platfrorm support without keeping the platform support code baked in with the UI framework. Separate your concerns, yeah? As a newish traveler to the Rust ecosystem, I tried to do some funny things which ended up not working. The listed example also assumed you were building in the monorepo, which isn&rsquo;t on my todo list for today.</p>