Is slint suit for build a desktop IM product ? (like whatapp or telegram)

[calvin2021y]

I think video is hard.

without video context, will it support a super height chat room windows ? (show context dynamic when user scrolling the window)

[ogoffart]

I hope that Slint would work for a IM product.

I have seen users doing things that looks like it: https://github.com/Heng30/gossipbox https://github.com/Heng30/chatbox https://github.com/Heng30/uibox

[calvin2021y]

Thanks for the tips.

I try the projects you list here, and find the build release target is around 26 ~ 35 MB.

I want to know the c++ version app will be smaller compare to rust ? (for example if I build a c++ project, what will be the total distribute size for download and install ?) (I hope it less than 10M with other function like network and sqlite)

[tronical]

The size between Rust and C++ builds are similar. The final size depends on your operating system and (crucially) what assets your design is using and if you’re embedding them in the binary or not. I suggest to start with https://github.com/slint-ui/slint-cpp-template/tree/main and see what size you end up. There are tweaks to further change it, but it’s a good starting point.