JadeView

Lightweight, high-performance and cross-platform — build smooth, modern desktop UIs on Windows and Linux with the front-end tech you already know.

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Rust Core

The core library is written in Rust — memory-safe and thread-safe, eliminating null pointers and data races. ~3MB runtime, full startup in ~16ms.

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Cross-platform · System WebView

One codebase for both Windows and Linux, reusing the system WebView (WebView2 on Windows, WebKitGTK on Linux) for browser-grade security updates and compatibility.

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C API

A stable binary interface (ABI) with zero-overhead cross-language calls and backward-compatible APIs.

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Two-way IPC

Two-way front-end/back-end communication with sub-1ms latency and 800+ requests per second via jade.invoke / jade.on.

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MCP Protocol Support

Based on the Model Context Protocol standard, enabling AI models to directly invoke JadeView APIs for intelligent agent-driven desktop application development.

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Asset Security · JAPK

JAPK asset packages support code obfuscation, AES-256-GCM encryption and Ed25519 signing, and can be loaded in memory without touching disk.

Quick Start

Spin up your first WebView window in minutes using the familiar C API.

STEP 1

Initialize

Register the app-ready event then initialize the DLL — takes ~16ms in total.

JadeView_init(...)
STEP 2

Create a Window

Create a WebView window in one call, with custom title bars and frameless windows.

create_webview_window(...)
STEP 3

IPC

Two-way IPC with sub-1ms latency — communicate via jade.invoke / jade.on.

const res = await jade.invoke('getData', {}); jade.on('backend-event', (data) => {});
C EXAMPLE

Hello JadeView

#include "jadeview.h" int main() { jade_on("app-ready", app_ready_callback); JadeView_init(1, NULL, NULL, "My App", "com.example.myapp", 0); run_message_loop(); return 0; }
PERFORMANCE

16ms

Full startup time (excluding HTML loading)

LIGHTWEIGHT

~3MB

Runtime size

Use the Front-end Stack You Love

From React and Vue to plain HTML — build desktop apps with any front-end tech you know.

HTML5ReactVue.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSNext.jsThree.jsWebpackSassBootstrapAngularPlaywright

Core Developers

Maintained by the JadeView development committee.