--- title: Introducing cargo-ui, a GUI for cargo | daily.dev description: cargo-ui is a graphical interface for Rust's cargo build tool, built using the SixtyFPS (now Slint) GUI library. It targets newcomers to the Rust ecosystem,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-cargo-ui-a-gui-for-cargo-2f2yorvwg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing cargo-ui, a GUI for cargo | daily.dev og:description: cargo-ui is a graphical interface for Rust's cargo build tool, built using the SixtyFPS (now Slint) GUI library. It targets newcomers to the Rust ecosystem,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-cargo-ui-a-gui-for-cargo-2f2yorvwg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2f2YoRVwg.png og:image:alt: Introducing cargo-ui, a GUI for cargo og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing cargo-ui, a GUI for cargo **[Slint](https://daily.dev/sources/slint)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary cargo-ui is a graphical interface for Rust's cargo build tool, built using the SixtyFPS (now Slint) GUI library. It targets newcomers to the Rust ecosystem, making features like build profiles and release vs. debug builds easier to discover. The early release supports selecting build profiles and targets, and highlights build errors and warnings. 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