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[WIP] A simple news reading GUI app built in Rust
Headlines [WIP]
A cross platform native GUI app built with Rust using egui. Uses newsapi.org as the source to fetch news articles.
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This project is intended to serve as educational content for folks learning Rust. To follow along in the journey check out the video walkthoughs below:
Video walkthroughs
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Implementation Status / Roadmap
- [X] Base UI
- [X] Integrate dark mode
- [X] Integrate real articles feed.
- [X] Config window for setting API_KEY
- [X] State persistance
- [X] Cross platform
- [ ] Build and release script
- [ ] CI integration using GitHub Actions
- [ ] More API features
- [ ] Multiple news sources.
Build instructions
Before building headlines make sure egui dependencies are installed.
Linux
On linux run cargo run on the terminal (you need to have the Rust toolchain installed).
Windows
Builds on Windows as usual using cargo run.
Mac
TODO
Web
Headlines can also run locally in your browser.
Use the ./setup_web.sh script to install dependencies
and use ./start_web.sh to spawn the app in the browser.
Contributions
All kinds of contributions are welcome.
License
MIT