Show HN: A backend agnostic Ruby framework for building reactive desktop apps

Hokusai A Ruby library for authoring GUI applications Getting started In your Gemfile gem "hokusai-zero" , "0.1.7" In order to run an application, you will need to install a backend Raylib Install raylib >= 5.0 Write your app Run app with RAYLIB_PATH=/libpath/for/libraylib.(so|dylib) ruby .rb SDL2 Install the following deps libsdl libscdl-gfx libsdl-ttf libsdl-image Write your app Run app with SDL_PATH=/libpath/for/libsdl.(so|dylib) ruby .rb Example counter application require "hokusai" require "hokusai/backends/raylib" class Counter < Hokusai :: Block template <<-EOF [ template ] vblock hblock label { :content = "count" size = "130" :color = "count_color" } hblock vblock label { content = "Add" @click = "increment" } vblock label { content = "Subtract" @click = "decrement" } EOF uses ( vblock : Hokusai :: Blocks :: Vblock , hblock : Hokusai :: Blocks :: Hblock , label : Hokusai :: Blocks :: Label , ) attr_accessor :count def increment ( event ) self ... Read full article.