Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/iced-rs/iced/vs/rustdesk/rustdesk
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/iced-rs/iced/vs/rustdesk/rustdesk.md
Description: iced and rustdesk share 7 technologies: Tokio, tiny-skia, winit, softbuffer, image, tracing, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# iced vs rustdesk

iced and rustdesk share 7 technologies: Tokio, tiny-skia, winit, softbuffer, image, tracing, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [iced-rs/iced](https://seerepo.com/r/iced-rs/iced): A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm
- [rustdesk/rustdesk](https://seerepo.com/r/rustdesk/rustdesk): An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, tiny-skia, winit, softbuffer, image, tracing, log
- Only in iced: smol, two-face, wgpu, cosmic-text, lyon_path, kurbo, lyon, rfd, kamadak-exif, resvg, pulldown-cmark, qrcode
- Only in rustdesk: Flutter, SQLite, JetBrains, objc2-foundation, cocoa, objc2-app-kit, google_fonts, x11rb, core-graphics, gtk, tray-icon, wayland-client, android_logger

## Side by side

| | iced | rustdesk |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 102,496 lines written, 280 code files | 283,350 lines written, 460 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and Cursor | 1.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit |
| Activity | Last push November 1, 2026, 5,914 commits, 31,958 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 9,237 commits, 128,153 stars |
| Tests | 15 test files. 15.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 56 test files. 17.2% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, iced or rustdesk?

rustdesk, with 283,350 lines written; iced has 102,496.

The proof: [rustdesk/rustdesk's code at commit 55786aa](https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/tree/55786aaa5709ac0a450aabcf06f9d1fee3119908)

### Which has more GitHub stars, iced or rustdesk?

rustdesk, with 128,153 stars; iced has 31,958.

The proof: [rustdesk/rustdesk on GitHub](https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk)

### Which has more tests, iced or rustdesk?

rustdesk, with 56 test files; iced has 15.

The proof: [rustdesk/rustdesk's code at commit 55786aa](https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/tree/55786aaa5709ac0a450aabcf06f9d1fee3119908)

### Which was updated more recently, iced or rustdesk?

rustdesk: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and iced's on November 1, 2026.

The proof: [rustdesk/rustdesk's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, iced or rustdesk?

rustdesk: an AI signed 1.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and CodeRabbit; in iced, 0.1%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in rustdesk/rustdesk](https://seerepo.com/r/rustdesk/rustdesk/ai)

## Sources

- iced-rs/iced: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 8ff48c4 (https://github.com/iced-rs/iced/tree/8ff48c42b0d5188223501ea1ccc506fd5beaf36a)
- rustdesk/rustdesk: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 55786aa (https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/tree/55786aaa5709ac0a450aabcf06f9d1fee3119908)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.