rust-tray-icon

Build a cross-platform system tray app in Rust by using tray-icon with winit and egui to handle native OS menus and GUI event loops. This Skill provides code patterns to initialize the tray, manage events, and scaffold the project across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Yes, tray-icon supports GUI integration with egui and winit by combining their event loops. This allows you to render a GUI window using egui while managing background tray events and native menus through the winit event loop.

Yes, you can implement auto-launch and single-instance patterns for your Rust tray application. This Skill outlines workflows to persist your app across reboots and prevent multiple instances from running simultaneously.

The best way to handle platform-specific quirks in Rust tray icons is to follow repository-driven requirements and platform-specific workflows. This Skill specifies safety considerations and patterns to manage behavior differences across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

You need winit and egui to create a system tray app in Rust because winit manages the cross-platform event loop required for tray events, while egui provides the immediate-mode GUI for rendering settings windows or overlays triggered from the tray menu.

Limitations when using tray-icon for background apps on Linux involve managing desktop environment differences and platform quirks. This Skill addresses these constraints by outlining safety considerations and platform-specific workflows to ensure consistent native menu behavior.