Runebender is a free and open-source font editor built on the Linebender ecosystem of Rust crates.

There are currently two maintained front-ends, Xilem and GPUI. The default front-end for now uses GPUI and runs both cross-platform natively on desktop and in the browser. The Xilem version is more experimental and less usable, but could be interesting as an example of a Xilem application.

Launch Editor

The Runebender Xilem editor showing a glyph editing workspace

Quick Install

Install the editor with cargo.

cargo install --git https://github.com/eliheuer/runebender-gpui

Then open a font from anywhere.

runebender-gpui path/to/Font.designspace

Source Code

runebender-gpui The current main editor. runebender-xilem Xilem-based version, more experimental and less usable. runebender-core The headless Rust core of both editors. runebender-druid The original implementation, kept as project history.