There's lots of movement in that space in rust[0][1]. Also in that space are raphlinus' posts about GUI toolkits[2][3]. There was a post about a zig toolkit a while ago too[4]. Another post about a new c GUI toolkit[5]. There might be more cf. [6]

[0]Iced: A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28326125

[1]Slint: Native GUI Toolkit for Rust, C++ or JavaScript https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30810533

[2]Advice for the next dozen Rust GUIs https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32112846

[3]Xilem: An Architecture for UI in Rust https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31297550

[4]Build a PinePhone App with Zig and Zgt https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=

[5]Raygui – A simple and easy-to-use immediate-mode GUI library https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30813000

[6]https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru...