Game of Life — Rust + Dioxus

A Conway’s Game‑of‑Life implementation written in Rust with the Dioxus UI framework.

Live demo: https://dioxus-game-of-life.eusoj.dev/

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Prerequisites

• Rust toolchain – install via rustup.

• Dioxus CLI

  cargo install dioxus-cli

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Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/josueggh/rust-dioxus-game-of-life
cd rust-dioxus-game-of-life

2. Dev server (hot‑reload)

dx serve                # Web build 
# OR
dx serve --platform desktop   # Desktop build

3. Release builds

• Web (WASM + static assets):

  dx build --release

• Desktop (native binary + assets):

  dx build --platform desktop --release      

Cargo resolves all dependencies automatically – nothing else to install.

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Configuration

Open src/main.rs and tweak the constants at the top of App:

let mut universe = use_signal(|| Universe::new(128, 128)); // width × height
let cell_size = 4;                                     // px per cell
const BASE_DELAY: u64 = 50;                            // ms between ticks

Change them, hit save, and dx serve hot‑reloads instantly.

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Common issues in Apple Silicon

If the cargo install dioxus-cli step fails with an openssl-sys build error, point Cargo to the correct directories and retry:

brew --prefix openssl@3
OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=$(brew --prefix openssl@3)/lib \
OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=$(brew --prefix openssl@3)/include \
cargo install dioxus-cli

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.