forbear log Notes from building forbear, a GUI framework, from scratch. https://www.forbear.dev/ 2026-11-01T00:00:00Z Gabriel Miranda React-like state (mostly) without the heap, events without callbacks https://www.forbear.dev/log/004-react-like-state-without-the-heap.html 2026-11-01T00:00:00Z 2026-11-01T00:00:00Z forbear now has state and components that feel like React, keyboard and mouse events, and runs on Windows. Rendering JSX without a browser by embedding Node.js in a native program https://www.forbear.dev/log/003-ui-from-javascript.html 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z forbear now runs JSX on an embedded Node, lays nodes out, and renders in sync with the compositor on Wayland. text, macOS and nodes! https://www.forbear.dev/log/002-text-macos-and-nodes.html 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z forbear in Jai draws its first nodes and text, on Linux and on macOS. i'm rewriting everything (again) https://www.forbear.dev/log/001-im-rewriting-everything-again.html 2026-09-25T00:00:00Z 2026-09-25T00:00:00Z why I'm rewriting forbear, my GUI framework, from Zig in Jai, and what I'm doing differently this time.