Hide Console

A library for hiding console windows in Rust applications. Perfect for creating background applications or applications with graphical interface without visible console window.

Features

Hiding console window on Windows platform
Cross-platform support (works safely on all platforms)
Minimal dependencies
Simple and clear API

Documentation

Full documentation is available at docs.rs/hide_console.

Installation

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]

hide_console = "0.1.0"

Or use the command:

cargo add hide_console

Usage

Basic Example

use hide_console::hide_console;

fn main() {
    // Perform necessary actions before hiding the console
    println!("This message will be visible");
    
    // Hide the console window
    hide_console();
    
    // Continue program execution without visible console
    println!("This message won't be visible in the console, but will be written to stdout");
}

Checking Console Hiding Support

use hide_console::is_hide_console_supported;

fn main() {
    if is_hide_console_supported() {
        println!("Console hiding is supported on this platform");
    } else {
        println!("Console hiding is not supported on this platform");
    }
}

Examples

The library contains several examples that you can run:

# Simple console hiding example
cargo run --example simple

# GUI application emulation
cargo run --example gui_emulation

Platforms

Windows: Full support for hiding console.
macOS, Linux, and others: The hide_console() function doesn't perform any actions, but doesn't cause errors.

How It Works

On Windows platform, the library uses WinAPI to hide the console window:

Gets the console window handle using GetConsoleWindow()
Hides the window using ShowWindow() with the SW_HIDE parameter

On other platforms, the hide_console() function simply returns without performing any actions.

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit pull requests or create issues on GitHub.

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hide_console 0.1.1