Wails

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Features
- Roadmap
Getting Started
Sponsors
FAQ
Stargazers over time
Contributors
License
Inspiration

Introduction

The traditional method of providing web interfaces to Go programs is via a built-in web server. Wails offers a different approach: it provides the ability to wrap both Go code and a web frontend into a single binary. Tools are provided to make this easy for you by handling project creation, compilation and bundling. All you have to do is get creative!

Features

Use standard Go for the backend
Use any frontend technology you are already familiar with to build your UI
Quickly create rich frontends for your Go programs using pre-built templates
Easily call Go methods from Javascript
Auto-generated Typescript definitions for your Go structs and methods
Native Dialogs & Menus
Native Dark / Light mode support
Supports modern translucency and "frosted window" effects
Unified eventing system between Go and Javascript
Powerful cli tool to quickly generate and build your projects
Multiplatform
Uses native rendering engines - no embedded browser!

Roadmap

The project roadmap may be found here. Please consult it before creating an enhancement request.

Getting Started

The installation instructions are on the official website.

FAQ

Is this an alternative to Electron?

Depends on your requirements. It's designed to make it easy for Go programmers to make lightweight desktop applications or add a frontend to their existing applications. Wails does offer native elements such as menus and dialogs, so it could be considered a lightweight electron alternative.
Who is this project aimed at?

Go programmers who want to bundle an HTML/JS/CSS frontend with their applications, without resorting to creating a server and opening a browser to view it.
What's with the name?

When I saw WebView, I thought "What I really want is tooling around building a WebView app, a bit like Rails is to Ruby". So initially it was a play on words (Webview on Rails). It just so happened to also be a homophone of the English name for the Country I am from. So it stuck.