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* implement MacOS openFile/openFiles events * wip: windows file association * fix macro import * add file icon copy * try copy icon * keep only required part of scripts * update config schema * fix json * set fileAssociation for mac via config * proper iconName handling * add fileAssociation icon generator * fix file association icons bundle * don't break compatibility * remove mimeType as not supported linux for now * add documentation * adjust config schema * restore formatting * try implement single instance lock with params passing * fix focusing * fix focusing * formatting * use channel buffer for second instance events * handle errors * add comment * remove unused option in file association * wip: linux single instance lock * wip: linux single instance * some experiments with making window active * try to use unminimise * remove unused * try present for window * try present for window * fix build * cleanup * cleanup * implement single instance lock on mac os * implement proper show for windows * proper unmimimise * get rid of openFiles mac os. change configuration structure * remove unused channel * remove unused function * add documentation for single instance lock * add PR link * wip mac os deeplinks * put custom url listner on top to catch link on app opening * put custom url listner on top to catch link on app opening * try add custom url windows * adjust custom url * add docs * merge master * update documentation * add comment for darwin * add PR link * change naming * change naming * change naming * change naming * fix formatting * fix naming * Fix typo --------- Co-authored-by: Lea Anthony <lea.anthony@gmail.com> |
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Build desktop applications using Go & Web Technologies.
Table of Contents
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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 this before open up an enhancement request.
Sponsors
This project is supported by these kind people / companies:
Getting Started
The installation instructions are on the official website.
FAQ
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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.
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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.
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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.
Stargazers over time
Contributors
The contributors list is getting too big for the readme! All the amazing people who have contributed to this project have their own page here.
License
Inspiration
This project was mainly coded to the following albums:
- Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile
- Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
- The Midnight - Endless Summer
- Gary Newman - Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
- Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare
- Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
- Ben Howard - Noonday Dream
- Adwaith - Melyn
- Gwidaith Hen Fran - Cedors Hen Wrach
- Metallica - Metallica
- Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
- Maxthor - Another World
- Alun Tan Lan - Y Distawrwydd