Initial support for compression

v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/build/build.go

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ func AddBuildSubcommand(app *clir.Cli, w io.Writer) {
 	compilerCommand := "go"
 	command.StringFlag("compiler", "Use a different go compiler to build, eg go1.15beta1", &compilerCommand)
 
+	compress := false
+	command.BoolFlag("compress", "Compress final binary", &compress)
+
 	// Setup Platform flag
 	platform := runtime.GOOS
 	command.StringFlag("platform", "Platform to target", &platform)
@@ -114,6 +117,10 @@ func AddBuildSubcommand(app *clir.Cli, w io.Writer) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("platform %s is not supported", platform)
 		}
 
+		if compress && platform == "darwin/universal" {
+			println("Warning: compress flag unsupported for universal binaries. Ignoring.")
+			compress = false
+		}
 		// Create BuildOptions
 		buildOptions := &build.Options{
 			Logger:              logger,
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ func AddBuildSubcommand(app *clir.Cli, w io.Writer) {
 			KeepAssets:          keepAssets,
 			AppleIdentity:       appleIdentity,
 			Verbosity:           verbosity,
+			Compress:            compress,
 		}
 
 		// Calculate platform and arch
@@ -147,10 +155,12 @@ func AddBuildSubcommand(app *clir.Cli, w io.Writer) {
 		}
 
 		// Write out the system information
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n")
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "App Type: \t%s\n", buildOptions.OutputType)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Platform: \t%s\n", buildOptions.Platform)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Arch: \t%s\n", buildOptions.Arch)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Compiler: \t%s\n", buildOptions.Compiler)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Compress: \t%t\n", buildOptions.Compress)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Build Mode: \t%s\n", buildModeText)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Package: \t%t\n", buildOptions.Pack)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Clean Build Dir: \t%t\n", buildOptions.CleanBuildDirectory)

v2/pkg/commands/build/base.go

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/leaanthony/slicer"
 	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/internal/assetdb"
 	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/internal/fs"
@@ -291,6 +293,27 @@ func (b *BaseBuilder) CompileProject(options *Options) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s\n%s", err, string(stde.Bytes()))
 	}
 
+	if !options.Compress {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Do we have upx installed?
+	if !shell.CommandExists("upx") {
+		println("Warning: Cannot compress binary: upx not found")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if verbose {
+		println("  Compressing with:", "upx", "--best", "--no-color", "--no-progress", options.CompiledBinary)
+	}
+
+	output, err := exec.Command(options.BuildDirectory, "upx", "--best", "--no-color", "--no-progress", options.CompiledBinary).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Error during compression:")
+	}
+	if verbose {
+		println(output)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 

v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go

@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	BuildDirectory      string               // Directory to use for building the application
 	CleanBuildDirectory bool                 // Indicates if the build directory should be cleaned before building
 	CompiledBinary      string               // Fully qualified path to the compiled binary
-	KeepAssets          bool                 // /Keep the generated assets/files
+	KeepAssets          bool                 // Keep the generated assets/files
 	Verbosity           int                  // Verbosity level (0 - silent, 1 - default, 2 - verbose)
+	Compress            bool                 // Compress the final binary
 	AppleIdentity       string
 }