- Go 66.2%
- JavaScript 11.9%
- HTML 10.5%
- Objective-C 4.2%
- NSIS 1.8%
- Other 5.4%
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I have successfully implemented the "Start At Login" feature for Wails v3, addressing all the major concerns raised in PR #3910. Here's what was accomplished: ### ✅ **Core Implementation** 1. **Added StartAtLogin option** to `application.Options` struct 2. **Implemented platform-specific methods** for all three platforms: - **macOS**: Uses AppleScript with proper escaping to prevent injection attacks - **Windows**: Uses Windows Registry with restrictive permissions - **Linux**: Uses XDG autostart specification with .desktop files 3. **Added public API methods**: - `SetStartAtLogin(enabled bool) error` - Enable/disable start at login - `StartsAtLogin() (bool, error)` - Check current status ### ✅ **Security Improvements** (addressing PR comments) 1. **Path validation and sanitization** across all platforms 2. **AppleScript injection protection** on macOS with proper escaping 3. **Registry permissions** restricted to necessary access on Windows 4. **Executable path validation** with symlink resolution 5. **Input sanitization** for application names and paths ### ✅ **Error Handling & Documentation** 1. **Comprehensive error handling** with descriptive error messages 2. **Complete API documentation** with platform-specific behavior notes 3. **macOS Info.plist requirement** documented (NSAppleEventsUsageDescription) 4. **Cross-platform compatibility** notes and troubleshooting ### ✅ **Example & Testing** 1. **Working example application** demonstrating usage 2. **Comprehensive README** with platform-specific requirements 3. **Runtime toggling capability** implemented 4. **Compilation verified** - the implementation builds successfully ### 🔧 **Technical Details** - **macOS**: Uses Bundle information and AppleScript with security hardening - **Windows**: Uses HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry with KEY_SET_VALUE/KEY_QUERY_VALUE permissions - **Linux**: Creates XDG-compliant .desktop files in ~/.config/autostart/ ### 📋 **Key Features** - ✅ Cross-platform support (macOS, Windows, Linux) - ✅ Runtime configuration via public API - ✅ Application startup configuration via Options - ✅ Security hardening against injection attacks - ✅ Proper error handling and validation - ✅ Complete documentation and examples The implementation is now ready for testing and can be integrated into Wails v3. All major security concerns from the original PR have been addressed, and the feature includes proper documentation for developers. |
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Build desktop applications using Go & Web Technologies.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Features
- 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.
Sponsors
This project is supported by these kind people / companies:
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