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8eaed8c5f6* fix(linux): remove unused C Screen typedef that collides with X11 Xlib.h The GTK4 backend includes <gdk/x11/gdkx.h> for X11 window positioning, which pulls in <X11/Xlib.h>. Xlib defines its own `Screen` typedef, conflicting with the identically-named struct in linux_cgo_gtk4.h. The C Screen struct was unused - the Go code constructs Go Screen structs directly from GDK monitor data, never referencing C.Screen. Fixes #4957 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * ci: run GTK4 build and tests on all v3-alpha PRs The GTK4 CI steps were gated on github.head_ref == 'feature/webkit-gtk6-support', meaning no other branch ever ran GTK4 compilation checks. This allowed the Screen typedef collision to slip through undetected. Now that GTK4 support has been merged, run GTK4 dependency installation, example builds, and test suite on every PR targeting v3-alpha. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: add GTK4 Screen typedef fix to unreleased changelog Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> * Fix changelog * fix changelog * fix(ci): pass BUILD_TAGS through to go build in test:example:linux The GTK4 CI step ran BUILD_TAGS=gtk4 task test:examples but the Taskfile task ignored the env var, always building with no -tags flag. Use shell parameter expansion so BUILD_TAGS flows through to go build. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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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