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9a363d7be5* feat(v3): add server mode for headless HTTP deployment Server mode allows Wails applications to run as pure HTTP servers without native GUI dependencies. Enable with `-tags server` build tag. Features: - HTTP server with configurable host/port via ServerOptions - WAILS_SERVER_HOST and WAILS_SERVER_PORT env var overrides - WebSocket event broadcasting to connected browsers - Browser clients represented as BrowserWindow (Window interface) - Health check endpoint at /health - Graceful shutdown with configurable timeout - Docker support with Dockerfile.server template and tasks Build and run: wails3 task build:server wails3 task run:server wails3 task build:docker wails3 task run:docker Documentation at docs/guides/server-build.mdx Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat(v3): add server mode for headless HTTP deployment Server mode allows Wails applications to run as pure HTTP servers without native GUI dependencies. Enable with `-tags server` build tag. Features: - HTTP server with configurable host/port via ServerOptions - WAILS_SERVER_HOST and WAILS_SERVER_PORT env var overrides - WebSocket event broadcasting to connected browsers - Browser clients represented as BrowserWindow (Window interface) - Health check endpoint at /health - Graceful shutdown with configurable timeout - Docker support with Dockerfile.server template and tasks Build and run: wails3 task build:server wails3 task run:server wails3 task build:docker wails3 task run:docker Documentation at docs/guides/server-build.mdx Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: address CodeRabbit review comments - Fix corrupted test file with embedded terminal output - Fix module name mismatch in gin-routing (was gin-example) - Fix replace directive version mismatch in gin-service - Fix placeholder module name in ios example (was changeme) - Fix Dockerfile COPY path to work from both build contexts - Fix bare URL in README (MD034 compliance) - Fix comment accuracy in getScreens (returns error, not empty slice) - Remove deprecated docker-compose version field - Add port documentation in Taskfile template Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: address CodeRabbit review comments - Add note about healthcheck wget not being available in distroless images - Add !server build constraint to menu_windows.go and menu_darwin.go - Downgrade window-visibility-test go.mod from 1.25 to 1.24 to match CI Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <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