- Go 66.2%
- JavaScript 11.9%
- HTML 10.5%
- Objective-C 4.2%
- NSIS 1.8%
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* Add strong event typings * Make `EmitEvent` take one data argument only * Add event registration logic * Report event cancellation to the emitter * Prevent registration of system events * Add support for typed event data initialisation * Binding generation for events * Tests for event bindings * Add vite plugin for typed events * Fix dev command execution order Co-authored-by: Fabio Massaioli <fabio.massaioli@gmail.com> * Propagate module path to templates * Update templates Co-authored-by: Ian VanSchooten <ian.vanschooten@gmail.com> * Go mod tidy for examples * Switch to tsconfig.json for jetbrains IDE support * Replace jsconfig in example * Convert vite plugin to typescript * Downgrade vite for now The templates all use 5.x * Remove root plugins dir from npm files It's now '/dist/plugins' * Include types for Create But keep out of the docs * Assign a type for cancelAll results * Restore variadic argument in EmitEvent methods * Support registered events with void data * Test cases for void alias support * Support strict mode * Support custom event hooks * Update docs * Update changelog * Testdata for typed events * Test data for void alias support * fix webview_window emit event * Update changelog.mdx * Update events * Fix generator test path normalization for cross-platform compatibility The generator tests were failing on CI because they compared absolute file paths in warning messages. These paths differ between development machines and CI environments. Changes: - Normalize file paths in warnings to be relative to testcases/ directory - Handle both Unix and Windows path separators - Use Unix line endings consistently in test output - Update all test expectation files to use normalized paths This ensures tests pass consistently across different environments including Windows, macOS, Linux, and CI systems. * Remove stale comment * Handle errors returned from validation * Restore variadic argument to Emit (fix bad rebase) * Event emitters return a boolean * Don't use `EmitEvent` in docs Supposedly it's for internal use, according to comment * Fix event docs (from rebase) * Ensure all templates specify @wailsio/runtime: "latest" * Fix Windows test failure due to CRLF line endings The test was failing on Windows because: 1. Hardcoded "\n" was being used instead of render.Newline when writing warning logs, causing CRLF vs LF mismatch 2. The render package import was missing 3. .got.log files weren't being skipped when building expected file list Changes: - Add render package import - Use render.Newline instead of hardcoded "\n" for cross-platform compatibility - Skip .got.log files in test file walker 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * Fix template tests by using local runtime package The template tests were failing because they were installing @wailsio/runtime@latest from npm, which doesn't have the new vite plugin yet. This change packs the local runtime and uses it in template tests instead. Changes: - Pack the runtime to a tarball in test_js job - Upload the runtime package as an artifact - Download and install the local runtime in template tests before building - Update cleanup job to delete the runtime package artifact * Apply suggestion from @leaanthony * Fix: Install local runtime in frontend directory with correct path The previous fix wasn't working because: 1. npm install was run in the project root, not in frontend/ 2. wails3 build runs npm install again, which would reinstall from npm Fixed by: - Using npm pkg set to modify package.json to use file:// protocol - This ensures subsequent npm install calls use the local tarball * Fix Vue template syntax conflicts with Go template delimiters The Vue templates were converted to .tmpl files to support dynamic module paths, but Vue's template syntax {{ }} conflicts with Go's template syntax. Fixed by escaping Vue template braces: - {{ becomes {{"{{"}} - }} becomes {{"}}"}} This allows the Go template engine to output the literal {{ }} for Vue to process. * Fix Vue template escaping and Windows shell compatibility Two issues fixed: 1. Vue template escaping: Changed from {{"{{"}} to {{ "{{" }} - The previous syntax caused "missing value for command" error - Correct Go template syntax uses spaces between delimiters and strings 2. Windows PowerShell compatibility: Added 'shell: bash' to template generation step - The bash syntax (ls, head, $()) doesn't work in PowerShell - Git Bash is available on all GitHub runners including Windows * Fix: test_templates depends on test_js for runtime package artifact The runtime-package artifact is created in test_js job, not test_go. Added test_js to the needs array so the artifact is available for download. * Fix Windows path compatibility for runtime package artifact Changed from absolute Unix path '/tmp/wails-runtime' to relative path 'wails-runtime-temp' which works cross-platform. Using realpath to convert to absolute path for file:// URL in npm pkg set command. * Fix realpath issue on Windows for runtime package realpath on Windows Git Bash was producing malformed paths with duplicate drive letters (D:\d\a\...). Replaced with portable solution using pwd that works correctly across all platforms. * Use pwd -W on Windows to get native Windows paths Git Bash's pwd returns Unix-style paths (/d/a/wails/wails) which npm then incorrectly resolves as D:/d/a/wails/wails. Using pwd -W returns native Windows paths (D:\a\wails\wails) that npm can handle correctly. This is the root cause of all the Windows path issues. * Improve typechecking for Events.Emit() * [docs] Clarify where `Events` is imported from in each example * Add docs for runtime Events.Emit() * Revert to v2-style Events.Emit (name, data) * Update changelog --------- Co-authored-by: Fabio Massaioli <fabio.massaioli@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Atterpac <Capretta.Michael@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Lea Anthony <lea.anthony@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Claude <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