Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by selvan » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 4:33 AM UTC

Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies
github.com

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by Exoristos » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 7:22 AM UTC

The lengths we will go to avoid writing a proper desktop application.

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by conceptme » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 7:41 AM UTC

Exoristos wrote: post #2

The lengths we will go to avoid writing a proper desktop application.

because there is no proper UI library that does cross platform as well as the web

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by hnlmorg » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 7:53 AM UTC

What’s not clear to me for either the readme nor their website, is how does this actually work?

With Electron, for example, a stripped down Chromium is shipped. So what does the web view rendering with this package?

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by adamors » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 7:58 AM UTC

hnlmorg wrote: post #4

What’s not clear to me for either the readme nor their website, is how does this actually work? With Electron, for example, a stripped down Chromium is shipped. So what does the web view rendering with this package?

The OS's native rendering engine, there's no embedded browser. Here's a more detailed writeup https://wails.io/docs/howdoesitwork

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by raffraffraff » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 8:01 AM UTC

conceptme wrote: post #3

Exoristos wrote: post #2

The lengths we will go to avoid writing a proper desktop application.

because there is no proper UI library that does cross platform as well as the web

Not just UI. I just wrote a KDE Plasma 6 widget for systemd-networkd / networkd and it was a nightmare.

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by lifty » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 8:05 AM UTC

Anyone knows how wails v3 is progressing and if they are actually adding mobile support?

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by kosolam » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 8:09 AM UTC

raffraffraff wrote: post #6

conceptme wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

because there is no proper UI library that does cross platform as well as the web

Not just UI. I just wrote a KDE Plasma 6 widget for systemd-networkd / networkd and it was a nightmare.

Why? Give more details please

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by mock-possum » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 8:10 AM UTC

Exoristos wrote: post #2

The lengths we will go to avoid writing a proper desktop application.

But I already know how to write a web app, I don’t know how to write a desktop app. It’s faster to just write and wrap a web app, and as far as most people can tell, it works just fine.

Ya gotta be practical.

Re: Build desktop applications using Go and Web Technologies

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Post by robert_dipaolo » Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 8:19 AM UTC

conceptme wrote: post #3

Exoristos wrote: post #2

The lengths we will go to avoid writing a proper desktop application.

because there is no proper UI library that does cross platform as well as the web

What about QT? I've used that in the past and it's really good for native apps.