Mr Viral
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Features
Roadmap
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
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.
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.
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
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