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!

Version 2 was released on the 22nd of September 2022 and brought with it a lot of enhancements including:

  • Live development, leveraging the popular Vite project
  • Rich functionality for managing windows and creating menus
  • Microsoft's WebView2 component
  • Generation of Typescript models that mirror your Go structs
  • Creating of NSIS Installer
  • Obfuscated builds

Features

  • Use standard Go for the backend
  • Developer-friendly documentation
  • 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
  • Uses native rendering engines - no embedded browser!
  • Native Menus, Dialogs, Theming and Translucency
  • Windows, macOS and Linux support
  • Built in templates for Svelte, React, Preact, Vue, Lit and Vanilla JS
  • Easily call Go methods from JavaScript
  • Automatic Go struct to TypeScript model generation
  • No CGO or external DLLs required on Windows
  • Live development mode using the power of Vite
  • Powerful CLI to easily Create, Build and Package applications
  • A rich runtime library
  • Applications built with Wails are Apple & Microsoft Store compliant
  • Quick Start Templates
  • Native Elements
  • Go & JavaScript Interoperability
  • Live Development Experience
  • Production-ready Native Binaries

License

  • MIT license

Resources