goqt vs Wails

goqt

Golang bindings to the Qt cross-platform application framework. (by visualfc)

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Wails

Create beautiful applications using Go (by wailsapp)

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goqt		Wails
	Project
-	Mentions	64
1,473	Stars	22,095
-	Growth	4.2%
0.0	Activity	9.4
about 6 years ago	Latest Commit	1 day ago
Go	Language	Go
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	License	MIT License

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Wails

Posts with mentions or reviews of Wails. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.

SGSG (Svelte + Go + SQLite + gRPC) - open source application
5 projects | /r/sveltejs | 6 Dec 2023

This is basically the same tech stack of an app I’ve been planning to build, but deployed as a desktop application using Wails: https://github.com/wailsapp/wails
FLaNK Stack Weekly 16 October 2023
26 projects | dev.to | 17 Oct 2023
[Golang] Recommandation de bibliothèque d'interface utilisateur légère
6 projects | /r/enfrancais | 17 May 2023

Wails 2.6k
Generate types for TS
7 projects | /r/golang | 11 Mar 2023

The wails project does this when. You can check it out here https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/blob/master/v2/internal/typescriptify/typescriptify.go for inspection.
Building Desktop Applications with Tauri, Nextjs, Firebase
8 projects | dev.to | 26 Feb 2023
Ask HN: What is the most pleasant, uncomplicated full stack to start with?
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Feb 2023

I have built Web front-ends (React or Svelte) with Go-backend. Embed in a web-view to make it a native desktop app, or get funky and give it native chrome/menus etc. [Wails](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails) is a good candidate to start if you want to cut on boiler plate.
Task runner like go-task/task, but in pure Go, no external DSLs
5 projects | /r/golang | 2 Feb 2023

Is that what wails is doing here? (On mobile)
Game Server Development: How do you structure game state for easy, efficient, and configurable access?
2 projects | /r/gamedev | 14 Jan 2023

In a "local" environment, where an executable can be provided to someone with the entire game contents. In this case, the game won't use WebSockets, and will instead use a Go/JS bridge (something like Wails) to connect.
What necessary packages or functions that Go doesn't have?
6 projects | /r/golang | 4 Nov 2022

Have you seen wails? https://github.com/wailsapp/wails
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3 projects | /r/golang | 28 Oct 2022

You should check out https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/1959

What are some alternatives?

When comparing goqt and Wails you can also consider the following projects:

gotk3 - Go bindings for GTK3

tauri - Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend.

ui - Platform-native GUI library for Go.

fyne - Cross platform GUI toolkit in Go inspired by Material Design

go-gtk - Go binding for GTK

Lorca - Build cross-platform modern desktop apps in Go + HTML5

webview - Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++. Uses WebKit (GTK/Cocoa) and Edge WebView2 (Windows).

sciter - Sciter: the Embeddable HTML/CSS/JS engine for modern UI development

example-go-tray-gui - An example desktop system tray application that can launch HTML5 windows. Go source with a build process for Windows, Mac and Linux.

go-qml - QML support for the Go language

go-astilectron - Build cross platform GUI apps with GO and HTML/JS/CSS (powered by Electron)