Is Go appropriate to develop Linux Desktop app ?

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  • gotk3

    Go bindings for GTK3

  • I created a couple native Windows apps using Windigo, so it's clearly possible to do the same in Linux, probably with gotk3.

  • fyne

    Cross platform GUI toolkit in Go inspired by Material Design

  • You can definitely create GUI apps with golang and not just for linux, but cross-platform ones as well. Look into the fyne GUI toolkit.

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  • nuxui

    NuxUI is Golang GUI SDK for IOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux

  • gio

    Mirror of the Gio main repository (https://git.sr.ht/~eliasnaur/gio)

  • gioui.org

  • nucular

    GUI toolkit for go

  • windigo

    Windows API and GUI in idiomatic Go.

  • I created a couple native Windows apps using Windigo, so it's clearly possible to do the same in Linux, probably with gotk3.

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