mature alternative for webview?

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  • webview

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

  • First of all, for the library to work under windows it is necessary to distribute together with your application .dll files (see on the library's github: https://github.com/webview/webview/tree/master/dll/x86) that work with Microsoft Edge WebView2 (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/). Also on the user's computer should be pre-installed Edge WebView2 Runtime, which is pre-installed on Windows 11, and the latest versions of Windows 10, but not on older versions of Windows 10, also it is not installed on Windows 7 etc. In fact, the percentage of computers that don't have EW2 Runtime installed is quite large. Users have to download and install a file larger than 100 Mb for your program to run. Read more: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/distribution https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/#download-section The amd64 version of the program will not run on arm windows (checked), although other amd64 programs work fine using the internal windows11 emulation. On my arm Win11 apps built on this library (https://github.com/Inkeliz/gowebview) work but do not work on webview.

  • Wails

    Create beautiful applications using Go

  • Here's the link to the project. https://github.com/wailsapp/wails

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  • Lorca

    Build cross-platform modern desktop apps in Go + HTML5

  • I use neither (I use my own thing loosely based on github.com/zserge/lorca), so I can't know for sure. Sorry.

  • Guark

    Build awesome Golang desktop apps and beautiful interfaces with Vue.js, React.js, Framework 7, and more...

  • https://github.com/guark/guark Works well vue and react UI in webview here (I tried). Almost the same project as Wales. But a year ago it beated Wails. Nothing new to learn - just how to bind your web app and go beackend in one bottle.

  • gowebview

    Simple WebView for Golang, avoiding CGO for Windows.

  • First of all, for the library to work under windows it is necessary to distribute together with your application .dll files (see on the library's github: https://github.com/webview/webview/tree/master/dll/x86) that work with Microsoft Edge WebView2 (https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/). Also on the user's computer should be pre-installed Edge WebView2 Runtime, which is pre-installed on Windows 11, and the latest versions of Windows 10, but not on older versions of Windows 10, also it is not installed on Windows 7 etc. In fact, the percentage of computers that don't have EW2 Runtime installed is quite large. Users have to download and install a file larger than 100 Mb for your program to run. Read more: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/distribution https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/#download-section The amd64 version of the program will not run on arm windows (checked), although other amd64 programs work fine using the internal windows11 emulation. On my arm Win11 apps built on this library (https://github.com/Inkeliz/gowebview) work but do not work on webview.

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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