Wails Has a Free API: Build Desktop Apps With Go and Web Technologies

Wails lets you build cross-platform desktop applications using Go for the backend and any web framework for the frontend — no Electron, no embedded browser, no massive bundle sizes. Why Wails Matters Electron apps ship a full Chromium browser (150MB+). Wails uses the OS native webview (WebKit on macOS, WebView2 on Windows, WebKitGTK on Linux), producing binaries under 10MB. What you get for free: Native OS webview — no bundled Chromium Go backend with automatic TypeScript bindings Hot reload for both Go and frontend code Native menus, dialogs, system tray Cross-compile for Windows, macOS, Linux from any OS App binaries typically 6-10MB vs Electron's 150MB+ Quick Start # Install Wails CLI go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest # Create new project with React wails init -n myapp -t react-ts cd myapp # Development with hot reload wails dev # Build production binary wails build Go Backend: Expose Functions to Frontend package main import ( "context" "fmt" "os/exec" "runti