Will templ be able to form a desktop app?

[Purple-CSGO]

The way of writing golang directly with html is quite insane and clear, and I'm wondering if this can be used to form a desktop app?

1. Combine Webview2 and some desktop tools to build up apps
2. Combine PWA app and the GUI is actually a PWA app with golang as the backend

kind of brainstorming, but really looking forward to some cool stuff :)

[a-h]

Interesting idea. I've seen https://github.com/wailsapp/wails but that uses Vite. Maybe it's possible to switch out the frontend for SSR.

The webview_go bindings look pretty straightforward: https://github.com/webview/webview_go/tree/master/examples/basic

[meaLuda]

I would be interested in this can we meet and brainstorm ?

[gedw99]

This webview package for golang works on all Desktops and Mobiles.

I have used it for projects and it does work.

The framework also supports deep links so you can send a notification or email and the OS will open the App if it's installed or otherwise will open the the browser and go to the Web page. This is quite advanced stuff and took ages to get working.

Here is the demo of web view.

https://github.com/gioui-plugins/gio-plugins/blob/main/webviewer/demo/demo.go

I know its going through a bit of flux at the moment, so not sure if it's working.
It was working for me a few months ago.

[joerdav]

I have also talked to some people using templ with https://hyperview.org/

[gedw99]

I have also talked to some people using templ with https://hyperview.org/

Me too.

I use a golang package called Deck which does what hyperview does .

https://github.com/ajstarks/deck
https://github.com/ajstarks/giocanvas