welsonjs

WelsonJS - Build a Windows app on the Windows built-in JavaScript engine.

Now, You can build an Windows desktop app with JavaScript, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, ReScript, and HTML/CSS on Windows built-in ECMAScript engine.

WelsonJS = Windows + Electron-like + Javascript(JS) + Your contribution

Dual license notice: The default license for this project is GPL 3.0. However, if the GPL 3.0 license is not compatible with Microsoft products, it is subject to the MS-RL license.

Sponsors

• GitHub Sponsors
• Open Software Portal, Korea National Industry Promotion Agency - Awarded Prize
• Free code signing provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation
• ⚡ Integrations (ScrapeOps, SearchApi, ...)

Structure

Specifications

• Built-in transpilers: TypeScript, Rescript, CoffeeScript 2, LiveScript
• Ready to use on Windows machine immediately. No require additional software installation.
• ES5(ECMAScript 5), XML, JSON, YAML compatibility
  • github.com/zloirock/core-js
  • github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js (aka. JSON2.js)
  • github.com/nodeca/js-yaml
• HTML5, CSS3 compatibility
  • github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv
  • github.com/parndt/jquery-html5-placeholder-shim
  • github.com/scottjehl/Respond
  • github.com/keithclark/selectivizr
  • github.com/arv/ExplorerCanvas
  • github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr
• CSS Frameworks
  • github.com/jslegers/cascadeframework
  • github.com/golden-layout/golden-layout
• WYSIWYG HTML Editor
  • github.com/summernote/summernote
• Included libraries
  • jQuery
  • jQuery UI
  • github.com/kamranahmedse/jquery-toast-plugin - Highly customizable jquery plugin to show toast messages
  • github.com/hiddentao/squel - SQL query string builder for Javascript
  • github.com/BorisMoore/jsrender - A lightweight, powerful and highly extensible templating engine. In the browser or on Node.js, with or without jQuery.
  • github.com/mihaifm/linq - LINQ for JavaScript
  • github.com/pegjs/pegjs - PEG.js: Parser generator for JavaScript
• module.exports, CommonJS, UMD compatibility
• NPM compatibility
• Chrome DevTools Protocol support
• ADB(Android Debug Bridge) support
• RPC(Remote Procedure Call) protocol support
  • gRPC
  • JSON-RPC 2.0

Included modules

• lib/std (Standard library)
• lib/system (System interface)
• lib/base64 (BASE64 encode and decode)
• lib/file (File I/O interface)
• lib/http (HTTP/HTTPS client with XHR(MSXML), cURL, BITS, CERT, Proxy/SEO/SERP)
• lib/registry (Windows Registry interface)
• lib/security (Windows Security Policy interface)
• lib/shell (Windows Shell (Command Prompt) interface)
• lib/powershell (Windows Powershell interface)
• lib/service (Windows Service interface)
• lib/browser (Modern web compatibility layer)
• lib/uri (URI scheme interface)
• lib/winlibs (Windows DLL(Dynamic-link library) interface)
• lib/autohotkey (AutoHotkey interface)
• lib/autoit (AutoIt3/AutoItX interface)
• lib/msoffice (Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Word) interface)
• lib/gtk (GTK-server and GladeXML supported GUI interface)
• lib/chrome (Chrome DevTools Protocol based Chrome/Chromium web browser testing interface)
• lib/pipe-ipc (PIPE (e.g., File IO, Standard IO) based IPC(Inter-Process Communication) implementation)
• WelsonJS.Toolkit (DLL/COM component with .NET 2.0, For all Windows based systems)
  • User prompt methods (e.g., alert, confirm) implementation
  • Useful tools to control the windows and window handle (find, attach, trigger events. e.g., Virtual Human Interface
  • Cryptography (ISO/IEC 18033-3:2010 aka. HIGHT)
  • Named Shared Memory based IPC(Inter-Process Communication) implementation #
  • NuGet package available
• WelsonJS.Service (Windows Service Application, For recent Windows based systems)
  • Write a Windows Service Application with JavaScript
  • File Event Monitor: Trace file creation, network connections, and registry modifications.
  • Screen Time Feature: Find an image position on the computer screens or windows.
• WelsonJS.Launcher (Launcher Application, For recent Windows based systems)
  • This is a launcher app designed to easily distribute WelsonJS application packages (based on ZIP compression files).
• lib/chatgpt (ChatGPT integration)
• Everything you can imagine.

Make your own sayhello example

1. Write a file lib/sayhello.js

// lib/sayhello.js
function say() {
    console.log("hello");
}

exports.say = say;

exports.VERSIONINFO = "SayHello Library (sayhello.js) version 0.1";
exports.AUTHOR = "abuse@catswords.net";   // e.g. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
exports.global = global;
exports.require = global.require;

2. Write a file sayhello.js

// sayhello.js
var SayHello = require("lib/sayhello");

function main() {
    console.log("calling say()");
    SayHello.say();
    console.log("ended say()");
}

exports.main = main;

3. Execute file on the command prompt

C:\Users\knh94\Documents\GitHub\welsonjs> cscript app.js sayhello
calling say()
hello
ended say()

How to release my application?

The WelsonJS framework suggests the following application release methods:

• Compress to Zip, and use the launcher: Compress the files and directories necessary for running the project into a Zip file, and distribute it along with the WelsonJS.Launcher.
• Build a setup file: Use Inno Setup. Information needed to create the setup file (the setup.iss file) is already included.
• Copy all directories and files: This is the simplest and most straightforward method.

Screenshots

Thanks to

• 😎 Heavy-industry specialized CSP(Cloud Service Provider) in Republic of Korea - Use case establishment
• 😎 Live-commerce specialized online advertisement companies in Republic of Korea - Use case establishment
• 😎 Information security companies in Republic of Korea - Use case establishment
• 👀 Facebook Group "Javascript Programming"(javascript4u) - Mentioned
• 👀 morioh.com - Mentioned
• 👀 CSDN - Mentioned
• 👀 Qiita - Knowledge-base about WSH environment
• 👀 Redsky Software - PoC(Proof of Concept) of the CommonJS on WSH environment
• 😎 Inspired by a small-sized JavaScript payload demonstrated by a cybersecurity related group.
• 😎 Inspired by the use of Named Shared Memory in an inter-language IPC implementation devised by an unidentified developer.
• 👀 Fediverse - Mentioned
• 👀 Hacker News - Mentioned
• 👀 WebToolsWeekly - Mentioned
• 👀 GeekNews - Mentioned in GeekNews Weekly (2024-09-30 ~ 2024-10-06)

Related links

• gnh1201/wsh-js-gtk - GTK GUI ported to Windows Scripting Host - Javascript (Microsoft JScript) (wsh-js)
• gnh1201/wsh-json - JSON stringify/parse (encode/decode) for Windows Scripting Host
• redskyit/wsh-appjs - require-js and app framework for Windows Scripting Host JavaScript
• JohnLaTwC's gist - JavaScript RAT
• JSMan-/JS-Framework - No description
• iconjack/setTimeout-for-windows-script-host - Replacement for the missing setTimeout and clearTimeout function in Windows Script Host
• johnjohnsp1/WindowsScriptHostExtension - Inject DLL Prototype using Microsoft.Windows.ACTCTX COM Object
• kuntashov/jsunit - JSUnit port for Windows Scripting Host
• nickdoth/WSHHttpServer - HTTP server based on Windows Script Host
• FOSSA report HTML CSV TXT
• License attributions of a stock images

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