Electrolytes is a lightweight HTML/JS/CSS environment for developing desktop apps. By the power of the great go-webview library we can have something electron-like, but without the heavy resource usage.
You need to install the following dependencies:
- Node.js
- Yarn
- Golang 1.X
- Mage (optional)
Extra dependencies needed for Linux:
- GTK3
- GtkWebkit2
After installing dependencies, just clone this repo and run
mage
If you haven't installed mage, you can run it like this:
go run mage.go
This will start a development version of the app where any HTML/JS/CSS code is automatically reloaded when you save it.
Try mage -l for a list of build targets.
Submitting code to Electrolytes:
This repo uses a directory/file structure according to: https://github.com/golang-standards/project-layout
TODO:
- Cross compilation support
- Neatly package production binaries for each platform
- Have an app generator like create-react-app instead of requiring people to clone the repo