> https://github.com/therecipe/qt
Do these not work? (Not a rhetorical question - I haven’t tried them.)
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therecipe / qt
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Qt binding for Go (Golang) with support for Windows / macOS / Linux / FreeBSD / Android / iOS / Sailfish OS / Raspberry Pi / AsteroidOS / Ubuntu Touch / JavaScript / WebAssembly
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Qt binding for Go (Golang) with support for Windows / macOS / Linux / FreeBSD / Android / iOS / Sailfish OS / Raspberry Pi / AsteroidOS / Ubuntu Touch / JavaScript / WebAssembly
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Introduction
Qt is a free and open-source widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms with little or no change in the underlying codebase.
Go, also known as Golang, is a programming language designed at Google.
therecipe/qt allows you to write Qt applications entirely in Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Dart/Flutter, Haxe and Swift
Beside the language bindings provided, therecipe/qt also greatly simplifies the deployment of Qt applications to various software and hardware platforms.
At the time of writing, almost all Qt functions and classes are accessible, and you should be able to find everything you need to build fully featured Qt applications.
Impressions
Gallery of example applications.
JavaScript Demo | source
Installation
The following instructions assume that you already installed Go and Git
(Experimental) cgo-less version (try this first, if you are new and want to test the binding)
Windows
go get -ldflags="-w" github.com/therecipe/examples/basic/widgets && for /f %v in ('go env GOPATH') do %v\bin\widgets.exe
macOS/Linux
go get -ldflags="-w" github.com/therecipe/examples/basic/widgets && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/widgets
Default version
Windows (more info)
set GO111MODULE=off
go get -v github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/... && for /f %v in ('go env GOPATH') do %v\bin\qtsetup test && %v\bin\qtsetup -test=false
macOS (more info)
export GO111MODULE=off; xcode-select --install; go get -v github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/... && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup test && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup -test=false
Linux (more info)
export GO111MODULE=off; go get -v github.com/therecipe/qt/cmd/... && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup test && $(go env GOPATH)/bin/qtsetup -test=false
Resources
Installation
Getting Started
Wiki
Qt Documentation
FAQ
#qt-binding Slack channel (invite)
Deployment Targets
Target
Arch
Linkage
Docker Deployment
Host OS
Windows
32 / 64
dynamic / static
Yes
Any
macOS
64
dynamic
Yes
Any
Linux
arm / arm64 / 64
dynamic / static / system
Yes
Any
Android (+Wear)
arm / arm64
dynamic
Yes
Any
Android-Emulator (+Wear)
32
dynamic
Yes
Any
SailfishOS
arm
system
Yes
Any
SailfishOS-Emulator
32
system
Yes
Any
Raspberry Pi (1/2/3)
arm
dynamic / system
Yes
Any
Ubuntu Touch
arm / 64
system
Yes
Any
JavaScript
32
static
Yes
Any
WebAssembly
32
static
Yes
Any
iOS
arm64
static
No
macOS
iOS-Simulator
64
static
No
macOS
AsteroidOS
arm
system
No
Linux
FreeBSD
32 / 64
system
No
FreeBSD
License
This package is released under LGPLv3
Qt itself is licensed and available under multiple licenses.
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
28 sourcesThanks for mentioning, absolute game changer for me. I'm now using qtcreator with Go bindings: https://github.com/therecipe/qt
The multi-arch & especially Android deployment feature is exactly what I needed, I can skip using Android-Studio/HTML as UI now
In Golang Desktop App with Webview/Lorca, WASM and BazelYou can try your luck with https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go#gui
I explored the landscape earlier this year when I was building a GUI version of a CLI tool written in Go. I was throughly disappointed by all the “native Go” and non-webview options — narrow selection of widgets with basic functionality missing, UIs ranging from lack of polish to horrendous looking (that makes Java GUIs look like godsend), lots of bugs, etc. I ended up using the Qt binding which, despite its own share of problems, at least worked fairly reliably and didn’t constantly get in my way in every way imaginable: https://github.com/therecipe/qt
In What Color Is Your Function? (2015)Qt Binding for Go with Support Desktop, Mobile and Embeddable
88 points · Open discussionI found two Go bindings for Qt:
https://github.com/kitech/qt.go
https://github.com/therecipe/qt
Both seem to be in active development. Does anybody have experience with either?
In PyQt5 Tutorial: Create a Python GUI in 2018Didn't downvote your post above, so that wasn't me.
That aside, there are some resources around for this though I've not (yet) tried any of them:
* http://embd.kidoman.io - Go Embedded Programming Framework. Seems to support Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone Black.
* https://gobot.io - Robotics more than embedded, but there seems like some overlap. :)
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With the "Why no desktop apps in Go?" question, for me it's because I'd only do so using something like Qt (cross platform).
While there have been several attempts to get usable Go bindings happening for Qt, none of them seem both really well done + long term stable.
The best developed Qt bindings so far are https://github.com/therecipe/qt. But that seems to have tapered off and the developer doesn't seem interested in making it into a team project (eg long term viability). That's my impres
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sion anyway, I could be wrong. :)
There are some glaring issues w/ the Rust Qt crates, namely subclassing things like QWidget. But it is high priority [0]. This is essential for using Qt as many things are not "signals" but instead overridable protected methods. I started a embedded browser PoC [1] until I hit these limitations which forced me to use C++ [2].
And many other static langs (i.e. not-python) have issues with their Qt bindings (e.g. Go [3] which can't compile via MSVC which some things like the QtWebEngine stuff need). Sadly, for advanced UI (e.g. complex tree views, docking, etc) that is cross platform and looks native, Qt is all there is, and it's reliance on C++ makes it a bit tough to use across languages. A maintained C iface for Qt is really needed.
0 - https://github.com/rust-qt/cpp_to_rust/issues/53
1 - https://github.com/cretz/rust-qt_cef_poc
2 - http
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I think you can't simply reuse the rpi3 env, but you can use it as a template to how to get this working for the beaglebone black.
So you would need to get a cross compiler and then extract the sysroot to compile Qt on your own. After you got Qt compiled, you will also need to make some changes similar to these [1]
But I think the hardest part might be to get Qt compiled for the beaglebone black, because the info I found online seems to be a bit outdated.
https://github.com/therecipe/qt/pull/226/files
In Show HN: Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systemsit works from the README on github
and goes to https://github.com/therecipe/qt/tree/master/internal/example...
In Show HN: Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systemsit's in the internal package: https://github.com/therecipe/qt/tree/master/internal/binding
In Show HN: Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systemsTo clarify myself, I wondered if the wrapper code is generated (like here https://github.com/therecipe/qt/blob/master/websockets/webso...), not the moc-generated code.
In Show HN: Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systemsI couldn't find the source code of that generator. It is not here, right? -> https://github.com/therecipe/qt/
In Show HN: Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systemsit depends on the target [1] and which Qt version you use, the default "official" Qt version usually dynamically links against Qt's libs.
for windows for example you can use the msys2 version (on windows), which can also be statically linked or you could use the docker images with mxe to statically link your windows application.
but you could also build a static version of Qt yourself and use that version as well.
https://github.com/therecipe/qt#targets
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