The code has a mind boggling LOC. e.g. https://github.com/therecipe/qt/blob/master/widgets/widgets....
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therecipe / qt
qt
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
9 sourcesPlease, I beg of you, do not create an iOS app using this library. Look at that screenshot: https://github.com/therecipe/qt/blob/master/internal/screens...
It looks like a tiny Windows 95 on your phone. Tap targets way too small.
In Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systemsWhy do the iOS screenshots look nothing like iOS? https://github.com/therecipe/qt/blob/master/internal/screens...
In Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systemsQt binding for Go with support for all major operating systems
324 points · Open discussionI'm certain there are more, but here are a few
platform native
https://github.com/andlabs/ui
gtk
http://mattn.github.io/go-gtk/
qt
https://github.com/therecipe/qt
qml
https://github.com/go-qml/qml
shiny (still being developed, Go native)
https://github.com/golang/exp/tree/master/shiny
In Seven years of GoQt Binding for Go (Windows / MacOS / Linux / Android / iOS)
2 points · Open discussionBukanir streams movies from torrents. App written in Go
Bukanir streams movies from bittorrent magnet links
- Watch movies and TV shows on your Android or desktop devices
- Many languages to choose for subtitles
- Ads free and free as in Freedom
New in version 2.3:
- Desktop app is rewritten in Go (Qt5)
- Added eztv search provider
- Search by genre
- Updated ijkplayer (FFmpeg v3.1) and libtorrent-rasterbar (v1.0.10)
App is available on https://bukanir.com .
Source is on https://github.com/gen2brain/bukanir .
In this version desktop app is rewritten in Go (it was in Python) and now uses Qt5 bindings for Go (https://github.com/therecipe/qt).
Windows binary is statically compiled in Linux via mingw, Linux binary is semi static (Qt, libtorrent and libmpv are compiled in binary).
Android version uses gomobile/gobind library and native interface.
2 points · Open discussiongo-qml and forks don't support Go >1.6 due to the cgo breakage; some manage to compile, but with a memory leak.
There's github.com/therecipe/qt which is a full Qt binding (not just QML). You have to set-up a proper dynamic linking build process if you don't want 100MB binaries though, and the bindings require a default Qt installation or a folder full of symlinks to fake one if your Linux distro splits Qt in different folders.
In Typora – A cross platform markdown editorThe work in the Qt camp is simply amazing. I just wish there were more stable bindings out there for it outside of the official C++ one and PyQt (commercial or GPL, PySide 2 is not stable last I checked).
There's a promising Qt binding for Go[1] which I'm looking forwards to, but again, if I had to write an application and not want to struggle with the bindings I'm forced into the previously mentioned options.
[1] https://github.com/therecipe/qt
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