therecipe
qt
Go2016–2023
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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28Mentions
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10.8KGitHub stars
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What it is
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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Observed mentions: 2016-10-06 14:14:02 UTC to 2023-05-14 08:46:29 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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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 |
From the project README
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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
3 sourcesI 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. :)