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24 alternatives to Lorca – a tiny library for building cross-platform HTML5 GUI apps in Go

Build cross-platform modern desktop apps in Go + HTML5 - zserge/lorca

Lorca is a Go library that enables developers to build graphical user interface applications for multiple platforms using HTML5. It combines Go's backend capabilities with web technologies for the frontend, allowing… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lorca – a tiny library for building cross-platform HTML5 GUI apps in Go launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Spot – Simple, cross-platform, reactive desktop GUI toolkit for Go▲309

   Hi HN, I’m excited to share Spot, a simple, cross-platform, React-like GUI library for Go. It is just a few days old and has lots of missing features but I'm happy with the results so far, and looking for some design feedback. Spot is designed to be easy to use and provide a consistent API across different platforms (mainly Mac & Linux). It’s inspired by React, but written in Go, aiming to combine the best of both worlds: the easy tooling & performance of Go with a modern, reactive approach to UI development. Key features: - Cross-platform: Leveraging FLTK[1] & Cocoa[2], Spot works on Mac,…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A new stdlib for Golang focusing on platform native support▲154

   No gc, No goroutines, Produces small binaries while using the unmodified official go toolchain, and comes with complete Web SDK (generated from w3c/webref). We are building `pcz` to provide a reimagination of Go the language, in an effort to make it suitable for all kinds of programming tasks, and currently you can use it to build efficient web applications in Go using the generated Web SDK (as shown with the live web demo[1]). The journey is just starting, any suggestions? or any critics? [1]: https://primecitizens.github.io/livedemos/10-plat-web/

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   htmgo - build simple and scalable systems with golang + htmx▲166

   Hey all, I just wanted to share a project I've been working on for the past month. After years of heavy frameworks, I really like the idea of using htmx, but it’s a little too low level for me and needs a thin layer above it to facilitate things like components, better syntax with complex JS inside of an attribute, etc To try and solve this problem with a very minimal stack (golang + htmx) that I've been really enjoying, I'm building this project to cater to my needs and was thinking it would be useful for other developers.

   2024 · htmgo.dev · its alternatives →

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   Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systems▲222

   Qt binding for Go (Golang) with support for Windows / macOS / Linux / FreeBSD / Android / iOS / Sailfish OS / Raspberry Pi / AsteroidOS / Ubuntu Touch / JavaScript / WebAssembly

   2017 · therecipe.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Gowebly▲130

   A next-generation CLI tool to build web apps easier

   2024 · its alternatives →

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   Build progressively enhanced reactive HTML apps using Go and Alpine.js▲127

   Fir leverages Golang’s standard library html/template package and a bit of alpinejs to allow building reactive UIs. You start with plain old html and use alpinejs to enhance it to bring no-page-reload interactivity to web apps. The Fir toolkit is designed for Go developers with moderate html/css & js skills who want to progressively build reactive web apps without mastering complex web frameworks. It includes a Go library and an Alpine.js plugin. How it works ? On receiving user-interactions the fir server re-renders html templates and sends it over the wire where the fir client…

   2023 · livefir.fly.dev · its alternatives →

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   Book about writing web apps in Go without a framework▲158

   Learn how to write webapps without a framework in Go. - thewhitetulip/web-dev-golang-anti-textbook

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Use Go's HTML/template to write React-like code▲106

   Hi all, I'm currently working on my hobby project, and one of the fun constraints I put in was to build using as less dependencies as possible. I chose Go as it has a really good standard library, and all went well for building backend. But for frontend, I was wondering whether I should break the constraint and go for React. I tried options like Web Components, but I really didn't like the ergonomics and I didn't want to use jQuery either. Out of curiosity, I was exploring Go's html/template package to see if I can write UIs in a React-like manner. I found most of the online docs using…

   2024 · its alternatives →

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   go-storage▲86

   An application-oriented unified storage layer for Golang.

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gomponents, HTML components in pure Go▲113

    Hey everyone! I just released v1.0.0 of gomponents last week. It's an HTML component builder in pure Go, with a DSL-like HTML syntax. It's been 4 years in the making, and makes it really easy to build HTML in your web apps.

    2024 · gomponents.com · its alternatives →

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    A minimal and idiomatic WebSocket library for Go▲99

    Minimal and idiomatic WebSocket library for Go. Contribute to coder/websocket development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A fast JSON library for Go▲119

    Fast JSON encoder/decoder compatible with encoding/json for Go - goccy/go-json

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Cross Platform Go GUI▲18

    Cross platform GUI toolkit in Go inspired by Material Design - fyne-io/fyne

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Yue – A new library to create cross-platform GUI apps▲104

    A library for creating native cross-platform GUI apps - yue/yue

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Wolff▲103

    Ridiculously small PHP framework for building web apps 🐺

    2020 · its alternatives →

16. 16GI
    GoCode.io – A Golang Game in the Browser▲129

    2019 · gocode.io · its alternatives →

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    Go-git – low-level and extensible Git client library in Go▲114

    Project has been moved to: https://github.com/go-git/go-git - src-d/go-git

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A pure Go library for interacting with LLVM IR▲81

    Library for interacting with LLVM IR in pure Go. Contribute to llir/llvm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gondola▲69

    The web framework for Go programming language

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Go-Bt: Minimalist Behavior Trees for Go▲62

    Hey HN, I just published v0.1.0 of go-bt and would love some feedback from the Go veterans here. Thanks in advance!

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gin – Golang Martini-like web framework▲75

    2014 · gin-gonic.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Tiny cross-platform web UI library for C and Go▲11

    Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++. Uses WebKit (GTK/Cocoa) and Edge WebView2 (Windows). - webview/webview

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Web Development with Go▲92

    Learn to build web application using Go (aka Golang)

    2017 · usegolang.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/Golang▲12

    Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++. Uses WebKit (GTK/Cocoa) and Edge WebView2 (Windows). - webview/webview

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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