# Wails Desktop Application Framework for Go and Web Technologies

> Wails is an open source framework for building desktop applications using Go for backend logic and standard web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) for the frontend. It compiles to a single native binary with no embedded browser overhead.

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- Updated: 2026-09-08
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# Wails Desktop Application Framework for Go and Web Technologies

Wails is an open source framework for building desktop applications using Go for backend logic and standard web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) for the frontend. It compiles to a single native binary with no embedded browser overhead.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- make this easy for you by handling project creation, compilation and bundling. All you have to do is get creative!

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Depends on your requirements. It's designed to make it easy for Go programmers to make lightweight desktop

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- Wails has two active versions:
- | Version | Status | Install | Docs |

- Source: https://github.com/wailsapp/wails
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wailsapp/wails/HEAD/README.md

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