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Still alpha, but shipping fast.
Full changelog: https://t.co/8E01CbAs1r
Install: go install https://t.co/pQvdnuZisd
Discord: https://t.co/9KTKR9Btxm
Feedback especially welcome on GTK4 and server mode β both are experimental and need real-world testing.
alpha.68 added a full Web API example set:
β’ 41 browser API demos: Storage, Network, Media, Device, Performance, UI
β’ WebView API compatibility checker β tests 200+ APIs across platforms
Check out: v3/examples/web-apis/ Β· v3/examples/webview-api-check/
alpha.72 fixed a painful one: wails3 build and wails3 dev hanging 20β30 min on projects with heavy JS deps (MUI etc).
Cause: go-task's sources: "*/" was checksumming every file in node_modules/ β 50β100k+ files on NTFS.
Fix: exclude node_modules/. Builds are instant again.
Drag-and-drop reworked in alpha.56, fixes through .69:
β’ File drop at non-100% Windows scaling β
β’ HTML5 DnD no longer broken with file drop on β
β’ Drop coords fixed (physical vs CSS pixels) β
β’ Linux hover reliable β
New API: EnableFileDrop + WindowFilesDropped.
alpha.68 landed experimental GTK4 + WebKitGTK 6.0 for Linux.
wails3 build -tags gtk4
Big deal for distros moving off GTK3. GTK3/WebKit2GTK 4.1 stays default - gtk4 is opt-in while we stabilise.
Also fixes DPI, window position, max size, menu dedup.
alpha.64 added experimental server mode.
Build your Wails app as an HTTP server - no native GUI required: `wails3 build -tags server`
Same Go backend, same bindings, zero WebView.
Docs: https://t.co/K52cUYYSls
Wails v3 alpha.75 is out.
Fixes:
- wails3 doctor now correctly detects WebKitGTK 4.1 packages on Fedora, Arch, openSUSE & NixOS
- Fixed silent JS error when custom.js is missing in desktop dev mode
https://t.co/rCjfNeENdg