Energy is a GUI framework developed by Go, based on LCL and CEF

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Project Introduction

• Energy is a GUI framework developed in Go, based on LCL and CEF(Chromium Embedded Framework), which is used to develop cross-platform desktop applications for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
• LCL alone can create lightweight native applications, or can be combined with CEF to create more feature-complete applications.
• Construct cross-platform desktop applications that support Windows, Linux, and MacOS using Go and web technologies (HTML + CSS + JavaScript).

Characteristic

• Rich CEF API and LCL system native widgets
• Development environment is simple and the compilation speed is fast. Only need Go and Energy.
• Cross-Platform: You can package your code as Windows, domestic UOS, Deepin, Kylin, MacOS and Linux
• Responsibilities
  • Go: Go is responsible for creating Windows, configuring CEF and implementing functions, creating various UI components, calling the low level of the system and some functions that JS cannot handle, such as: file flow, security encryption, high-performance processing, etc.
  • Web: HTML + CSS + JavaScript is responsible for the function of the client interface, you can make any interface you want.
• Front-end technology: Support mainstream frameworks, such as Vue, React, Angular or pure HTML+CSS+JS.
• Event driven: High performance event driven communication based on IPC allowing intercommunication between Go and Web.
• Resource loading: You can either read local resources or resources built into execution files either with or without HTTP services.

Built-in dependency&integration

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Development Environment

Basic needs

• Golang >= 1.18
• Energy (CEF, liblcl)

Environmental installation

Automatic installation development environment using the energy command-line tool

Guide to Start - Link

• Guide
• Example
• Document

Quick Start

• Getting Started

Run a simple application by three steps

1. Install development environment: energy install
2. Initiate an Application: energy init
3. Run the Application: go run main.go

sample code

main.go

package main

import (
    "github.com/energye/energy/v2/cef"
)

func main() {
     //Global initialization
     cef.GlobalInit(nil, nil)
     //Create an application
     app := cef.NewApplication()
     //Specify a URL address or local HTML file directory
     cef.BrowserWindow.Config.Url = "https://energye.github.io"
     //Run Application
     cef.Run(app)
}

Build

1. Build：energy build
2. Package：energy package
3. Package Type：
   • windows: Using nsis create exe installation package
   • linux: Using dpkg create deb installation package
   • macos: Generate xxx.app

System support

	32 Bit	64 Bit	Test System Version
Windows			Windows XP SP3、 7、10、11
MacOSX			MacOSX 10.15
MacOS M1 M2			MacOS M2
Linux			Deepin20.8、Ubuntu18.04、LinuxMint21
Linux ARM			Kylin-V10-SP1-2107

Related Projects

• CEF
• CEF4Delphi
• CefSharp
• Java-CEF
• cefpython
• Chromium

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Welcome to join

join energy throwing in the process of construction, there are many things that cannot be completed alone, if there are interested students who want to participate in the realization or learning of energy, you can contact me through WeChat or QQ.

If this project is helpful to you, please give me a star

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ENERGY QQ Group & WeChat

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Thanks Jetbrains

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Project screenshot

Windows-10

Windows-7 32 & 64

Windows-XP-SP3

Linux - Deepin

Linux - Kylin ARM

Linux - Ubuntu

MacOSX

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Public License

Contributors