visualfc/goqt
Goqt
Goqt is a cross-platform desktop GUI library and interoperability framework that provides Go bindings for constructing native graphical user interfaces. It enables developers to build desktop software that runs natively across multiple operating systems from a single codebase by integrating with mature graphics libraries and widget components.
The library relies on a C-based language bridge and code-generated wrapper bindings to proxy method calls, signals, and slots between Go code and native C++ objects. It incorporates a custom event routing mechanism for dispatching user interface events to Go callback functions, alongside object lifetime tracking across the language boundary to manage memory and prevent leaks. Functional features are organized into importable extension modules that wrap discrete graphics and layout libraries.
Features
- Cross-Platform GUI Frameworks - Provides a cross-platform desktop GUI framework for building native graphical applications from shared code.
- Qt Plugin Development - Creates native desktop applications in Go by wrapping the cross-platform user interface framework and its graphical controls.
- Go-C Bridges - Proxies method calls and events between Go and C++ objects using Go's foreign function interface.
- Cgo Native Interop - Bridges Go code with native C++ object systems and memory models across language boundaries.
- Signal-Slot Communication - Connects user interface events and asynchronous signals to Go callback functions through a custom event routing mechanism.
- Binding Generators - Generates interface stub code automatically to expose native C++ classes and methods to the Go compiler.
- Cross-Platform Desktop Development - Enables building desktop software that runs natively across multiple operating systems from a single Go codebase.
- Desktop Application Interfaces - Builds native desktop applications with graphical layouts and controls using bindings to a cross-platform framework.
- Desktop GUI Development - Assembles rich graphical user interfaces and visual layouts for desktop operating systems using native windowing elements.
- Graphical User Interfaces - Constructs native desktop applications with visual elements using extension modules that wrap a cross-platform graphics library.
- Desktop GUI Frameworks - Provides Golang bindings for constructing native desktop user interfaces with cross-platform widget components.
- Object Lifetime Management - Tracks the lifecycle of native allocated objects across the language boundary to prevent memory leaks.
- Module-Based Extensions - Organises discrete functional features into separate importable packages that wrap distinct graphics and layout libraries.
