# webview/webview

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/webview/webview
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/webview-webview.md

## Topics

`c` `cpp` `cross-platform` `css` `gtk` `gui` `html` `javascript` `library` `single-header-lib` `web` `webkit` `webui` `webview` `webview2`

## Description

This library provides a lightweight framework for building cross-platform desktop applications by rendering web content within native application windows. It utilizes the browser engine already present on the host operating system to display user interfaces, allowing developers to combine web technologies with native system capabilities.

The project functions as a bridge between the web environment and the native host, enabling bidirectional communication between JavaScript and native code. By mapping script execution to native functions, it allows frontend interfaces to trigger system-level tasks and access hardware features directly.

The library offers a platform-agnostic interface for window management and script injection, ensuring consistent behavior across different operating systems. It is designed to support the creation of graphical interfaces for desktop applications and command-line utilities through a minimal, unified application programming interface.

## Tags

### User Interface & Experience

- [Native Webview Embedders](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/native-webview-embedders.md) — Hosts web content using the operating system's native browser engine to minimize application footprint.
- [Web-Based Rendering Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/web-based-rendering-engines.md) — Renders web-based user interfaces inside native application windows using the host's built-in browser engine. ([source](https://github.com/webview/webview/tree/master/docs/))
- [Cross-Platform GUI Toolkits](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/cross-platform-gui-toolkits.md) — Enables the development of cross-platform graphical user interfaces using web technologies.

### Web Development

- [Desktop Application Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/desktop-application-frameworks.md) — Acts as a minimal toolkit for building cross-platform desktop applications that integrate web UIs with native code.
- [Webview Rendering Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/webview-rendering-engines.md) — Provides a lightweight library for rendering web content inside native windows using system-native browser engines.
- [Web-Native Integration Bridges](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/web-native-integration-bridges.md) — Bridges web-based frontend code to native backend operations for triggering system-level tasks. ([source](https://github.com/webview/webview/tree/master/docs/))
- [Cross-Platform UI Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/cross-platform-ui-frameworks.md) — Provides a framework for rendering web content consistently across different operating systems.

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Media & Communication](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/media/media-communication.md) — Tiny cross-platform webview library

### Operating Systems & Systems Programming

- [Native System Integrations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/kernel-core-internals/system-programming-primitives/system-abstractions/native-interoperability-bindings/native-system-integrations.md) — Connects frontend web code to native backend operations for direct hardware and system access.

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Lightweight Application Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/lightweight-application-frameworks.md) — Supports building minimal-footprint graphical interfaces for command-line tools using web technologies.

### Programming Languages & Runtimes

- [Foreign Function Interfaces](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/language-interoperability/foreign-function-interfaces.md) — Maps JavaScript function calls to native code execution through a dedicated binding layer.