Show HN: Gova – The declarative GUI framework for Go

The code looks nice, but when I read GUI, I want to see screenshots of GUIs.

Apparently a major dependency is "Fyne", which does show some screenshots on their page:

	▲	curioussquirrel 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Came here to say the same. Please add a few screenshots!

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iamcalledrob 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'll be watching this project.

Looking forward to a Golang declarative framework.

My advice to the author: invest in rich multi-window support early on. It's easy not to, but you always need it in the end, and it's painful to retrofit.

I feel like there's a great cross-platform UI story to be told with Go, since cross compiling is so easy.

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GuardCalf 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I once built a small utility using the "Fyne" framework; it was reasonably functional and made it very convenient to compile cross-platform executables (including for Android).

I took a look at your recommendation, "gova"; it seems to be just getting started—keep up the good work!

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rubenvanwyk 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Very excited every time I see cross-platform GUI in go.

I think the right mental model is that Gova is to Fyne like DaisyUI is to TailwindCSS??

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vr46 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Looks quite nice, alternatives to Tauri always welcome although that Tauri is truly fantastic, so much to emulate.

	▲	fragmede 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Tauri is basically Electron though. This is a native toolkit, which is another thing entirely.

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vegancap 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's a beautifully designed library, bravo! Will have to give it a go

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donatj 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This wraps Fyne? As a long time user of Fyne, what does this provide beyond Fyne itself?

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red_admiral 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A "mithril" like syntax. Like you could do (wrapped over multiple lines of course)

m.div([m.h1("title"), m.p(["click", m.a({href:"..."}, "me")])])

you can do (taken from the page)

g.VStack(g.Text(...), g.HStack(...).Spacing(g.SpaceMD))

some people will like this style, others not.

	▲	neomantra 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The repo doesn't say it, but the Author noted on the Gophers Slack #showandtell that the style was inspired by SwiftUI. That VStack example shows it quite well.

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rubenvanwyk 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think styling and ready-made components out of the box?