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		jcelerier on Aug 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Golang Desktop App with Webview/Lorca, WASM and Ba... > I'd like to mess with Qt but the GUI builder is with their paid licensing iirc i think, but it seems to be the only cross-platform solution afaik `{apt, brew cask, choco} install qtcreator` it's entirely free & open-source. there is Qt Designer Studio which adds a couple of convenience functionalities if you are making e.g. embedded appliance dashboards but for 100% of desktop UIs you have everything needed in the LGPL qtcreator

AnonsLadder on Aug 12, 2020 [–]

Thanks for mentioning, absolute game changer for me. I'm now using qtcreator with Go bindings: https://github.com/therecipe/qt

The multi-arch & especially Android deployment feature is exactly what I needed, I can skip using Android-Studio/HTML as UI now

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