Wails Framework

Wails is a Go framework for building desktop applications with web frontends. Knowledge here supplements official docs with practical learnings.

Live Reload Development

When running wails dev:

• Frontend changes trigger instant Vite hot reload
• Backend Go changes trigger recompilation and app restart
• TypeScript bindings auto-regenerate when Go exported methods change

Do not manually run:

• pnpm run build, go build, or wails build
• wails generate module (bindings generate automatically)

To verify Go compilation without artifacts: go build -o /dev/null .

TypeScript Bindings