Feature Request: Optional Embedded WebView Runtime
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
- Issue type
- Feature
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- build-system, desktop
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the existing platform WebView integration and build command, then clarify supported runtime packaging modes and platform constraints; done requires an agreed implementation scope and validation plan.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, Wails depends on the system WebView (e.g. WebView2 on Windows).
This works well in most cases, but creates issues when:
- Target machines do not have WebView installed
- Installing WebView is restricted (corporate / offline environments)
- Users expect a zero-dependency executable
This results in extra setup steps or failed app launches.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add an optional build/runtime mode that allows developers to:
- Bundle a WebView runtime with the application
- Or ship a portable/runtime version alongside the app
Example:
wails build --embed-webview
Describe alternatives you've considered
No response
Additional context
No response
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 36.3k
- Forks
- 1.9k
- Avg merge
- 2d 11h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 33
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