A Zig binding to the webview library. Make Zig applications with a nice HTML5 frontend a reality!
//! src/minimal.zig
const std = @import("std");
const wv = @import("positron");
pub fn main() !void {
const view = try wv.View.create(false, null);
defer view.destroy();
view.setTitle("Webview Example");
view.setSize(480, 320, .none);
view.navigate("https://ziglang.org");
view.run();
}
//! build.zig
const std = @import("std");
const pkgs = @import(".zpm/pkgs.zig");
const Sdk = @import("Sdk.zig");
pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) void {
const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
const mode = b.standardReleaseOptions();
const exe = b.addExecutable("demo", "src/minimal.zig");
exe.setTarget(target);
exe.setBuildMode(mode);
// Add and link the package.
exe.addPackage(Sdk.getPackage("positron"));
Sdk.linkPositron(exe, null);
exe.install();
}
The example is a small, two-view chat application that transfers data bidirectionally between backend and frontend.
Log in with ziggy
/love
and you can send messages, no real server there though!
You can build the example with zig build
and run it with zig build run
.
Install gtk-3
and webkit2gtk
, then invoke zig build
.
Download Edge Dev Channel, then invoke zig build
.
No research was done for the support on MacOS. Try with zig build
.
This library is in a early state and is very WIP. Still, feel free to contribute with PRs, or use it. Just don't assume a stable API.