Show HN: Proton – A easy CGO-free immediate-mode GUI framework for Go

Category: library

Tags: gui, go, immediate-mode

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 6, Utility: 6)

Proton is an immediate-mode GUI framework for Go built on top of Gio, offering a pure Go, CGO-free approach to desktop application development. It provides a rich widget set, layout options, theming, and keyboard handling, all accessible through a clean, idiomatic Go API. The project is interesting because it simplifies GUI development for Go developers by abstracting away the underlying Gio complexity while maintaining immediate-mode performance.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/CzaxStudio/proton · Go · MIT · 8 stars

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