progmasys / webwindowlite

.NET Core library to open native OS windows containing web UI on Windows and Linux. Experimental.

WebWindowLite

Originally a fork from WebWindow

What's the difference?

WebWindowLite will mostly focus on Windows and Linux, the code for using it in macOS is still present but won't developed any further, at least for now.

Tested

Windows - WebView2 SDK 1.0.622.22:

• Win 7 - x86/x64
• Win 10 - x86/x64

You need to have, preferably, the Webview2 Runtime installed or Edge Beta/Canary

How to build this repo

If you want to build the WebWindowLite library itself, you will need:

• Windows or Linux
• If you're on Windows:
  • Use Visual Studio with C++ support enabled. You must build in x64/x86 configuration (not AnyCPU, which is the default).
  • If things don't seem to be updating, try right-clicking one of the test projects and choose Rebuild to force it to rebuild the native assets.
• If you're on Linux (tested with Ubuntu 18.04):
  • Install dependencies: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev
  • From the repo root, run dotnet build src/WebWindow/WebWindow.csproj
  • Then you can cd test/HelloWorldApp and dotnet run
• If you're on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), then as well as the above, you will need a local X server (example setup).