The latest news from the Fyne community
Drawing a Desktop
Jul 12, 2018
As part of our vision to create a beautiful desktop experience we have spent a lot of time setting up the new Fyne graphical toolkit. That project has got to a point now where we can start to use it’s capability to start work on the desktop we’ve been dreaming of! Not only is it part of our goals it is also a great way to test the graphical toolkit as it builds out.
Point and Click
At this stage it’s not much more than an interactive rendering - there is no ability to open windows and move them around, but we think it looks like a start. Check out the screenshot below - what you should be able to identify is a background pattern, mouse cursor and a toolbar that contains a handy clock, launchers and a quit button. Hopefully you like the screenshot below and can see the potential - if you’d like to join in please get in touch!
Desktop and testing
To launch in desktop mode this project uses the Linux DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) subsystem to draw directly to the screen when launched from a console. Once support for wayland window management is added this will be the basis for a true desktop environment.
Until then we wanted a way to test development more easily. If the program detects that it is running within X11 or a running wayland desktop then it loads in embedded mode. That means you can see the desktop in a smaller window in the current desktop. Pretty neat for quick feedback on your work :) (it also happens to be how the screenshot above was taken).
2024
2023
- November 15, 2023
FyneConf Hybrid Fun - September 18, 2023
v2.4 bumper release - May 19, 2023
2.4 release teasers - April 14, 2023
20k Stargazers!
2022
- December 24, 2022
A fresh new look, richer text and cloud integration delivers Christmas cheer! - July 3, 2022
v2.2 adds System Tray, App.Metadata and a preview of web driver
2021
- September 21, 2021
v2.1 for RichText and DocTabs goodness :) - March 23, 2021
Announcing FyneDesk v0.2 - January 27, 2021
Fyne Book Published - January 25, 2021
Introducing Fyne v2.0.0
2020
- December 14, 2020
fyne-cross v1 Released - November 1, 2020
v1.4 Released - June 5, 2020
v1.3 Released - May 20, 2020
Thank You Sponsors! - April 6, 2020
Updated Release Schedule - February 20, 2020
Now on GitHub Sponsors - February 10, 2020
Build an App in Just Hours (not Days or Weeks) - January 3, 2020
What a Fyne Year!
2019
- December 13, 2019
1.2 Mobile Support - August 2, 2019
Fyne Goes Mobile - June 21, 2019
v1.1 Released - April 20, 2019
v1.0.1 Released - March 20, 2019
First Major Release - March 19, 2019
Building a Cross Platform GUI with Go
2018
- November 29, 2018
2 Drivers and other Statistics - October 10, 2018
100 Stargazers - August 19, 2018
Running on Gemini - July 12, 2018
Drawing a Desktop - June 26, 2018
Fun with Fractals: Multithreading for Free! - March 24, 2018
Looking for Contributors - March 2, 2018
Platform Trifecta - February 17, 2018
The First 10 Days of Fyne
Get In Touch!
We're excited to hear from anyone interested in the project. Whether it's to find out more, provide suggestions or to get involved - drop us a line!
If you would like to join the community for a chat you'll find us in the #fyne channel on gophers Slack or on our Discord server. If you are not already a member of the communities you can use a Slack invite or Discord invite.