Robust cross-platform webview library for Node.js written in Rust. It is a native binding to tao and wry allowing you to easily manage cross platform windowing and webview.
Caution
This library is still in development and not ready for production use. Feel free to experiment with it and report any issues you find.
npm install @webviewjs/webview| Platform | Supported |
|---|---|
| x86_64-apple-darwin | ✅ |
| x86_64-pc-windows-msvc | ✅ |
| i686-pc-windows-msvc | ✅ |
| aarch64-apple-darwin | ✅ |
| aarch64-linux-android | ✅ |
| armv7-linux-androideabi | ✅ |
| aarch64-pc-windows-msvc | ✅ |
import { Application } from '@webviewjs/webview'; // or const { Application } = require('@webviewjs/webview'); const app = new Application(); const window = app.createBrowserWindow(); const webview = window.createWebview(); webview.loadUrl('https://nodejs.org'); app.run();const app = new Application(); const window = app.createBrowserWindow(); const webview = window.createWebview({ html: `<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Webview</title> </head> <body> <h1 id="output">Hello world!</h1> <button id="btn">Click me!</button> <script> btn.onclick = function send() { window.ipc.postMessage('Hello from webview'); } </script> </body> </html> `, preload: `window.onIpcMessage = function(data) { const output = document.getElementById('output'); output.innerText = \`Server Sent A Message: \${data}\`; }` }); if (!webview.isDevtoolsOpen()) webview.openDevtools(); webview.onIpcMessage((data) => { const reply = `You sent ${data.body.toString('utf-8')}`; window.evaluateScript(`onIpcMessage("${reply}")`) }) app.run();You can close the application, windows, and webviews gracefully to ensure all resources (including temporary folders) are cleaned up properly.
const app = new Application(); const window = app.createBrowserWindow(); const webview = window.createWebview({ url: 'https://nodejs.org' }); // Set up event handler for close events // You can use either onEvent() or bind() - they are equivalent app.bind((event) => { if (event.event === WebviewApplicationEvent.ApplicationCloseRequested) { console.log('Application is closing, cleaning up resources...'); // Perform cleanup here: save data, close connections, etc. } if (event.event === WebviewApplicationEvent.WindowCloseRequested) { console.log('Window close requested'); // Perform window-specific cleanup } }); // Close the application gracefully (cleans up temp folders) app.exit(); // Or hide/show the window window.hide(); // Hide the window window.show(); // Show the window again // Or reload the webview webview.reload();For more details on closing applications and cleaning up resources, see the Closing Guide.
Check out examples directory for more examples, such as serving contents from a web server to webview, etc.
Warning
The CLI feature is very experimental and may not work as expected. Please report any issues you find.
You can use Single Executable Applications feature of Node.js to build an executable file. WebviewJS comes with a helper cli script to make this process easier.
webview --build --input ./path/to/your/script.js --output ./path/to/output-directory --name my-appYou can pass --resources ./my-resource.json to include additional resources in the executable. This resource can be imported using getAsset() or getRawAsset() functions from node:sea module.
bun installbun run build