roblillack/spot
React-like desktop GUI toolkit for Go observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
15/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 60
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 842
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 622
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1256 stars · 19 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Spot is a React-like reactive GUI toolkit for Go that lets developers build desktop applications using declarative components and hooks such as UseState. It renders to native widgets via platform backends built on Cocoa (macOS) and FLTK (Linux/Windows), producing self-contained binaries.
Use cases
- build a desktop gui app in go
- reactive ui framework for golang
- native widgets cross-platform desktop toolkit
- declarative component-based gui without code generation
- usestate hooks for go desktop apps
- cocoa gui toolkit for macos in go
When to choose
- you want to write desktop GUIs in pure Go with no code generation or extra tooling
- you need native look-and-feel widgets on macOS (Cocoa) and Linux/Windows (FLTK)
- you prefer a React-style reactive programming model with immutable component trees and hooks
- you want a single self-contained binary as the final application artifact
When to avoid
- you need pixel-perfect custom drawing or a fully custom-drawn UI rather than native widgets
- you require mobile (iOS/Android) or web targets - Spot is desktop-only
- you need a very large ecosystem of third-party components, themes, or tooling that more mature GUI frameworks provide
- your project depends on advanced widget features not yet covered by Spot's control list
Facets
framework · maturity active
gui ui-components state-management desktop-framework desktop-applications cross-platform developer-tools windows go cross-platform reactive-ui native-widgets react-like cocoa fltk declarative-ui hooks component-based macos linux desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/roblillack/spot · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4f3f171b9970
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| roblillack/spot | main | 15 |
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