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roblillack/spot

React-like desktop GUI toolkit for Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/roblillack/spot · Go · MIT (permissive) 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

Full methodology

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

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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