Fyne
Depends
Confidence: Medium
A solid, free pick if your team writes Go and needs desktop or mobile GUIs from one codebase.
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Comparison
Fyne vs Wails
Fyne and Wails both land on Depends.
Wails
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Wails is a strong free choice for Go teams shipping cross-platform desktop apps on the stable v2 release.
| Compare | Fyne | Wails |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Go developers building desktop apps | Go developers shipping desktop apps |
| Who it's not for | Teams not writing Go | Teams without Go experience |
| Privacy | Public security advisories page exists; no specific vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁸ | March 2025 GitHub Actions supply-chain incident disclosed and addressed by maintainers; no unresolved CVEs found in sources reviewed.15 |
| Support quality | Community support plus paid Fyne Labs option | Community-driven; no vendor support |
| Public sentiment | Go developers on Reddit and Hacker News describe Fyne as a solid, attractive GUI toolkit, though independent reviews are sparse.¹ | Go developers like Wails as a lighter Electron alternative but openly debate v3's stability and question what the catch is.13 |
| Biggest gotcha | Community support only unless you pay Fyne Labs for commercial support⁶ | March 2025 GitHub Actions supply-chain incident . verify dependencies and rebuild from trusted sources15 |
Pick Fyne when
- Go developers building desktop apps
- Small teams shipping cross-platform tools free
- Hobby and indie devs
- Go shops wanting mobile plus desktop from one codebase
When Fyne is not a fit
- Teams not writing Go
- Web-only apps needing browser deployment
- Buyers wanting vendor SLAs out of the box (guess)
- Non-developers seeking a no-code app builder (guess)
Pick Wails when
- Go developers shipping desktop apps
- Teams wanting a lighter Electron alternative
- Web-frontend devs pairing with Go backends
When Wails is not a fit
- Teams without Go experience
- Anyone needing v3 in production . it's beta
- Enterprises wanting vendor SLAs or paid support
- Web-only or mobile products . this is desktop-only
Sources
review
- I've heard some good things about Fyne . Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comreview
- The 'fyne' framework is a Go UI toolkit . Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comreview
official
- Fyne Labs Supportfynelabs.comofficial
- Fyne Documentation . Organisation and Packagesdocs.fyne.ioofficial
- Security Advisories · fyne-io/fynegithub.comsecurity
- fyne.io/fynedesk . Snyk vulnerability databasesecurity.snyk.iosecurity
review
- The Wails Projectwails.ioofficial
- Wails v3 Beta releasedreddit.comreview
- Wails Review (2026): Pros & Cons, Pricing, Alternativestheartofcto.comreview
security