react-gtk

A experimental React renderer written in JavaScript. It can be bundled using webpack to get an application bundle which can run in gjs, the Gnome projects JavaScript runtime.

Status

• [x] Rendering a simple application
• [x] Make inputs controlled by react
• [x] Handle dynamically added and removed children
• [ ] Support for all widgets
• [ ] Support for list models
• [ ] Automated mapping of property string values to GTK consts

Dev Dependencies

We currently depend on gjs>=1.50.2, gtk3 and nodejs. You can choose to conveniently install them using the Nix package manager:

nix-shell

This will drop you in a shell with all the dependencies installed.

Note: We use nodejs only for packaging. The application has to be run using gjs, otherwise it will not work.

Running the Example Application

Install dependencies:

npm i

Start the application:

npm start