GTK and JavaScript

About

GJS is a JavaScript binding for using GNOME platform libraries in your applications. Developers can easily integrate GJS with GTK and create powerful GTK applications using JavaScript. GJS powers GNOME Shell, Polari, GNOME Documents, and many other apps which are primarily written in JavaScript.

The current stable series is built on Mozilla’s SpiderMonkey featuring ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) and GObject-Introspection making most of the GNOME API library available.

GJS API Documentation

There is an official GJS API Documentation for using GTK with GJS.

There are also a growing number of examples and thorough tests of language features in the test suite.

A Hello World app

const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;

let app = new Gtk.Application({ application_id: 'org.gtk.ExampleApp' });

app.connect('activate', () => {
    let win = new Gtk.ApplicationWindow({ application: app });
    let btn = new Gtk.Button({ label: 'Hello, World!' });
    btn.connect('clicked', () => { win.close(); });
    win.add(btn);
    win.show_all();
});

app.run([]);

Explanation

This code depicts how to use GJS and GTK together for creating a simple Hello World application.

Running the application

You can run the example after saving it to a file using: gjs filename

GTK Templates in GJS

http://www.hadess.net/2014/09/gtk-widget-templates-now-in-javascript.html

Contribute

If you are interested in contributing to the GJS project, read the instructions on how to get started for contributing to GJS in the contributing guide.

If you want to get in touch with the original source files, you can visit the project’s git repository on Gitlab.

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