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Adds a tray + React translation pipeline driven by a single JSON locale tree (frontend/src/i18n/locales) embedded into the Go binary. The tray re-renders on language switch via a Localizer that subscribes to the preferences store. Layout: - client/ui/i18n: Bundle, LanguageCode, Language, errors, embedded-FS loader. Pure domain, no Wails/daemon deps. - client/ui/preferences: Store + UIPreferences for user-scope UI state, persisted under os.UserConfigDir()/netbird/ui-preferences.json with atomic writes and a subscribe/broadcast channel. - client/ui/services: thin Wails-binding facades (services.I18n, services.Preferences) so React sees ctx-first signatures. - client/ui/localizer.go: tray bridge that owns the active language, exposes T()/StatusLabel() and re-paints the menu on prefs change. - tray.go: every user-facing const replaced by translation keys via t.loc.T(...); menu rebuild + state replay on language switch. - main.go: //go:embed all:frontend/src/i18n/locales, wires Bundle -> Store -> Localizer -> Wails facades in order. Frontend API exposed via Wails bindings: I18n.Languages, I18n.Bundle, Preferences.Get, Preferences.SetLanguage, plus the netbird:preferences:changed event. Includes regenerated Wails TS bindings (peers/profileswitcher/etc. re-emitted as part of the build) and en/hu seed bundles.
NetBird desktop UI (Wails3 + React)
Replaces client/ui (Fyne). One binary on Windows / macOS / Linux,
talks to the NetBird daemon over gRPC, renders a React frontend in a
WebView.
Prerequisites
- Go ≥ 1.25, Node ≥ 20, pnpm (
corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate) wails3CLI:go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/cmd/wails3@latesttask:go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@latest- A running NetBird daemon (default:
unix:///var/run/netbird.sock, Windowstcp://127.0.0.1:41731) - Linux only:
libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev,libgtk-3-dev,libayatana-appindicator3-dev
Develop without rebuilding
cd client/ui
task dev
task dev runs Vite (port 9245) + the Go binary + a *.go watcher.
Frontend edits hot-reload instantly. Go edits trigger a rebuild and
relaunch. Pass daemon flags after --:
task dev -- --daemon-addr=tcp://127.0.0.1:41731
For pure UI work (no native window, fastest loop):
cd frontend && pnpm dev
Production build
task build
Output in bin/. Frontend assets are embedded into the binary.
Cross-compile Windows from Linux
Install the mingw-w64 toolchain once:
sudo apt install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dnf install mingw64-gcc # Fedora
sudo pacman -S mingw-w64-gcc # Arch
Then:
CGO_ENABLED=1 task windows:build
Produces bin/netbird-ui.exe. macOS cross-compile from Linux is not
supported (signing and notarization need a real Mac).
Windows console build (logs in the terminal)
Default windows:build links the binary as a Windows GUI app, which
detaches from the launching console — logrus output, fmt.Println,
and panics go nowhere visible. To debug tray/event/daemon issues:
CGO_ENABLED=1 task windows:build:console
Produces bin/netbird-ui-console.exe. Run it from cmd.exe /
PowerShell / Windows Terminal and stdout/stderr land in that
terminal. Same flag works on a native Windows build (drop the
CGO_ENABLED=1 if your toolchain already has it set).
Regenerating bindings
When a Go service signature changes:
wails3 generate bindings
task dev does this automatically on *.go save.
Tray icons
Source SVGs live in assets/svg/ (state.svg + state-macos.svg). After editing
any SVG, rasterize to the PNGs the Go side embeds:
task common:generate:tray:icons
Requires Inkscape. Commit the resulting assets/*.png files alongside the
SVG change so CI doesn't need Inkscape installed.