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Empower your Windows desktop apps with native JavaScript simplicity.
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WelsonJS - Build a Windows app on the Windows built-in JavaScript engine

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FOSSA Status AppVeyor Status DOI 10.5281/zenodo.11382384 ChatGPT available Anthropic available slideshare.net available

WelsonJS - Build a Windows app on the Windows built-in JavaScript engine.

(This is a cover image) Windows in 1999

Now, You can build an Windows desktop app with JavaScript, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, ReScript, and HTML/CSS on Windows built-in ECMAScript engine.

WelsonJS = Windows + Electron-like + Javascript(JS) + Your contribution

Dual license notice: The default license for this project is GPL 3.0. However, if the GPL 3.0 license is not compatible with Microsoft products, it is subject to the MS-RL license.

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Structure

The structure of the WelsonJS framework can be extended based on whether it operates in a console (command prompt) environment, a GUI (with HTML/CSS) environment, or a service environment, with the app.js file at its core.

Specifications

Included modules

  • lib/std (Standard library)
  • lib/system (System interface)
  • lib/base64 (BASE64 encode and decode)
  • lib/file (File I/O interface)
  • lib/http (HTTP/HTTPS client with XHR(MSXML), cURL, BITS, CERT, Proxy/SEO/SERP)
  • lib/registry (Windows Registry interface)
  • lib/security (Windows Security Policy interface)
  • lib/shell (Windows Shell (Command Prompt) interface)
  • lib/powershell (Windows Powershell interface)
  • lib/service (Windows Service interface)
  • lib/browser (Modern web compatibility layer)
  • lib/uri (URI scheme interface)
  • lib/winlibs (Windows DLL(Dynamic-link library) interface)
  • lib/autohotkey (AutoHotkey interface)
  • lib/autoit (AutoIt3/AutoItX interface)
  • lib/msoffice (Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Word) interface)
  • lib/gtk (GTK-server and GladeXML supported GUI interface)
  • lib/chrome (Chrome DevTools Protocol based Chrome/Chromium web browser testing interface)
  • lib/pipe-ipc (PIPE (e.g., File IO, Standard IO) based IPC(Inter-Process Communication) implementation)
  • WelsonJS.Toolkit (DLL/COM component with .NET 2.0, For all Windows based systems)
    • User prompt methods (e.g., alert, confirm) implementation
    • Useful tools to control the windows and window handle (find, attach, trigger events. e.g., Virtual Human Interface
    • Cryptography (ISO/IEC 18033-3:2010 aka. HIGHT)
    • Named Shared Memory based IPC(Inter-Process Communication) implementation #
    • NuGet package available
  • WelsonJS.Service (Windows Service Application, For recent Windows based systems)
    • Write a Windows Service Application with JavaScript
    • File Event Monitor: Trace file creation, network connections, and registry modifications.
    • Screen Time Feature: Find an image position on the computer screens or windows.
  • WelsonJS.Launcher (Launcher Application, For recent Windows based systems)
    • This is a launcher app designed to easily distribute WelsonJS application packages (based on ZIP compression files).
  • ChatGPT or Anthropic/Claude integration
  • Everything you can imagine.

Make your own sayhello example

1. Write a file lib/sayhello.js

// lib/sayhello.js
function say() {
    console.log("hello");
}

exports.say = say;

exports.VERSIONINFO = "SayHello Library (sayhello.js) version 0.1";
exports.AUTHOR = "abuse@catswords.net";   // e.g. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
exports.global = global;
exports.require = global.require;

2. Write a file sayhello.js

// sayhello.js
var SayHello = require("lib/sayhello");

function main() {
    console.log("calling say()");
    SayHello.say();
    console.log("ended say()");
}

exports.main = main;

3. Execute file on the command prompt

C:\Users\knh94\Documents\GitHub\welsonjs> cscript app.js sayhello
calling say()
hello
ended say()

How to release my application?

The WelsonJS framework suggests the following application release methods:

  • Compress to Zip, and use the launcher: Compress the files and directories necessary for running the project into a Zip file, and distribute it along with the WelsonJS.Launcher.
  • Build a setup file: Use Inno Setup. Information needed to create the setup file (the setup.iss file) is already included.
  • Copy all directories and files: This is the simplest and most straightforward method.

Screenshots

(Screenshot 1) GUI environment

(Screenshot 2) Command-line environment

(Screenshot 3) WelsonJS with Microsoft Excel

(Screenshot 4) Write a Windows Services with JavaScript

(Screenshot 5) Template Matching on the computer screen

(Screenshot 6) The Launcher for WelsonJS Application Packages

Thanks to

  • :sunglasses: Heavy-industry specialized CSP(Cloud Service Provider) in Republic of Korea - Use case establishment
  • :sunglasses: Live-commerce specialized online advertisement companies in Republic of Korea - Use case establishment
  • :sunglasses: Information security companies in Republic of Korea - Use case establishment
  • :eyes: Facebook Group "Javascript Programming"(javascript4u) - Mentioned
  • :eyes: morioh.com - Mentioned
  • :eyes: CSDN - Mentioned
  • :eyes: Qiita - Knowledge-base about WSH environment
  • :eyes: Redsky Software - PoC(Proof of Concept) of the CommonJS on WSH environment
  • :sunglasses: Inspired by a small-sized JavaScript payload demonstrated by a cybersecurity related group.
  • :sunglasses: Inspired by the use of Named Shared Memory in an inter-language IPC implementation devised by an unidentified developer.
  • :eyes: Fediverse - Mentioned
  • :eyes: Hacker News - Mentioned
  • :eyes: WebToolsWeekly - Mentioned
  • :eyes: GeekNews - Mentioned in GeekNews Weekly (2024-09-30 ~ 2024-10-06)

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