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Ability to reload/restart/etc the application from the console while running "wails dev" #3800
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It would ease the development process and make it more comfortable if vite-style commands were supported within the console when running wails dev.
I believe in most react-vite applications, we can do 'r' to reload, 'q' to quit, etc to control the actions of the development server. This would be extremely handy in Wails. I believe Wails even uses Vite internally, so this could certainly be implemented?
Describe the solution you'd like
Certain keystrokes in the wails dev -console should execute certain actions, including but not limited to
server reload (r)
server restart (R)
server shutdown (q)
help text; showing the keystrokes and their meanings on the console (h)
Other possible features could perhaps be
recompilation of the Golang backend and then reloading the app (c)
Describe alternatives you've considered
adding a trigger to Vite to reload the frontend
utilizing basic HMR that already comes with Vite (and subsequently Wails)
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nickolasgregory commentedon Oct 3, 2024
I've found "Air - Live reload for Go apps" very effective when developing the
gobackend.It simply does what it says - no keystroke required.
Aside: I primarily develop the frontend in Svelte, which uses
vite, andwailsdoes the Live reload seamlessly.taliesin-ai commentedon Oct 15, 2026
Hi there! Thanks for the suggestion. I'll leave this open for us to consider when planning future work.