# Does any julia-based GUI app (.exe/executable/installer) exists for Windows or Linux?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-any-julia-based-gui-app-exe-executable-installer-exists-for-windows-or-linux/53283>\
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**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-any-julia-based-gui-app-exe-executable-installer-exists-for-windows-or-linux/53283 "2021-01-13T14:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![liuyxpp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liuyxpp/32/9870_2.png) [@liuyxpp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liuyxpp)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-any-julia-based-gui-app-exe-executable-installer-exists-for-windows-or-linux/53283/21 "2021-01-14T14:28:13Z")

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For me, I’d rather develop a web app instead. To make GUI app pretty is so damn hard!

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**Author:** ![jonathanBieler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jonathanBieler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jonathanBieler)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-any-julia-based-gui-app-exe-executable-installer-exists-for-windows-or-linux/53283/22 "2021-01-14T14:38:52Z")

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I tried to make a Gtk app a while ago (on v0.7) and it’s pretty snappy, starts in maybe 2s. It’s huge though (700MB), but considering you get a lot of stuff with it (Gtk + Julia) it’s not that bad if you want to make a complex software.

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**Author:** ![oheil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oheil/32/220745_2.png) [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-any-julia-based-gui-app-exe-executable-installer-exists-for-windows-or-linux/53283/23 "2021-01-14T15:20:38Z")

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> [@giordano](#):
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> I wouldn’t add a binary blob, especially such a large one, to the Git repository. It bloats the history in a very bad way

I have removed it from the repository, and considered this:

> [@barche](#):
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> Note that you can also trigger github to build the binary for you, and automatically attach it to a release, see the workflow files in TimesTables.jl.

I tried that but the action resulted in a windows build which crashes after run. I didn’t investigate.

I ended up with a new repository [GitHub - oheil/PlayGroundApp](https://github.com/oheil/PlayGroundApp) which just holds the ZIP archive for the stand alone app and with that:

> You’ve used 100% of your data plan for Git LFS on your personal account oheil. Please purchase additional data packs to cover your bandwidth and storage usage:

The Con

> [@oheil](#):
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> - Package (the ZIP archive to download) is too large

must be addressed immediately!

> [@oheil](#):
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> but, for me, they aren’t a show stopper right now.

is fake news. 😉

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**Author:** ![barche](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/barche/32/79_2.png) [@barche](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/barche)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-any-julia-based-gui-app-exe-executable-installer-exists-for-windows-or-linux/53283/24 "2021-01-14T16:27:25Z")

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> [@oheil](#):
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> You’ve used 100% of your data plan for Git LFS on your personal account oheil. Please purchase additional data packs to cover your bandwidth and storage usage:

What kind of account are you using? I’ve never hit any limits on github, I was under the impression that public repos are free.

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**Author:** ![oheil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oheil/32/220745_2.png) [@oheil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oheil)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-any-julia-based-gui-app-exe-executable-installer-exists-for-windows-or-linux/53283/25 "2021-01-14T16:40:20Z")

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It’s called “GitHub Free” but this doesn’t mean “unlimited”, I guess.  
Ok, did some search, it is about Large Files:

> **[Managing large files - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-large-files)**
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> You can manage large files with Git Large File Storage.

> ## About storage and bandwidth usage
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> Every account using Git Large File Storage receives 1 GB of free storage and 1 GB a month of free bandwidth. If the bandwidth and storage quotas are not enough, you can choose to purchase an additional quota for Git LFS.

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**Author:** ![Gnimuc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gnimuc/32/2194_2.png) [@Gnimuc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gnimuc)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-any-julia-based-gui-app-exe-executable-installer-exists-for-windows-or-linux/53283/26 "2021-01-15T01:58:18Z")

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> [@liuyxpp](#):
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> the user experience is so painful.

Maybe not that painful.

Anyone remember drawing a first plot with Gadfly.jl on Julia 0.3 takes 100s+? 😅

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