# How to create standalone applications for Windows with a \[G\]UI in Julia 1.11 or 1.12

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> [@uwestoehr](#):
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> A. standalone, precompiled application that runs under Windows  
> B. a UI
> 
> A paid service is acceptable as long as my customers don’t have to pay something for the final program. We will take over the costs.2.

Please consider AppBundler.jl:

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/0/6074be9811b0da86ba58d6ad677769e6c525393d.jpeg "AppBundler.jl - Bundle your Julia GUI Application | Erdmanis | JuliaCon 2024") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wICPVpDa7aw)

Note it bundles into one “installer-file”, it doesn’t precompile, but rather relies on Julia precompiling from the source code you distribute. I haven’t used it but I understand it might be even better on Windows than on Linux I use.

For the GUI you can consider [GitHub - Clemapfel/Mousetrap.jl: Finally, a GUI Engine made for Julia](https://github.com/Clemapfel/Mousetrap.jl) though there are also other options.

And FYI:

> [@SyslabCC: Suzhou-Tongyuan's proprietary Julia AOT compiler is now available for free use (personal & educational license only)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syslabcc-suzhou-tongyuans-proprietary-julia-aot-compiler-is-now-available-for-free-use-personal-educational-license-only/114633):
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> UPDATE: see examples and ask questions at the official GH repo [github.com/Suzhou-Tongyuan/JuliaCon2024-JuliaAOT](https://github.com/Suzhou-Tongyuan/JuliaCon2024-JuliaAOT/tree/main). This is an unofficial announcement of the Julia AOT compiler (SyslabCC) created by [Suzhou-Tongyuan](https://www.tongyuan.co/), and I am the one who lead the compiler team and designed the architecture. This compiler is now integrated into [MWORKS.Syslab](https://www.tongyuan.cc/Download), and you can find the documentations for the compiler at [SyslabCC](https://www.tongyuan.cc/help/SyslabHelp.html#/Doc/CodeGenerator.html). Unfortunately, it is written in Chinese due to our bandwidth, and I hope our circumstance n…

> [@SyslabCC: Suzhou-Tongyuan's proprietary Julia AOT compiler is now available for free use (personal & educational license only)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syslabcc-suzhou-tongyuans-proprietary-julia-aot-compiler-is-now-available-for-free-use-personal-educational-license-only/114633/1):
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> As an overview, I’d give as follow the features that the community would probably care about:
> 
> 1. SyslabCC converts Julia programs into small binaries (executable or shared libs), **these binaries are small (1~2MB for small projects) and do not depend on libjulia**.
> 2. SyslabCC supports **full multiple-dispatch** , but limited to a type-stable subset.  
> ..

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