DEV Community: Michael Niño

Alchemy: GJS UI Framwork

Michael Niño — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 02:25:49 +0000

Gnome Application Framework

I just added to Alchemy (GJS UI Framework) inspired by Quasar Framework and VueJS:

QWebView (Native WebKit 6.0 integration with reactive URL/HTML bindings)

QAudioPlayer (Extensible, HTML5-like audio player powered by GStreamer for advanced multimedia and WebRTC integration)

QTable (Reactive Data Grids with built-in global filtering, sorting, and Intl native cell formatters)

QCodeViewer (Native syntax highlighting powered by GtkSourceView 5 for HTML, Python, Rust, Go, Markdown, and more)

QDragSource / QDropTarget (Universal Behavioral Controllers that effortlessly add native GTK4 drag-and-drop to any widget)

QVideoPlayer (Dual-engine video player supporting GTK4's native multimedia backend or HTML5 WebKit for complex streaming protocols)

MichaelNino / Alchemy

Alchemy UI Component Framework

Alchemy Framework ⚗️

Alchemy Framework is a lightweight, highly-reactive UI component library for GNOME/GJS, heavily inspired by the beloved Quasar Framework (VueJS).

Alchemy bridges the gap between modern web development ergonomics and native Linux desktop application development. It allows you to build GNOME applications using a familiar, Vue-like composition API, while rendering 100% native GTK4 widgets.

Methodology

1. The Reactivity Engine

At the core of Alchemy is a lightweight, dependency-tracking reactivity engine modeled after Vue 3.

ref: Creates a reactive reference to primitive values (or objects).
computed: Creates derived reactive state that automatically re-evaluates when its dependencies change.
effect: Tracks dependencies and automatically executes a callback whenever bound ref values update.

2. Native GTK4 Abstractions

Alchemy does not use a webview or render custom DOM nodes. Instead, every Alchemy component (like QBtn or QInput) is a thin, reactive wrapper around a native Gtk4 widget.

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Alchemy GJS

Michael Niño — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:25:38 +0000

Just released my new open source project, Alchemy-- a user interface component library for creating Linux applications for the Gnome desktop. https://github.com/MichaelNino/Alchemy

Michael Niño — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:01:07 +0000

GitHub - MichaelNino/Alchemy: Alchemy UI Component Framework · GitHub

Alchemy UI Component Framework. Contribute to MichaelNino/Alchemy development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Gnome GJS - ActiveRecord ORM

Michael Niño — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:40:03 +0000

A lightweight, asynchronous ActiveRecord ORM designed for GJS (GNOME JavaScript) applications. Built natively on top of libgda (GNOME Data Access).

Features

Native GJS Integration: Uses standard GObject Introspection (imports.gi.Gda).
Asynchronous API: All database operations return Promises to prevent blocking the UI thread.
Vendoring Ready: Distributed as standard ES Modules. Just drop the folder into your project's source.
Multiple Adapters: Designed to be extensible. Currently supports PostgreSQL out-of-the-box.

I needed it and there wasn't one-- so I created it ;-) Maybe you need it too! :-D

https://github.com/MichaelNino/gjs-activerecord