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The GDK Broadway backend provides support for displaying GTK+ applications in a web browser, using HTML5 and web sockets. To run your application in this way, select the [https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-broadway.html Broadway backend] by setting <code>GDK_BACKEND=broadway</code>. Then you can make your application appear in a web browser by pointing it at <code>http://127.0.0.1:8080</code>. Note that you need to enable web sockets in your web browser.
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{{man warn|GTK's X11 Backend Now(  1 February 2025) Deprecated, Planned For Removal In GTK 5|HTML5 Broadway backends. Broadway was a nifty back-end for outputting to modern HTML5 for GTK apps within web browsers but ultimately not much use[https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-X11-Now-Deprecated]}}
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The GDK Broadway backend provides support for displaying GTK+ applications in a web browser, using HTML5 and web sockets.
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To run your application in this way, select the [https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-broadway.html Broadway backend] by setting <code>GDK_BACKEND=broadway</code>. Then you can make your application appear in a web browser by pointing it at <code>http://127.0.0.1:8080</code>. Note that you need to enable web sockets in your web browser.
  
 
Broadway GDK backend allows multiple GTK+ applications to display their windows in the same web browser, by connecting to a Broadway display server.
 
Broadway GDK backend allows multiple GTK+ applications to display their windows in the same web browser, by connecting to a Broadway display server.
  
 
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* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK#Broadway_backend Broadway backend] - Arch Linux Wiki
 
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   http://localhost:8080/
 
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The "UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0" is only useful if you use the global-menu and/or overlay-scrollbars. You have to disable them for Broadway, otherwise the program will segfault.
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The <code>UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0</code> is only useful if you use the global-menu and/or overlay-scrollbars. You have to disable them for Broadway, otherwise the program will segfault.
  
 
Please see the "[https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/broadwayd.html broadwayd]" manpage for more information.
 
Please see the "[https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/broadwayd.html broadwayd]" manpage for more information.
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* [https://launchpad.net/~malizor/+archive/gtk-next-broadway Gtk 3.8]
 
* [https://launchpad.net/~malizor/+archive/gtk-next-broadway Gtk 3.8]
  
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* [http://www.tarnyko.net/en/?q=node/7 GTK+3 "Broadway" for Windows - official release] and [http://www.tarnyko.net/en/?q=node/8 how to use it].
 
* [http://www.tarnyko.net/en/?q=node/7 GTK+3 "Broadway" for Windows - official release] and [http://www.tarnyko.net/en/?q=node/8 how to use it].
  
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Latest revision as of 22:30, 25 August 2025

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GTK's X11 Backend Now( 1 February 2025) Deprecated, Planned For Removal In GTK 5

HTML5 Broadway backends. Broadway was a nifty back-end for outputting to modern HTML5 for GTK apps within web browsers but ultimately not much use[1]

The GDK Broadway backend provides support for displaying GTK+ applications in a web browser, using HTML5 and web sockets.

To run your application in this way, select the Broadway backend by setting GDK_BACKEND=broadway. Then you can make your application appear in a web browser by pointing it at http://127.0.0.1:8080. Note that you need to enable web sockets in your web browser.

Broadway GDK backend allows multiple GTK+ applications to display their windows in the same web browser, by connecting to a Broadway display server.

Linux

Ubuntu

In a terminal, run:

broadwayd

In another terminal, run:

GDK_BACKEND=broadway UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 gramps

Finally, open you Web browser and go to:

 http://localhost:8080/

The UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 is only useful if you use the global-menu and/or overlay-scrollbars. You have to disable them for Broadway, otherwise the program will segfault.

Please see the "broadwayd" manpage for more information.

Sources and links

Microsoft Windows

MacOS