The WebUI Bridge connects the UI (Web Browser) with the backend application through WebSocket. This bridge is written in TypeScript, and it needs to be transpiled to JavaScript using ESBuild to produce webui.js, then converted to C header using the Python script js2c.py to generate webui_bridge.h.

Windows

Install Python
Install Node.js
cd webui\bridge
npm install esbuild
.\node_modules\.bin\esbuild --bundle --target="chrome90,firefox90,safari15" --format=esm --tree-shaking=false --outdir=.\ .\webui.ts
python js2c.py

Windows PowerShell

cd webui\bridge
./build.ps1
If you get running scripts is disabled on this system error. Then run Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned to enable script execution. After done, you can roll back by running Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted

Linux

Install Python
Install Node.js
cd webui/bridge
npm install esbuild
./node_modules/.bin/esbuild --bundle --target="chrome90,firefox90,safari15" --format=esm --tree-shaking=false --outdir=./ ./webui.ts
python js2c.py

Linux Bash

cd webui\bridge
sh ./build.sh

macOS

Install Python
Install Node.js
cd webui/bridge
npm install esbuild
./node_modules/.bin/esbuild --bundle --target="chrome90,firefox90,safari15" --format=esm --tree-shaking=false --outdir=./ ./webui.ts
python js2c.py

macOS Bash

cd webui\bridge
sh ./build.sh