feature: Add -windowsconsole flag

v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/build/build.go

@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ func AddBuildSubcommand(app *clir.Cli, w io.Writer) {
 	raceDetector := false
 	command.BoolFlag("race", "Build with Go's race detector", &raceDetector)
 
+	windowsConsole := false
+	command.BoolFlag("windowsconsole", "Keep the console when building for Windows", &windowsConsole)
+
 	command.Action(func() error {
 
 		quiet := verbosity == 0
@@ -184,6 +187,7 @@ func AddBuildSubcommand(app *clir.Cli, w io.Writer) {
 			WebView2Strategy:    wv2rtstrategy,
 			TrimPath:            trimpath,
 			RaceDetector:        raceDetector,
+			WindowsConsole:      windowsConsole,
 		}
 
 		// Start a new tabwriter

v2/pkg/commands/build/base.go

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (b *BaseBuilder) CompileProject(options *Options) error {
 
 	if options.Mode == Production {
 		ldflags.Add("-w", "-s")
-		if options.Platform == "windows" {
+		if options.Platform == "windows" && !options.WindowsConsole {
 			ldflags.Add("-H windowsgui")
 		}
 	}

v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	BundleName          string               // Bundlename for Mac
 	TrimPath            bool                 // Use Go's trimpath compiler flag
 	RaceDetector        bool                 // Build with Go's race detector
+	WindowsConsole      bool                 // Indicates that the windows console should be kept
 }
 
 // Build the project!

website/docs/reference/cli.mdx

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ A list of community maintained templates can be found [here](../community/templa
 |  -debug              | Retains debug information in the application. Allows the use of the devtools in the application window | false |
 |  -trimpath           | Remove all file system paths from the resulting executable. | false |
 |  -race               | Build with Go's race detector           | false                      |
+|  -windowsconsole     | Keep the console window for Windows builds | false                   |
 
 For a detailed description of the `webview2` flag, please refer to the [Windows](../guides/windows.mdx) Guide.