how can i enable microphone and webcam in MacOS and Linux ?

[skinkairewalker]

Hello everyone !
how u doing ?

have a way to enable Microphone & Webcam in MacOS & Linux ??
I tested it on both, and both say it's not supported

[gj1118]

@skinkairewalker I am getting the same error. Were you able to figure it out please?
Thanks

[FirasSharp]

Can you share what is it that you are doing exactly?

@skinkairewalker, @gj1118

[leaanthony]

Media device access (microphone, webcam) goes through the browser'''s getUserMedia API and is gated by OS-level permissions. Here'''s what you need for each platform:

macOS
You need to declare NSMicrophoneUsageDescription and/or NSCameraUsageDescription in your app'''s Info.plist. Without these, macOS will silently deny permission.

Edit build/darwin/Info.plist in your project and add the keys inside the <dict>:

<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app needs microphone access for voice chat.</string>
<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app needs camera access for video.</string>

This works for both v2 and v3 — the file at build/darwin/Info.plist is yours to edit and Wails bundles it directly into the app at build time.

Linux
Linux WebKit (WebKitGTK) supports getUserMedia but the behaviour depends on the installed WebKit version and whether the GStreamer plugins for camera/audio are present. On many distros you need gstreamer1.0-plugins-good (or -bad) installed. There'''s no separate permission prompt — it'''s controlled by the system PipeWire/PulseAudio permissions.

Windows
WebView2 supports getUserMedia natively. If it'''s not working, check that the user has granted camera/microphone permission to your app in Settings → Privacy → Camera/Microphone.

If you'''re still stuck after checking the above, share your platform, Wails version, and the exact error (or lack of it) and we can dig further.