Hangar platform guide
Deploy inside WeChat Mini Programs.
Hangar prepares your app as a WeChat Mini Program, the sub-apps that run inside WeChat without an install. It targets WeChat's own framework and account rules so the build matches what the platform requires.
A WeChat Mini Program is a sub-application that runs inside WeChat. It is built with WeChat's own markup and style languages, WXML and WXSS, plus JavaScript, in the WeChat Developer Tools. The program runs in WeChat's managed runtime rather than a standard browser, which sets both the APIs available and the package-size limits.
Discovery runs through WeChat: scanning a QR code, searching by name, sharing into a chat, or opening from the Mini Program list. Publishing requires a registered WeChat account, and full features often need a verified business entity, frequently a Chinese one, so the account setup is part of the work, not just the build. Payments run through WeChat Pay.
At a glance
- Framework
- WeChat's WXML, WXSS and JavaScript, built in the WeChat Developer Tools.
- Format
- Runs in WeChat's managed runtime under a package-size limit; no download.
- Discovery
- QR codes, in-app search, chat shares and the Mini Program list.
- Account
- A registered WeChat account, often a verified business entity.
Common questions
What are WeChat Mini Programs built with?
WeChat's own stack: WXML for markup, WXSS for styles and JavaScript for logic, written in the WeChat Developer Tools. They run in WeChat's managed runtime, not a normal browser, which sets the available APIs and the package-size limit.
How do users open a Mini Program?
By scanning a QR code, searching the name, opening a share in a chat, or picking it from the Mini Program list inside WeChat. There is no install; the program loads on demand within the app.
What does WeChat publishing require?
A registered WeChat account, and for full features often a verified business entity. Hangar prepares the build to WeChat's framework and size rules; the account and verification are platform requirements the team holds.