Q) I start my application and I don't see anything? It worked before! A) If running a tutorial or demo: Did you start the application / emacs and slime in the directory of clog? By default that is /common-lisp/clog? Or you can use (setf clog::*overide-static-root* #P"~/common-lisp/clog/static-files/") to overide the static path in (clog:initialize) If running your own app. Make sure the :static-file key is set correctly on (clog:initialize) Q) How do I turn my CLOG app in to a native Mac, Windows or Linux app? A) There are many ways, the simplest is just use Ceramic - http://ceramic.github.io/ which uses electron. You can of course use any tool the gives you a browser control. See clog/nativ-glues/gtk or an example with GTK in C, but you can use the cl-cffi-gtk to accomplish the same thing.