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Frameworks and tools for building cross-platform desktop applications.
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This framework provides a multi-process architecture for building desktop applications using web technologies. It manages the application lifecycle, window states, and system-level integrations through a primary entry point, while isolating web content in separate rendering processes to maintain stability and security. A secure bridge mechanism facilitates communication between these isolated contexts and the main process, ensuring that privileged system APIs remain protected. The framework distinguishes itself through a comprehensive security model that includes process sandboxing, content p
Builds cross-platform desktop apps using web technologies.
nw.js is a Node.js desktop application framework that combines a Chromium web renderer with a Node.js runtime to build standalone software for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It serves as a cross-platform desktop runtime that allows developers to create native executables using web technologies. The project is distinguished by its integration layer that exposes Node.js system APIs and modules directly to the browser window and web worker contexts. It functions as a native module bridge, enabling the compilation and execution of low-level C++ system code and native addons within a web-based applica
Combines Chromium and Node.js for native application development.
Wails is a cross-platform framework for building native desktop applications by combining a Go backend with web-based frontend technologies. It enables developers to create lightweight software by utilizing the host operating system's native web rendering engine, eliminating the need to bundle heavy browser dependencies. The framework distinguishes itself through a robust communication layer that bridges the backend and frontend. It automatically generates type-safe JavaScript bindings and proxies from Go code, allowing for seamless, asynchronous method invocation and data serialization acros
Builds desktop applications using Go and web technologies.
Neutralinojs is a lightweight cross-platform desktop application framework that allows developers to build native applications using web technologies and a C++ backend. It serves as a native system API bridge, enabling JavaScript frontend code to execute system commands and manage files across Windows, macOS, and Linux. The project distinguishes itself as a portable runtime that renders interfaces via the system's built-in webview instead of bundling a full browser engine. This approach enables the packaging of web assets into small, standalone executable binaries. The framework provides com
Lightweight framework for building cross-platform desktop applications.
Angular Electron is a project scaffolding tool that generates a preconfigured desktop application template combining Angular's web framework with Electron's native runtime. It produces cross-platform executables for Windows, macOS, and Linux from a single codebase, while providing a development server with hot reload that automatically refreshes the Electron renderer process when Angular source files change. The project handles the architectural complexity of running Angular inside Electron by separately bundling Node.js modules for the main process and Angular modules for the renderer proces
Provides fast bootstrapping for Electron-based applications.
Scaffolds new projects for the Tauri desktop framework.
Ultra-fast bootstrapping with Angular and Tauri :speedboat:
Provides fast bootstrapping for Tauri-based applications.
An example of integrating Angular with NW.js
Example integration for using the framework with NW.js.