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Photon is an R package that contains an RStudio add-in miniUI that builds a Photon application. Photon builds standalone Shiny app by leveraging the Electron framework in Mac OS and Windows operating systems. This package clones the Columbus Collaboratory electron-quick-start repository which is…
The main features of covail/photon are: Application Deployment, Desktop Deployment.
Open-source alternatives to covail/photon include: wleepang/desktopdeployr — A framework for deploying self-contained R-based applications to the desktop. dirkschumacher/r-shiny-electron — This is a work in progress template for R shiny and electron integration. ficonsulting/rinno — RInno. nativefier/nativefier — Nativefier is a command-line tool that transforms web applications into standalone desktop software. By wrapping web… pedrocoutinhosilva/shiny.pwa — Bring the power of Progressive web apps into your shiny dashboards! Allow users to install your dashboards allowing… chasemc/electricshine — Note: this project is currently dormant and non-functional, and while I have worked on redevelopments in another repo…
Note: this project is currently dormant and non-functional, and while I have worked on redevelopments in another repo off and on for some time, I am low on the amount of unpaid work I can devote to this. As I mentioned, I have completely reworked most of the non-javascript portions somewhere…
This is a work in progress template for R shiny and electron integration
Nativefier is a command-line tool that transforms web applications into standalone desktop software. By wrapping web content within a cross-platform container, it enables users to run websites as native applications on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The tool functions as a build-time orchestrator that packages a browser runtime with specific site configurations and platform-specific metadata. It allows for extensive customization of the resulting application, including the ability to inject custom JavaScript and CSS to modify site behavior or appearance. Developers can also utilize the tool progr
