openkraken/kraken

Features

• Cross-Platform UI Frameworks - Provides a cross-platform UI framework for building native applications using standard web markup and styling.
• Cross-Platform Rendering - Renders native user interfaces from a unified HTML/CSS codebase across mobile and desktop platforms using Flutter.
• Web Standard Rendering - Translates HTML and CSS into a structured node tree rendered via a native graphics engine according to web standards.
• Web-to-Native Frameworks - Enables the creation of native applications using standard web development tools and JavaScript frameworks.
• Native Component Embeddings - Integrates high-performance native components directly into a web-standard node tree to combine flexible layouts with native speed.
• Ahead-Of-Time Compilation - Compiles the runtime to machine code during the build phase to ensure native-level responsiveness and fluidity.
• Synchronous Rasterization - Employs a synchronous rasterization pipeline to prevent flicker and blank screens during high-speed scrolling in dense lists.
• Web-Standard Runtimes - Provides a runtime environment that executes JavaScript and parses web-standard code for native rendering.
• Document Object Models - Manipulates a structured tree of nodes to dynamically update content, styles, and application state in real time.
• Component Tree Rendering - Executes user interfaces by drawing the component hierarchy directly to the document body.
• HTML and CSS Rendering Engines - Utilizes a Flutter-based engine to translate HTML and CSS into native user interfaces.
• Native Widget Mapping - Embeds high-performance native components into a web-based tree to combine flexible layouts with native rendering.
• Self-Drawing UI Engines - Uses a Flutter-based self-drawing engine to produce visually identical interfaces across different operating systems.
• State Inspection Interfaces - Enables developers to analyze and troubleshoot application state using browser developer tools.
• Plugin Systems - Offers a flexible plugin system to add custom functions and expand the core rendering engine's capabilities.
• Application Logic Runtimes - Provides a script engine to execute application behavior, timers, and asynchronous operations.
• JavaScript Function Invocations - Allows triggering custom JavaScript functions from a backend language to extend the runtime's capabilities.
• Native Machine Code Compilation - Compiles the runtime to machine code to ensure native-level responsiveness for animations and scrolling.
• UI State Change Tracking - Tracks local data and interface changes using hooks to trigger automatic UI updates.
• Plugin-Based Extensibility - Implements an architectural pattern allowing the injection of custom JavaScript functions implemented in backend languages.
• Global State Stores - Synchronizes application data and interface status across various components using centralized storage stores.
• Native Thread Animation Engines - Employs a synchronous rasterization pipeline to achieve native-equivalent fluidity in animations and scrolling.
• Custom Element Definitions - Allows the definition of custom HTML tags that are backed by high-performance native widgets.
• Cross-Platform Visual Identities - Uses a self-drawing rendering engine to ensure visually identical interfaces across mobile and desktop platforms.
• Gesture-to-Action Mappings - Maps standard web touch and click gestures to internal application logic functions.
• UI Inspection Tools - Provides tools for analyzing DOM structures and modifying CSS styles to troubleshoot visual interfaces.
• User Input Processing - Captures and responds to user gestures and events triggered within the rendered interface.
• Frontend Framework Integrations - Supports integration with various JavaScript libraries and frontend frameworks to build user interfaces.
• Gesture Handling - Processes touch and click events based on global web standards to trigger application logic.
• High Performance - Ensures smooth scrolling and fluid animations in data-heavy lists by compiling web standards to native machine code.
• Chrome DevTools Protocols - Integrates the Chrome DevTools protocol to allow deep inspection and troubleshooting of the rendering engine.
• Miscellaneous Tools - Web rendering engine for Flutter.

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