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4 | 136 | |
344 | 7,240 | |
0.3% | 1.1% | |
0.0 | 8.8 | |
almost 3 years ago | 7 days ago | |
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MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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evaluation
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Neutralinojs โ Build lightweight cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript
https://github.com/neutralinojs/evaluation
8MB vs 42MB for electron. That's pretty real savings IMO!
It's also using the existing shared libraries on your system, so there's a very real chance a lot of this 8MB might be ready resident & take zero additional space. It'd be great to see what the memory impact of launching a second & different app would be!
Personally I think the Electron hate is because people think every Electron app behaves as badly as Slack. Honestly 42MB is not that bad. But it hurts my soul that each app has it's own static copy of the browser, means there is zero chance for sharing. If you are running 2-3 apps it's fine but I want a world where we can potentially have dozens or even a hundred little gui apps running & it works fine, no problem. That would be on par with native apps & this is a clear demonstration of one way we could get there.
The missing next step is that this system launches a mini http/websocket server to run. It'd be interesting to explore using a lightweight Sandboxing multi vm to host apps on, might make the server side lighter weight too. Wasm, or cloudflare's workerd... The CRI folk have been busy building support for managing work let like things like this, & desktop could definitely pull some wins, now that folks like Neutralinojs and Tauri are starting to do better at desktop webapps.
- Neutralinojs - Alternativa para o Electron
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Neutralinojs v1.8.0 released! ยท neutralinojs/neutralinojs
I'd say the lower RAM usage is a bigger deal than the actual app size. Here are some basic comparisons: https://github.com/neutralinojs/evaluation
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"there is currently no plan for PWA support in Firefox." - Mozilla gives up on PWAs in Firefox 85
Side note: There's alternatives to electron that are ultra light weight. Neutralinojs is one I've been keeping an eye on. The proof exists that it's possible to make performant web apps run native.
neutralinojs
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Show HN: Pywebview 5
We tried using pywebview for a cross-platform desktop app when it was version 3.x and some of the features were limited, especially when it came to systray interactions. Will have to try it out again. In the end, for that specific project, we ended up settling on NeutralinoJS. Wails was another big contender but due to limited GoLang resources in-house, we decided not to use it. Reference: https://neutralino.js.org/
- This year in Servo: over 1000 pull requests and beyond
- Dezvoltare aplicatie desktop
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Idle Plant Game: Live and Free on Steam
Look into Neutralinojs and Tauri.
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Suggestions for a framework to build a personal desktop or browser app
I've been drawn to NeutralinoJS as it looks like it will do what I want, but I'm willing to hear some other recommendations and maybe tutorials on how to do the objectively simple things I've outlined above.
- Neutralinojs v4.12.0 released!
What are some alternatives?
streamlink-twitch-gui - A multi platform Twitch.tv browser for Streamlink
tauri - Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend.
web-to-desktop-framework-comparison - This repository was made to create an objective comparison of multiple framework that grant us to "transform" our web app to desktop application formats.
webview - Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++. Uses WebKit (GTK/Cocoa) and Edge WebView2 (Windows).
electron - :electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS [Moved to: https://github.com/electron/electron]
nodegui - A library for building cross-platform native desktop applications with Node.js and CSS ๐. React NodeGui : https://react.nodegui.org and Vue NodeGui: https://vue.nodegui.org
tauri-vs-electron - A comparison of the two frameworks: is Tauri a better choice than electron in 2021?
Vue.js - This is the repo for Vue 2. For Vue 3, go to https://github.com/vuejs/core
Wails - Create beautiful applications using Go
DeskGap - A cross-platform desktop app framework based on Node.js and the system webview
react-native-reanimated - React Native's Animated library reimplemented
Vrmac - Vrmac Graphics, a cross-platform graphics library for .NET. Supports 3D, 2D, and accelerated video playback. Works on Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi4.