Functional language for desktop apps

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  • Fable: F# |> BABEL

    F# to JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust and Dart Compiler

    • Purescript or F#/Fable with Webview or Photino Native. Alternative to Electron that is light and uses the built in browser.

  • webview

    Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++. Uses WebKit (GTK/Cocoa) and Edge WebView2 (Windows).

    • Purescript or F#/Fable with Webview or Photino Native. Alternative to Electron that is light and uses the built in browser.

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  • photino.Native

    • Purescript or F#/Fable with Webview or Photino Native. Alternative to Electron that is light and uses the built in browser.

  • Nim

    Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).

    • Why don’t you give Nim https://nim-lang.org a try?

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