Creating completely offline web app

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  • devdocs

    API Documentation Browser

    Check out a site like https://devdocs.io/ - they do a good job of letting you pick what is and isn't used offline.

  • nw.js

    Call all Node.js modules directly from DOM/WebWorker and enable a new way of writing applications with all Web technologies.

    Electron is 'heavy', but this is basically exactly what it was designed for. Electron has alternatives like Neutralinojs, and NWjs. Alternatively, there is Flutter - it's not exactly what you're asking for, but it is very web like, and would be a very strong candidate for this use case. Pick your poison really.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • neutralinojs

    Portable and lightweight cross-platform desktop application development framework

    Electron is 'heavy', but this is basically exactly what it was designed for. Electron has alternatives like Neutralinojs, and NWjs. Alternatively, there is Flutter - it's not exactly what you're asking for, but it is very web like, and would be a very strong candidate for this use case. Pick your poison really.

  • Flutter

    Flutter makes it easy and fast to build beautiful apps for mobile and beyond

    Electron is 'heavy', but this is basically exactly what it was designed for. Electron has alternatives like Neutralinojs, and NWjs. Alternatively, there is Flutter - it's not exactly what you're asking for, but it is very web like, and would be a very strong candidate for this use case. Pick your poison really.

  • tauri

    Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend.

    Electron is traditionally used to accomplish the “web app to desktop app” transition, but there’s a lot of competition in that space now with the aim of reducing bloat. An alternative to consider is Tauri.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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