Sciter Alternatives

Reviews and mentions

• Free lightweight C++ GUI with HTML/CSS/JS?
  3 projects | reddit.com/r/cpp | 30 Sep 2021

  I don't know how "lightweight" it is but: https://sciter.com/ may interest you

• How do you create a cross-platform GUI without using Electron?
  21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Sep 2021

  Sciter [1] is kind of a really lightweight electron. It's about 8Mb, cross platform, and you can either run it standalone (like electron) or use it as a library from Rust/D/Python/C#/whatever. You pay for that with a lack of compatibility with the existing Javascript ecosystem. Any moderately complex JavaScript library that interacts with the dom will probably use something that Sciter doesn't implement, so you end up reimplementing stuff like graph libraries. On the other hand there are a couple of very useful additional APIs that regular browsers don't have (like SQLite).

  1: https://sciter.com/

  21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Sep 2021
• The reckless, infinite scope of web browsers
  3 projects | reddit.com/r/programming | 19 Aug 2021

  As an author of Sciter Engine (embeddable HTML/CSS/JS engine that implements good chunk of browser functionality) I think I can qualify to answer on this question.

• Why not always statically link with musl?
  4 projects | reddit.com/r/rust | 18 Aug 2021

  Using things that are only offered as glibc-built dynamic libraries, like the free version of Sciter.

• LeafletJS
  13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Aug 2021

  Leaflet works as it is in Sciter[1] too. SDK sample: https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-js-sdk/tree/main/samples/l...

  So it can be used in pretty much any native desktop application. Including desktop games that use DX11, DX12, Vulkan or Metal graphics.

  [1] https://sciter.com

• The rise of the one-person unicorn
  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Aug 2021

  Yeah, exactly.

  I left Software Architect / UI position at big corp when management had ordered to use then-hot Angular on large web app. Without investigation, acceptance testing, etc. Just unconditional directive.

  I had Sciter[1] prototype at that moment - used as self-teaching tool to understand how browsers work.

  Since then I am almost solo (one or two contractors sometimes) on the project. ~10 years of non-disturbed (literally) flight.

  [1] https://sciter.com

• Is there is good GUI for Golang ?
  18 projects | reddit.com/r/golang | 12 Aug 2021
• 5 Levels of Using CSS Variables
  1 project | reddit.com/r/programming | 18 Jul 2021

  In Sciter you can do

• An agnostic, reactive and minimalist (3kb) JavaScript UI library
  3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jul 2021

  For the note: Sciter ( https://sciter.com ) implements CalDOM features out of the box. But better.

  In Sciter DOM and vDOM are equally honored.

  This CalDOM's (DOM + vDOM population):

      _("#output-1")

• The universal VM we call browser
  2 projects | reddit.com/r/programming | 15 Jul 2021

  People have been using HTML for making advanced skinned GUI on the desktop for ages. And I'm not talking about Electron, it seems like pretty much all anti-virus UIs use Sciter: https://sciter.com/

• Servo Engine Contributions this year – Don't let it die
  10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Jul 2021

  > So a reasonably complete modern web engine that is reasonably easy to compile and has a stable embedding API could be very welcome.

  Depends on what you mean by "reasonably modern". Sciter could be just what you need: https://sciter.com

• Amaya
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jun 2021

  > Is anyone still working on WYSIWYG HTML editors?

  Yep, I do time to time: https://html-notepad.com/ ( based on my Sciter Engine https://sciter.com )

  It is almost impossible (mathematically speaking) to create reasonable WYSIWYG HTML and CSS editor.

  So bad news for anyone looking for WYSIWYG editor to create meaningful web site from scratch using solely WYSIWYG.

  For web site creation the only reasonable option is wizard approach - assembling site from predefined and prestyled blocks.

  But, it is perfectly possible to create WYSIWYG HTML editor - editor that helps us to create and edit structured text - content portions of sites. That deals with pure HTML, styling is applied to that HTML at the point of content insertion.

• Electron vs. Qt for a new open-source file organization project
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Jun 2021

  I invite you to try Sciter[0], it allows you to write your frontend in HTML, CSS and JS, but the backend of the app can be anything native you want (C++, C#, Python perhaps). The events in the HTML DOM interface with methods in the native code, so your button actually runs the fastest, because the business logic of the app is native.

  Some of the most performant products use it, like antivirus products. Yet, you see antivirus products have a nice GUI and that's the reason. You can see it in the showcase.

  I know Sciter is not mainstream, but you don't have to deal with Qt's API nor with making your business logic in Javascript with Electron and shipping the greatest overhead that an embedded browser implies.

  To me, it's the best of both worlds. Flexible do-as-you-see-fit GUI and native performance because of compiled languages.

  [0]: https://sciter.com

• Creator of Rufus outlines the problems with Microsoft's UWP
  10 projects | reddit.com/r/programming | 30 May 2021

  But that screenshot is of one of my Sciter demos, so, yes - it is doable in principle without UWP (Sciter is not using UWP).