Electron AlternativesTop Software Frameworks and other similar apps like Electron

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   Qt

    273 likes

   Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software that can be run on various software and hardware platforms with little or no change in the underlying codebase, while having the power and speed of native applications.

   57 Qt alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Software Framework

   Origin

   • Finland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   • Finland
   • EU

   

   

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   Flutter

    69 likes

   Build apps for any screen. Flutter transforms the app development process. Build, test, and deploy beautiful mobile, web, desktop, and embedded apps from a single codebase.

   51 Flutter alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Software Framework

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Dart
   • Flutter

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by Guest · Aug 20, 2026

   It does not use the same language(s) as Electron. Electron is HTML/CSS/JS, whereas Flutter uses its own proper language.

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   • Flutter is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
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   Tauri

    29 likes

   Tauri is a toolkit that helps developers make applications for the major desktop platforms - using virtually any frontend framework in existence. The core is built with Rust and the CLI leverages Node.js making Tauri a genuinely polyglot approach to creating and maintaining...

   16 Tauri alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Origin

   • Netherlands
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone

   • Netherlands
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Tauri vs Electron Comments

   Positive comment by RemovedUser · Sep 17, 2021

   uses web-engine natively provided by the OS (usually webkit) instead of adding full re-packaged chromium to every executable

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   • Tauri is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
   • Tauri is Lightweight and Security-focusedElectron is not according to our users
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   React Native

    46 likes

   React Native enables you to build world-class application experiences on native platforms using a consistent developer experience based on JavaScript and React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about — learn once, write...

   48 React Native alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Self-Hosted
   • React

   

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   NW.js

    38 likes

   Node.js bridge to Webkit – package and distribute webapps on all platforms.

   22 NW.js alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • China

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • China

   

   

   

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   NW.js vs Electron Comments

   Positive comment by Guest · Jan 31, 2016

   it provides similar wrappers to use node modules in a embeded browser and look like a desktop application

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   • NW.js is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
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   GTK

    55 likes

   GTK is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Software Framework

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Chrome OS

   • United States

   

   

   

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   NeutralinoJS

    15 likes

   Neutralino is a lightweight application development framework. It lets you develop desktop apps, cloud apps and even browser based apps.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   NeutralinoJS vs Electron Comments

   Positive comment by rugk · Aug 17, 2020

   Ships with no extra browser and huge dependencies like Electron, but uses the platform's web toolkits and is thus very lightweight!

   Positive comment by zingus · Jun 5, 2022

   Finally a redistributable webapp framework that doesn't treat your disk space and bandwidth they are disposable and infinite!

   Positive comment by Guest · Dec 28, 2020

   it's just faster than electron

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   • NeutralinoJS is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
   • NeutralinoJS is Lightweight and CustomizableElectron is not according to our users
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    Kivy

     18 likes

    Kivy is a Python library for development of multi-touch enabled media rich applications. The aim is to allow for quick and easy interaction design and rapid prototyping, while making your code reusable and deployable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • Software Framework

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPad

    

    

    

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    Photino

     4 likes

    Photino is a lightweight open-source framework for building native, cross-platform desktop applications with Web UI technology.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Avalonia UI

     10 likes

    Avalonia is a WPF-inspired cross-platform XAML-based UI framework providing a flexible styling system and supporting a wide range of platforms including: Windows, Linux (desktop & embedded), macOS, Android, iOS and Browser.

    30 Avalonia UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Origin

    • Estonia
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    • Estonia
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Ultimate++

     25 likes

    Ultimate++, also called U++, is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development framework focused on programmers productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

    Application type

    • IDE

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

    

    

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    Sciter

     9 likes

    Use HTML and CSS to build cross-platform desktop apps. Sciter provides a stack of GPU-accelerated web technologies for desktop UI development.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Sciter vs Electron Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · Oct 12, 2018

    Compact: 10..15 times smaller than Electron Monolithic: single DLL (dylib, so) Embeddable: works in the same GUI thread, does not create separate process for each window. Extendable: host application can provide native functions for script, call script functions, receive UI events and catch all requests to external resources (http, file, etc.)

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    • Sciter is Freemium and ProprietaryElectron is Free and Open Source
    • Sciter is LightweightElectron is not according to our users