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
Electron Alternatives
Electron is described as 'If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app. Electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can focus on the core of your application' and is a very popular app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Electron for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best Electron alternative is Qt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Electron are Tauri, Flutter, NW.js and NeutralinoJS.
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Vuido leverages the simplicity of Vue.js along with the open-source libui library to let you create lightweight, native desktop application. Applications can run cross-platform using native GUI components (different from Electron-based desktop web apps).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Vue.js
Buntralino unites Bun and Neutralino.js to make a simpler, lighter alternative to Electron and NW.js. Use Neutralino.js API at client and send harder tasks to Bun while keeping your development process easy.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
One codebase, every platform. Dioxus is a React-inspired library for Rust focused on developer experience. Build fast, beautiful, and fully-featured apps for every platform in less time.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Rust
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15 pywebview alternativespywebview is a lightweight cross-platform wrapper around a webview component that allows to display HTML content in its own native GUI window. You may think of as Electron for Python (minus huge executable sizes).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Comments about RhoMobile as an Alternative to Electron
- RhoMobile is Free and Open Source
Svelte Native is a new approach to building mobile applications using NativeScript. Where other JavaScript mobile development frameworks like React Native and NativeScript-Vue do the bulk of their work on the mobile device, Svelte Native shifts that work into a compile step that...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- NativeScript
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16 Webapp Manager alternativesAre you often struggling to find a particular website among the many browser windows and tabs already opened? Do you wish you could easily just launch your favorite websites and have them run in their own window as if they were desktop applications?
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- Linux Mint
- Manjaro Linux
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Comments about Webapp Manager as an Alternative to Electron
syntaxElectron is an application framework, Webapp Manager is for end users to run apps as web apps. While their intention overlaps, the target audience is different.
- Webapp Manager is Free and Open Source
Ultralight is and HTML UI kit for use with games and desktop apps. It's essentially a stripped and rebuilt version of WebKit designed for speed, performance and efficiency.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Comments about Ultralight as an Alternative to Electron
It's based on a HTML UI engine just as electron.
- Ultralight is Paid and Proprietary
A framework for creating desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux. Based on Qt and Python, it is a lightweight alternative to Electron. Unlike other solutions, fbs makes packaging easy: Create an installer for your app in seconds and start distributing it to your users.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Can run pure JS/HTML, Ruby/Rails -like or Node-like apps on mobile devices and desktops. Has enterprise-grade seamless integration support with RhoConnect, supports capabilities of enterprise mobile computers, like laser scanners, wireless printing etc.