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 software framework 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 Flutter, Tauri, React Native and NW.js.

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  1. PyGObject icon

    PyGObject

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    PyGObject is a Python package which provides bindings for GObject based libraries such as GTK, GStreamer, WebKitGTK, GLib, GIO and many more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  2. azula icon

    azula

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    azula is a lightweight alternative to Electron. It is based on Ultralight, which is an embedding friendly Fork of WebKit, with less memory usage and low disk space requirements.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    azula screenshot 1
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  4. Nevron Open Vision for .NET icon

    Nevron Open Vision for .NET

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    Nevron Open Vision for .NET is a suite of advanced UI components that helps you develop feature-rich Web (Blazor WebAssenbly) and Desktop (WinForms, WPF, Xamarin.Mac) applications from a single code base.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    • European Union flagEU
    Nevron Open Vision for .NET screenshot 1
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  5. Electrobun icon

    Electrobun

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    Electrobun is an emerging framework designed to build ultra-fast, lightweight, and cross-platform desktop applications using TypeScript. It aims to provide an all-in-one solution that simplifies the entire development lifecycle—from coding to packaging, updating, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Electrobun screenshot 1
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  6. Tkinter icon

    Tkinter

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    The tkinter package (“Tk interface”) is the standard Python interface to the Tcl/Tk GUI toolkit. Both Tk and tkinter are available on most Unix platforms, including macOS, as well as on Windows systems.

    12 Tkinter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Tkinter screenshot 1
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  8. React Desktop icon

    React Desktop

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    react-desktop is a JavaScript library built on top of Facebook's React library, which aims to bring a native desktop experience to the web, featuring many macOS Sierra and Windows 10 components. react-desktop works perfectly with NW.js and Electron.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    React Desktop screenshot 1
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  9. PHP App Server icon

    PHP App Server

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    Create lightweight, installable applications written in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP for the Windows, Mac, and Linux desktop operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Screenshot of a standard installer of a prepared PHP App Server application for Windows.
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  10. D

    Deskifier

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    Deskifier turns any web app into a native desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux without writing code.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • BSD
    • US flagUnited States
    Deskifier landing page
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  11. Repose UI icon

    Repose UI

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    Repose is a Rust UI framework with a Compose-like programming model. It's organized as a small core (repose-core) plus higher-level UI/layout (repose-ui) and platform runners (repose-platform) that currently target desktop (winit) and Android, with web support.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Self-Hosted
    Mobile app built using repose
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  12. Gooey icon

    Gooey

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    Gooey is a hybrid immediate/retained mode UI framework designed for building fast, GPU-rendered applications on macOS/Metal, WebAssembly/WebGPU, and Wayland/Vulkan.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Gooey screenshot 1
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