fman build system Alternatives

fman build system is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to fman build system for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best fman build system alternative is Electron, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like fman build system are Apache Cordova, NW.js, Photino and WebDGap.

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  1. Electron icon
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    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.

    46 Electron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Apache Cordova icon
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    Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be...

    47 Apache Cordova alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  3. NW.js icon
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    Node.js bridge to Webkit – package and distribute webapps on all platforms.

    22 NW.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Photino icon
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    Photino is a lightweight open-source framework for building native, cross-platform desktop applications with Web UI technology.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  5. WebDGap icon
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    WebDGap allows you to convert any website or HTML/CSS/JavaScript web application to a native Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. pywebview icon
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    pywebview 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).

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  7. Vuido icon
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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
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  8. An open source native runtime that makes it easy to build cross-platform apps that run equally well on iOS, Android, and the Web.

    52 Capacitor by Ionic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  9. Google Cobalt icon
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    Cobalt is a lightweight HTML5/CSS/JS application container that is designed to provide a rich application development environment with minimal resource consumption (deployment size, RAM, CPU, GPU). At the same time, Cobalt enables a rich, low-latency user experience across a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Revery icon
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    Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop apps - built with ReasonML. Revery is kind of like super-fast, native code Electron - with bundled React-like/Redux-like libraries and a fast build system - all ready to go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Proton Native icon
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    Proton Native offers a React environment for building native desktop applications. It's sort of like React Native but for desktop apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • React
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  12. Chromely icon
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    Chromely is a lightweight alternative to Electron.NET, Electron for .NET/.NET Core developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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