Electron does a bit more than that (full-blown nodejs in background), which of course only increases the footprint. But apart from the final binary size, it's a

Electron does a bit more than that (full-blown nodejs in background), which of course only increases the footprint. But apart from the final binary size, it's an okay-ish development to work with. Especially for rapid prototyping. (Disclaimer, shameless self plug: I wrote a blog article on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12651601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12651601 )