It seems as if the Ionic team is planning to support the desktop in the fuure: > Coming next we are working on new features to add proper desktop and electron

It seems as if the Ionic team is planning to support the desktop in the fuure: > Coming next we are working on new features to add proper desktop and electron support, something we’ve dipped our toes into in the past but will be making a bigger priority going forward. That being said, there is Electron, but that "only" provides you with the runtime to run a web app as a natively integrated desktop app, not with visual components and the like.