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I'm working one on, it's more of a static app builder though: github.com/tmzt/isymtope Working on a major push/update.

• saghm 9y ago
  Genuine question: what does the term "static app" refer to? As I understood it, "webapp" explicitly refers to a site is not static.
  • tmzt 9y ago
    Very good question, and one I've been trying to answer in a concise way. Essentially it's "static" in the sense that it could be used to generate a fully rendered page that is also an interactive (javascript) application. It can also process actions on the server and generate a new HTML page in response to that that will be hydrated in the client. It's an attempt to give you the best-of-both-worlds with a SPA, but one that arrives fully-rendered so there are no delays loading content. It's an SSR approach but without using a javascript engine or framework on the server, the server-side component is completely developed in Rust. As far as "static app", I would say it's closer to something like Disqus being used on a static doc site or Firebase used for storage when github pages are used to host a site. It means it doesn't rely on server-side rendering to function as a PHP or ASP.net site does, but it can use it if available.