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Is this ready for production? Beta? Alpha? I’m not super familiar with packaging desktop apps but I believe Windows programs need a .dll file or few. Is there
by wishinghand 9y ago
Is this ready for production? Beta? Alpha?
I’m not super familiar with packaging desktop apps but I believe Windows programs need a .dll file or few. Is there something on the roadmap for setting up an MSI?
What about icons for system trays, alt-tabbing, desktop, and other locations?
- kusti8 9y agoIt's not totally ready for production because the GUI library that I'm using is not totally polished. My part I would say is Beta, and the GUI library is versioned as alpha. For most tasks it will work fine. For more complex stuff you will obviously want something more robust. With Windows, the .dll is compiled on npm install, and that works perfectly. Currently I don't think libui supports icons. I chose libui because it is the only GUI library for JS that I could find. It is nice and fits well with React, but it does have some holes. The author is going to continue development soon, so some of the problems should be fixed in the future. A MSI can be generated using an installer such as NSIS.
- wishinghand 9y agoHow is the memory usage compared to Electron?
- kusti8 9y agoMemory usage is a lot less. Electron has a full webbrowser running to display the page, which this uses Gtk on Linux or cocoa on Mac etc.
- wishinghand 9y agoI'd love to see some benchmarks when you have a chance to update it.