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Sciter's author here... I am thinking of making Sciter as UI module for NodeJs. 1. Strip down version of Sciter - only HTML/CSS/Graphics modules. It will use

Sciter's author here... I am thinking of making Sciter as UI module for NodeJs. 1. Strip down version of Sciter - only HTML/CSS/Graphics modules. It will use JavaScript of NodeJs (either V8 or Chackra). 2. That version will be Open Source in the same way as NodeJs itself. The goals are: 1. To provide more optimal alternative to Electron - faster and far less resource consuming. 2. Modular and reusable implementation. Example: Sciter contains my own Graphics C++ library that wraps various backends: Direct2D/Write, CoreGraphics, Skia, Cairo, GDI+. Such Graphics module library alone can be useful in other projects. Same is for HTML/CSS modules. Not sure if all that is interesting for someone. If it is - please let me know.

n-gate 8y ago
It definitely is interesting. There is a huge pent up demand for a cross platform easy to use GUI lib which is manifesting in the form of people using electron despite I'd bring resource intensive. I will say open source or not is not an issue for most. Few look at source and rare modify it. I just want an easy API.
- c-smile 8y ago
  Sciter's API is already simple enough. It is about 10..20 pure C functions that you will use for creating window, loading UI resources and receiving callbacks from the UI. Check minimal integration sample: https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk/blob/master/demos/minimal/minimal.cpp#L97 https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk/blob/master/demos/mini...
m3talsmith 8y ago
I'd be very interested in this. There's a lot of decentralized tech that uses nodejs modules which are hard to wrap up in a GUI without Electron. I greatly dislike the resource waste of Electron and have been actively looking for alternatives.
dreix 8y ago
I need to run a vue app that can load an external file into its own frame and print that to PDF. Can sciter do that? Right now I'm using a webview in electron which lets me print just that webview to PDF.
- c-smile 8y ago
  Sciter supports print and print preview out of the box: https://terrainformatica.com/2015/05/25/sciter3-print-preview-is-getting-back/ https://terrainformatica.com/2015/05/25/sciter3-print-previe... As of PDF generation: Skia backend is capable of PDF generation but that functionality is not exposed to script yet. Another option: Windows supports PDF print drivers so you can just print on it to get PDF.

n-gate 8y ago

It definitely is interesting. There is a huge pent up demand for a cross platform easy to use GUI lib which is manifesting in the form of people using electron despite I'd bring resource intensive. I will say open source or not is not an issue for most. Few look at source and rare modify it. I just want an easy API.

c-smile 8y ago
Sciter's API is already simple enough. It is about 10..20 pure C functions that you will use for creating window, loading UI resources and receiving callbacks from the UI. Check minimal integration sample: https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk/blob/master/demos/minimal/minimal.cpp#L97 https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk/blob/master/demos/mini...

m3talsmith 8y ago

I'd be very interested in this. There's a lot of decentralized tech that uses nodejs modules which are hard to wrap up in a GUI without Electron. I greatly dislike the resource waste of Electron and have been actively looking for alternatives.

dreix 8y ago

I need to run a vue app that can load an external file into its own frame and print that to PDF. Can sciter do that? Right now I'm using a webview in electron which lets me print just that webview to PDF.

c-smile 8y ago
Sciter supports print and print preview out of the box: https://terrainformatica.com/2015/05/25/sciter3-print-preview-is-getting-back/ https://terrainformatica.com/2015/05/25/sciter3-print-previe... As of PDF generation: Skia backend is capable of PDF generation but that functionality is not exposed to script yet. Another option: Windows supports PDF print drivers so you can just print on it to get PDF.