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sciter is pretty successful already - https://sciter.com/ https://sciter.com/ lists a number of recognisable commercial users and estimates 340 million installs
by zem 5y ago
sciter is pretty successful already - https://sciter.com/ https://sciter.com/ lists a number of recognisable commercial users and estimates 340 million installs over its lifetime. i very much doubt it will go mainstream without being open sourced though; closed source is simply a mindshare killer for this kind of developer-focused project.
- AlbertoGP 5y agoThere was a crowdfunding campaign in 2020 through Kickstarter that only reached 1/10th of its funding goal: https://terrainformatica.com/2020/09/07/open-sourcing-the-sciter/ https://terrainformatica.com/2020/09/07/open-sourcing-the-sc... CA$ 100 got you immediate access to the source code under GPL or 4-clause BSD, CA$ 500 got you additionally a lifetime commercial license, etc. One of their customers commented this: > If people want good software they should pay for good software It’s simple as that. > I dont care about bloated electron apps. They are competition. > > Sciter gives me a competitive advantage and it going open source kills that. > As a paying customer I hate that. Above some critical mass of customers, it might be better off not being open source both for its creator and for its users.