There are great alternatives. I used Python and Qt to create my file manager fman [1]. It's a tool that needs to start quickly so Electron was not an option [2]

There are great alternatives. I used Python and Qt to create my file manager fman [1]. It's a tool that needs to start quickly so Electron was not an option [2]. I open sourced my build system for creating cross-platform desktop apps with this stack in minutes [3]. For a quick tutorial, see [4]. 1: https://fman.io https://fman.io 2: https://fman.io/blog/picking-technologies-for-a-desktop-app-in-2016/ https://fman.io/blog/picking-technologies-for-a-desktop-app-... 3: https://build-system.fman.io/ https://build-system.fman.io/ 4: https://github.com/mherrmann/fbs-tutorial https://github.com/mherrmann/fbs-tutorial