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To some extent yes, if you are building a mobile app and go the Capacitor route, and want a desktop app with the same functionality then Electron makes sense.
by samwillis 4y ago
To some extent yes, if you are building a mobile app and go the Capacitor route, and want a desktop app with the same functionality then Electron makes sense.
However, electron bundles it’s own WebKit, so it’s bulkier. I would quite like a platform similar to electron that uses a shared WebKit distribution. There are a few trying to do that by hooking into OS level WebKit on Mac and Windows.
- depressedpanda 4y agoElectron bundles Blink by embedding Chromium (and Node.js). WebKit is used only by Safari, and a select few open source browsers.
- CodesInChaos 4y ago> I would quite like a platform similar to electron that uses a shared WebKit distribution. Tauri is an Electron alternative that uses OS provided webviews