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I looked into some alternatives a while back [1] and thought Neutralino looked promising except that it doesn't support node modules. I.e. you cannot use the ex
by iansinnott 3y ago
I looked into some alternatives a while back [1] and thought Neutralino looked promising except that it doesn't support node modules. I.e. you cannot use the existing ecosystem of node-stuff.
Still, glad there are many options for using web UI to create desktop apps these days.
[1]: Neutralino themselves link to this nice comparison table: https://github.com/Elanis/web-to-desktop-framework-comparison https://github.com/Elanis/web-to-desktop-framework-compariso...
- lf-non 3y agoThe lack of node support is not necessarily a problem though. We can write an "extension" in any language (including js/node) which can communicate with the app over websockets. https://neutralino.js.org/docs/how-to/extensions-overview https://neutralino.js.org/docs/how-to/extensions-overview
- iansinnott 3y agoOh, thanks. I hadn't seen this. This looks like it would be super useful for the "backend" bits