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I've been learning game dev recently and I've discovered that the Godot game engine is actually a very capable app builder. It has all the benefits of electron
by disambiguation 3y ago
I've been learning game dev recently and I've discovered that the Godot game engine is actually a very capable app builder. It has all the benefits of electron -- accessible to developers, multi platform support -- but it appears the apps are much leaner.
The author mentions the official WhatsApp weighing in at 324 MB. There's an open source WhatsApp clone made in Godot that builds at about 55 MB. Of course with all the media and features of WhatsApp its not a apples to apples, but regardless the results are interesting.
https://github.com/3ddelano/whatsup-godot https://github.com/3ddelano/whatsup-godot
Fun fact, Tesla also uses Godot for their mobile app.
- rubymamis 3y agoThe new WhatsApp client for macOS is native, tho.
- disambiguation 3y agoHa that's what I get for not fact checking. Nonetheless the app is still extremely bloated.