I think Topcube does this as well: https://github.com/creationix/topcube https://github.com/creationix/topcube Topcube, however, is missing the Mac version. A

I think Topcube does this as well: https://github.com/creationix/topcube https://github.com/creationix/topcube Topcube, however, is missing the Mac version. Another interesting idea would be to ditch Node all-together and use HTML5/CSS3 literally for everything your desktop app needs. With localStorage and other APIs being implemented in Chromium, one does not need the server part anymore.