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"...and cross-platform desktop applications" the homepage says But, Sadly, this is mac only[0] no windows or linux ? Do I understand it correctly ? [0] https:

"...and cross-platform desktop applications" the homepage says But, Sadly, this is mac only[0] no windows or linux ? Do I understand it correctly ? [0] https://electrobun.dev/docs/guides/Compatability https://electrobun.dev/docs/guides/Compatability

auggierose 2y ago
Add what about macOS (intel)?
- prophesi 2y ago
  Here's their roadmap[0], that's later down the road as well (v0.4.0). [0] https://github.com/blackboardsh/electrobun/issues/2 https://github.com/blackboardsh/electrobun/issues/2
NoahKAndrews 2y ago
Looks like they're planning to only ever support building on Mac, but they plan to support running on Windows and Linux in the future
- jclulow 2y ago
  Wild that one would pick the only platform with a rubbish VMs and CI story as the OS to use for building software!
  - ramon156 2y ago
    If the worst case works, the best case will follow I suppose :P
  - veidr 2y ago
    What's wild about it? It's one person, and they probably mainly use a Mac. If they used Windows, it would be Windows-only at this stage. I have lots of projects that only run on Linux. Clearly, if the project succeeds and gains tractions, the other platforms will come.
    - cardanome 2y ago
      With Linux you can dockerize it and make available for all all platforms. With Mac you only reach people that have access to Mac. I mean for a personal project they can use whatever they want. Just and odd choice to start with if you want the project to gain traction.
    - gorjusborg 2y ago
      It assume it will severely limit its uptake. If I had to pick one platform to build on, it would be linux. Pretty much every platform has the ability to run linux executables (via Docker, among others). If this is a personal project, that's cool, but then I really don't care that much. On the other hand, I think an electron-like with something like Bun could be really useful.
      - stickfigure 2y ago
        At least here in the US, the majority of developers daily drive macs on their desktop. Even (especially!) the ones that deploy exclusively on linux. Having to run a docker container to get the dev env setup would be even more likely to slow adoption. Nobody wants to do that shit.
        gertop 2y ago
        > At least here in the US, the majority of developers daily drive macs on their desktop. The majority of WEB developers.
        gorjusborg 2y ago
        But almost nobody uses MacOS to run CI, which is usually how artifacts are built for the field. Having linux support first means people can actually use this for production (this project seems from from ready for that anyway) with some inconvenience for local dev. MacOS only means I can work with it on my machine, but can't actually build it using CI/CD.
        Klonoar 2y ago
  - yr5teoes7s 2y ago
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- rozap 2y ago
  Truly wild. I guess you can just write anything in the title for the upvotes.
veidr 2y ago
No, that's not the case — read this whole thread. It's starting with macOS. The cross-platform stuff will come later, if the project goes well.
- rob74 2y ago
  Quote from the homepage: Electrobun aims to be a complete solution-in-a-box for building, updating, and shipping ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop applications written in Typescript. Ok, TBF they write "aims to be" and not "is", but still I think most people will get the impression that it's already cross platform and maybe some other stuff ist missing. So it would be more honest to also mention that it's currently MacOS only...
  - veidr 2y ago
    I think the actual website is pretty clear that the project is in the very early stages; I think the HN submitter (not the project author) made the headline sound more like this project is ready (perhaps inadvertently). For me that first sentence made it obvious that this project isn't complete, but maybe a prominent "Preview release: Mac-only for now" would help some people.
  - stevage 2y ago
    "aims to be" is pretty ambiguous wording. It'd be clearer with a "aims to one day be..."
- 7bit 2y ago
  So it is not Cross-Platform. It will be. But it still is not.
pragma_x 2y ago
That is correct. If you install the `electrobun` package via bun or npm, you get a pile of arm64 binaries. These are big enough to ship a web-browser (Electron) so that would explain why they're binaries in the first place.
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auggierose 2y ago

Add what about macOS (intel)?

prophesi 2y ago
Here's their roadmap[0], that's later down the road as well (v0.4.0). [0] https://github.com/blackboardsh/electrobun/issues/2 https://github.com/blackboardsh/electrobun/issues/2

NoahKAndrews 2y ago

Looks like they're planning to only ever support building on Mac, but they plan to support running on Windows and Linux in the future

jclulow 2y ago
Wild that one would pick the only platform with a rubbish VMs and CI story as the OS to use for building software!
- ramon156 2y ago
  If the worst case works, the best case will follow I suppose :P
- veidr 2y ago
  What's wild about it? It's one person, and they probably mainly use a Mac. If they used Windows, it would be Windows-only at this stage. I have lots of projects that only run on Linux. Clearly, if the project succeeds and gains tractions, the other platforms will come.
  - cardanome 2y ago
    With Linux you can dockerize it and make available for all all platforms. With Mac you only reach people that have access to Mac. I mean for a personal project they can use whatever they want. Just and odd choice to start with if you want the project to gain traction.
  - gorjusborg 2y ago
    It assume it will severely limit its uptake. If I had to pick one platform to build on, it would be linux. Pretty much every platform has the ability to run linux executables (via Docker, among others). If this is a personal project, that's cool, but then I really don't care that much. On the other hand, I think an electron-like with something like Bun could be really useful.
    - stickfigure 2y ago
      At least here in the US, the majority of developers daily drive macs on their desktop. Even (especially!) the ones that deploy exclusively on linux. Having to run a docker container to get the dev env setup would be even more likely to slow adoption. Nobody wants to do that shit.
      - gertop 2y ago
        > At least here in the US, the majority of developers daily drive macs on their desktop. The majority of WEB developers.
      - gorjusborg 2y ago
        But almost nobody uses MacOS to run CI, which is usually how artifacts are built for the field. Having linux support first means people can actually use this for production (this project seems from from ready for that anyway) with some inconvenience for local dev. MacOS only means I can work with it on my machine, but can't actually build it using CI/CD.
        Klonoar 2y ago
- yr5teoes7s 2y ago
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rozap 2y ago
Truly wild. I guess you can just write anything in the title for the upvotes.

veidr 2y ago

No, that's not the case — read this whole thread. It's starting with macOS. The cross-platform stuff will come later, if the project goes well.

rob74 2y ago
Quote from the homepage: Electrobun aims to be a complete solution-in-a-box for building, updating, and shipping ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop applications written in Typescript. Ok, TBF they write "aims to be" and not "is", but still I think most people will get the impression that it's already cross platform and maybe some other stuff ist missing. So it would be more honest to also mention that it's currently MacOS only...
- veidr 2y ago
  I think the actual website is pretty clear that the project is in the very early stages; I think the HN submitter (not the project author) made the headline sound more like this project is ready (perhaps inadvertently). For me that first sentence made it obvious that this project isn't complete, but maybe a prominent "Preview release: Mac-only for now" would help some people.
- stevage 2y ago
  "aims to be" is pretty ambiguous wording. It'd be clearer with a "aims to one day be..."
7bit 2y ago
So it is not Cross-Platform. It will be. But it still is not.

pragma_x 2y ago

That is correct. If you install the `electrobun` package via bun or npm, you get a pile of arm64 binaries. These are big enough to ship a web-browser (Electron) so that would explain why they're binaries in the first place.

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