> Since then Microsoft has had no real answer for "how do I write desktop applications for Windows?" other than "use Electron". Microsoft has been pushing WinU

> Since then Microsoft has had no real answer for "how do I write desktop applications for Windows?" other than "use Electron". Microsoft has been pushing WinUI the past few years, with WinUI 3 being the latest recommended UI toolkit [1]. I think what's interesting about WinUI 3 is it's not built into Windows - you have to ship the whole toolkit with your app, just as you would GTK or Qt on Windows. I find that a perplexing direction for a "native" toolkit. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/winui/winui3/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/winui/winui3/