Also, from your link to the issue indicating why CEF isn't used: "The wrapper for embedding Chromium in C++ apps from CEF is useless to node-webkit, and it add

Also, from your link to the issue indicating why CEF isn't used: "The wrapper for embedding Chromium in C++ apps from CEF is useless to node-webkit, and it adds complexity and costs. Regarding the statement Content API and is not intended to be a starting point for a robust application, I don't think that's true -- Chrome is based on Content API and it's clearly a robust application. Maybe it just want to say Content API is not as easy to use as CEF API."