DeskGap

DeskGap is a framework for building cross-platform desktop apps with web technologies (JavaScript, HTML and CSS). To enable native capabilities while keeping the size down, DeskGap bundles a Node.js runtime and leaves the HTML rendering to the operating system‘s webview.

Features

The DeskGap API Demos app shows some of the DeskGap features and APIs with interactive scripts
Documentation available
Create a Node.js Package for your app
DeskGap is designed to be a more lightweight alternative to Electron
DeskGap is at its early stage
With a Node.js runtime bundled, DeskGap comes with support for npm packages and all the battle-tested native capabilities in Node.js

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MIT License

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Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Frameworks

Registered

2024-06-27

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