tinyjs

Native webview desktop apps.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Not Electron, so no bundled browser - uses the system native webview (macOS WebKit, Windows WebView2, Linux WebKitGTK). Native chrome with system API access e.g. files, sockets, processes. Small app bundles (runtime is 6MB). Everything is HTML inside.

Tradeoffs

Everything is HTML, so whilst the wrapper feels native, the app isn’t.

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