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Electrobun: Cross-platform desktop applications written in TypeScript

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323 points CharlesW | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 23:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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throwaway888abc ◴[21 Nov 24 06:52 UTC] No.42201803[source]▶
"...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

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NoahKAndrews ◴[21 Nov 24 08:40 UTC] No.42202312[source]▶
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
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jclulow ◴[21 Nov 24 08:42 UTC] No.42202321[source]▶
Wild that one would pick the only platform with a rubbish VMs and CI story as the OS to use for building software!
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veidr ◴[21 Nov 24 12:16 UTC] No.42203561[source]▶
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.
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1. cardanome ◴[21 Nov 24 14:01 UTC] No.42204373[source]▶
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.