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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: 0.327s | 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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1. pragma_x ◴[21 Nov 24 17:57 UTC] No.42206845[source]▶
That is correct. If you install the `electrobun` package via bun or npm, you get a pile of arm64 binaries. These are big enough to ship a web-browser (Electron) so that would explain why they're binaries in the first place.