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Electrobun: Cross-platform desktop applications written in TypeScript

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323 points CharlesW | 4 comments | 20 Nov 24 23:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.845s | 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. rozap ◴[21 Nov 24 18:10 UTC] No.42206976[source]▶
It's totally fine if it just supports one platform. Just don't say it's cross platform when it's not.
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2. conductr ◴[21 Nov 24 19:34 UTC] No.42207771[source]▶
The apps you build are cross-platform apps. The tool itself isn’t. That’s how I read it anyways, nothing misleading that I saw
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3. jonasdoesthings ◴[21 Nov 24 21:27 UTC] No.42208836[source]▶
the apps you build will be cross-platform "soon" (no specific timeframe)

https://electrobun.dev/docs/guides/Compatability

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4. conductr ◴[21 Nov 24 21:39 UTC] No.42208944{3}[source]▶
It’s the HN link description that’s confusing y’all then? Because the home page, where you clicked before navigating to the compatibility page, says they “aim… to be cross-platform” says nothing of that being the current state