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Electrobun: Cross-platform desktop applications written in TypeScript

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323 points CharlesW | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 23:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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gorjusborg ◴[21 Nov 24 14:15 UTC] No.42204502[source]▶
It assume it will severely limit its uptake.

If I had to pick one platform to build on, it would be linux. Pretty much every platform has the ability to run linux executables (via Docker, among others).

If this is a personal project, that's cool, but then I really don't care that much. On the other hand, I think an electron-like with something like Bun could be really useful.

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stickfigure ◴[21 Nov 24 14:42 UTC] No.42204740[source]▶
At least here in the US, the majority of developers daily drive macs on their desktop. Even (especially!) the ones that deploy exclusively on linux.

Having to run a docker container to get the dev env setup would be even more likely to slow adoption. Nobody wants to do that shit.

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1. leptons ◴[21 Nov 24 18:12 UTC] No.42206995[source]▶
>At least here in the US, the majority of developers daily drive macs on their desktop

Citation needed. This assertion seems very anecdotal.

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2. kibwen ◴[21 Nov 24 20:16 UTC] No.42208168[source]▶
Recently I saw someone assert that "almost nobody uses 1080p monitors anymore". Meanwhile the Steam Hardware Survey shows that 1080p is the majority resolution among PC gamers, and almost 2/3 of users have a monitor that is 1080p or smaller.

Humans have shown that we cannot even conceive of a reality outside our bubbles.