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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: 0.535s | source
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PittleyDunkin ◴[21 Nov 24 12:50 UTC] No.42203836[source]▶
Any plan for supporting native toolkit access ala react-native, or is the plan to just rely on web tech?
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1. c-smile ◴[22 Nov 24 01:32 UTC] No.42210380[source]▶
You can use my Sciter if you need native widgets.

Sciter is an HTML/CSS/JS engine with the ability to attach native widgets to DOM elements. So you'll benefit from two worlds: HTML/CSS layout richness and native widgets.

The major problem though is Linux family of OSes in this respect. I have version of Sciter that works directly on X11 or Wayland ( https://sciter.com/sciter-glx-generation-4/ ). Windows and MacOS have clear concept of child windows/widgets but no such things on X11 or Wayland realistically speaking.

So react-native is practically iOS/Android only thing.

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2. PittleyDunkin ◴[22 Nov 24 22:07 UTC] No.42217758[source]▶
FWIW, I was pretty impressed with react-native for mac os: https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-macos

Granted, it doesn't have the same support or attention or community that react-native for iOS does. But it was certainly a refreshing way to build a native app. I think some of the shine has come off it now that a lot of the ideas have been adopted into SwiftUI.