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Electron

Open Source Alternatives to Electron

7 alternatives160.2k total stars6.5k total forks4 languages
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What is Electron?

Electron is an open-source framework for building cross-platform desktop applications using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.. There are currently 7 open-source alternatives to Electron, with a combined total of 160.2k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C++.

Showing 7 open-source alternatives

Tauri
Tauritauri-apps/tauri

Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop and mobile applications using web technologies.

105.8k3.5kRust
1 day ago
wails
wailswailsapp/wails

Build lightweight desktop applications using Go and web technologies, bundled into a single binary.

33.8k1.7kGo
2 days ago
neutralinojs
neutralinojsneutralinojs/neutralinojs

A lightweight cross-platform desktop app framework using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS without bundling Chromium.

8.5k520C++
1 day ago
Electrino
Electrinopojala/electrino

A featherweight desktop runtime for web apps using the system's browser engine, offering a tiny alternative to Electron.

4.4k97C#
3 years ago
Chromely
Chromelymattkol/Chromely

A lightweight .NET framework for building cross-platform HTML desktop apps using native GUI and embedded Chromium.

3.0k274C#
3 years ago
go-sciter
go-scitersciter-sdk/go-sciter

Golang bindings for the Sciter embeddable HTML/CSS/script engine, enabling modern desktop UI development with web technologies.

2.6k269C++
2 years ago
Electron Alternatives
Electron Alternativessudhakar3697/electron-alternatives

A curated list of open-source and proprietary alternatives to Electron for building desktop applications.

2.1k97
1 month ago
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