Electron is a widely hated framework on Linux, but what about the alternatives like Neutralinojs?
In their own words: In Electron and NWjs, you have to install Node.js and hundreds of dependency libraries. Embedded Chromium and Node.js make simple apps bloaty — in most scenarios, framework weights more than your app source. Neutralinojs offers a lightweight and portable SDK which is an alternative for Electron and NW.js. Neutralinojs doesn’t bundle Chromium and uses the existing web browser library in the operating system (Eg: gtk-webkit2 on Linux). Neutralinojs implements a secure WebSocket connection for native operations and embeds a static web server to serve the web content. Also, it offers a built-in JavaScript client library for developers.
Do you experience alternatives like Njs to blend more in the desktop layout, install less junk, use less memory, are more compatible with Wayland,…?
Companies are not willing to develop native applications anymore. Most apps are server-based anyway and developing native apps is expensive
I mean – I totally get it but this is /c/linux not /c/programming. I understand the difficulty of developing both but I lament the fact that open source isn’t utilized to make the process easier running a damn webserver to render a mostly static view.
I’m with you for the most part. Web technology has the ability to run well locally, and at speed. The current integration is lacking however.