DeskGap Alternatives

DeskGap is described as 'Framework for building cross-platform desktop apps with web technologies (JavaScript, HTML and CSS)' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to DeskGap for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best DeskGap alternative is Electron, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DeskGap are Tauri, Apache Cordova, NW.js and NeutralinoJS.

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  1. Electron icon
     114 likes

    If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app. Electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can focus on the core of your application.

    43 Electron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Electron is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to DeskGap.

    • Electron is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DeskGap.

    • Electron is Free and Open SourceDeskGap is also Free and Open Source
  2. Tauri icon
     25 likes

    Tauri is a toolkit that helps developers make applications for the major desktop platforms - using virtually any frontend framework in existence. The core is built with Rust and the CLI leverages Node.js making Tauri a genuinely polyglot approach to creating and maintaining...

    12 Tauri alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • Tauri is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to DeskGap.

    • Tauri is Free and Open SourceDeskGap is also Free and Open Source
    • Tauri is Lightweight and Security-focusedDeskGap is not according to our users
  3. Apache Cordova icon
     55 likes

    Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Apache Cordova is the most popular Web-based alternative to DeskGap.

    • Apache Cordova is Free and Open SourceDeskGap is also Free and Open Source
    • Apache Cordova is LightweightDeskGap is not according to our users
  4. NW.js icon
     38 likes

    Node.js bridge to Webkit – package and distribute webapps on all platforms.

    22 NW.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. NeutralinoJS icon
     15 likes

    Neutralino is a lightweight application development framework. It lets you develop desktop apps, cloud apps and even browser based apps.

    11 NeutralinoJS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Buntralino icon
     6 likes

    Buntralino unites Bun and Neutralino.js to make a simpler, lighter alternative to Electron and NW.js. Use Neutralino.js API at client and send harder tasks to Bun while keeping your development process easy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. WebDGap icon
     11 likes

    WebDGap allows you to convert any website or HTML/CSS/JavaScript web application to a native Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome application.

    52 WebDGap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • WebDGap is the most popular Android Tablet & Self-Hosted alternative to DeskGap.

    • WebDGap is Free and Open SourceDeskGap is also Free and Open Source
  8. Photino icon
     3 likes

    Photino is a lightweight open-source framework for building native, cross-platform desktop applications with Web UI technology.

    40 Photino alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Sciter icon
     9 likes

    Use HTML and CSS to build cross-platform desktop apps. Sciter provides a stack of GPU-accelerated web technologies for desktop UI development.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. pywebview icon
     2 likes

    pywebview is a lightweight cross-platform wrapper around a webview component that allows to display HTML content in its own native GUI window. You may think of as Electron for Python (minus huge executable sizes).

    15 pywebview alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. An open source native runtime that makes it easy to build cross-platform apps that run equally well on iOS, Android, and the Web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  12. Vuido icon
     4 likes

    Vuido leverages the simplicity of Vue.js along with the open-source libui library to let you create lightweight, native desktop application. Applications can run cross-platform using native GUI components (different from Electron-based desktop web apps).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vue.js
     
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