Electron Alternatives

Electron is described as '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' and is a very popular app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Electron for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best Electron alternative is Qt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Electron are Tauri, Flutter, NW.js and NeutralinoJS.

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  1. Qt icon

    Qt

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    Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software that can be run on various software and hardware platforms with little or no change in the underlying codebase, while having the power and speed of native applications.

    54 Qt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • Most users think Qt is a great Electron alternative.

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

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

    • Qt is Freemium and Open SourceElectron is Free and Open Source
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    Tauri

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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Comments about Tauri as an Alternative to Electron
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    uses web-engine natively provided by the OS (usually webkit) instead of adding full re-packaged chromium to every executable

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Tauri is a great Electron alternative.

    • Tauri is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Electron.

    • Tauri is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
    • Tauri is Lightweight and Security-focusedElectron is not according to our users
  4. Flutter icon

    Flutter

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    Build apps for any screen. Flutter transforms the app development process. Build, test, and deploy beautiful mobile, web, desktop, and embedded apps from a single codebase.

    44 Flutter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Dart
    • Flutter
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    • Most users think Flutter is a great Electron alternative.

    • Flutter is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Electron.

    • Flutter is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
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    NW.js

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

    22 NW.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    it provides similar wrappers to use node modules in a embeded browser and look like a desktop application

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks NW.js is a great Electron alternative.

    • NW.js is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
  6. NeutralinoJS icon

    NeutralinoJS

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    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
     
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    Comments about NeutralinoJS as an Alternative to Electron
    rugk
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    Ships with no extra browser and huge dependencies like Electron, but uses the platform's web toolkits and is thus very lightweight!

    zingus
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    Finally a redistributable webapp framework that doesn't treat your disk space and bandwidth they are disposable and infinite!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    it's just faster than electron

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks NeutralinoJS is a great Electron alternative.

    • NeutralinoJS is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
    • NeutralinoJS is Lightweight and CustomizableElectron is not according to our users
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    React Native

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    React Native enables you to build world-class application experiences on native platforms using a consistent developer experience based on JavaScript and React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about — learn once, write...

    44 React Native alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • React
     
  9. GTK icon

    GTK

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    GTK is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites.

    37 GTK alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
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    Sciter

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

    12 Sciter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Sciter as an Alternative to Electron
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    Compact: 10..15 times smaller than Electron Monolithic: single DLL (dylib, so) Embeddable: works in the same GUI thread, does not create separate process for each window. Extendable: host application can provide native functions for script, call script functions, receive UI events and catch all requests to external resources (http, file, etc.)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Sciter is a great Electron alternative.

    • Sciter is Freemium and ProprietaryElectron is Free and Open Source
    • Sciter is LightweightElectron is not according to our users
  11. Avalonia UI icon

    Avalonia UI

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    Avalonia is a WPF-inspired cross-platform XAML-based UI framework providing a flexible styling system and supporting a wide range of platforms including: Windows, Linux (desktop & embedded), macOS, Android, iOS and Browser.

    26 Avalonia UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    • Avalonia UI is the most popular Web-based alternative to Electron.

    • Avalonia UI is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
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    Kivy

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    Kivy is a Python library for development of multi-touch enabled media rich applications. The aim is to allow for quick and easy interaction design and rapid prototyping, while making your code reusable and deployable.

    14 Kivy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPad
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    • Kivy is the most popular iPad alternative to Electron.

    • Kivy is Free and Open SourceElectron is also Free and Open Source
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    Ultimate++

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    Ultimate++, also called U++, is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development framework focused on programmers productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment.

    58 Ultimate++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    wxWidgets

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    wxWidgets is a C++ library that lets developers create applications for Windows, OS X, Linux and UNIX on 32-bit and 64-bit architectures as well as several mobile platforms including Windows Mobile, iPhone SDK and embedded GTK+.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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