NW.js
Node.js bridge to Webkit – package and distribute webapps on all platforms.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Features
- Based on Webkit engine
- Multiplatform
Tags
- Software Framework
- Web Development
- Developer Tools
- Html5
- create-desktop-app
NW.js News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- POX added Software Framework as a feature to NW.js
- namdx1987 liked NW.js
- CosmoMyzrailGorynych reviewed NW.js
When web development was young and simple and Electron didn't even exist, nw.js aka node-webkit was a novel cool framework, and there were rainbows and unicorns. Later, for some time, nw.js had become a love-hate relationship for me and I made several big apps with it. Now it's just hate — a buggy bloatware that breaks in a new way in every new release, preventing you to use regular web APIs and throwing native crashes. Avoid at all costs.
CosmoMyzrailGorynych added NW.js as alternative to Buntralino
NW.js information
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What is NW.js?
NW.js is an app runtime based on Chromium and node.js. You can write native apps in HTML and JavaScript with NW.js. It also lets you call Node.js modules directly from the DOM and enables a new way of writing native applications with all Web technologies.
It was created in the Intel Open Source Technology Center.
Features
- Apps written in modern HTML5, CSS3, JS and WebGL.
- Complete support for Node.js APIs and all its third party modules.
- Good performance: Node and WebKit run in the same thread: Function calls are made straightforward; objects are in the same heap and can just reference each other.
- Easy to package and distribute apps.
- Available on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
Comments and Reviews
When web development was young and simple and Electron didn't even exist, nw.js aka node-webkit was a novel cool framework, and there were rainbows and unicorns. Later, for some time, nw.js had become a love-hate relationship for me and I made several big apps with it. Now it's just hate — a buggy bloatware that breaks in a new way in every new release, preventing you to use regular web APIs and throwing native crashes. Avoid at all costs.