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NW.js

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

Cross-platform

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  • Free • Open Source

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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  1.  Based on Webkit engine
  2.  Multiplatform

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  • namdx1987 liked NW.js
    •about 2 months ago
  • CosmoMyzrailGorynych reviewed NW.js  
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    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.

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    CosmoMyzrailGorynych added NW.js as alternative to Buntralino
    •3 months ago
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NW.js information

  • Developed by

    NW.js community

  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.

  • Written in

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  40,671 Stars
  •  3,878 Forks
  •  933 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 15, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about NW.js, and it has gotten 36 likes

NW.js was added to AlternativeTo by Danilo_Venom on Dec 3, 2013 and this page was last updated Jan 13, 2022. NW.js is sometimes referred to as node-webkit.

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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.

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.

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