
NW.js
Node.js bridge to Webkit – package and distribute webapps on all platforms
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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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Supported Languages
- English
GitHub repository
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- Html5
- create-desktop-app
it provides similar wrappers to use node modules in a embeded browser and look like a desktop application