Photino Alternatives

Photino is described as 'Lightweight open-source framework for building native, cross-platform desktop applications with Web UI technology' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Photino for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Self-Hosted apps. The best Photino alternative is Qt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Photino are Electron, Flutter, Tauri and React Native.

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

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

    • Qt is Freemium and Open SourcePhotino is Free and Open Source
  2. Electron icon

    Electron

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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Create menubar apps
     
  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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    • Flutter is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Photino.

    • Flutter is Free and Open SourcePhotino is also Free and Open Source
  5. Tauri icon

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

    • Tauri is Free and Open SourcePhotino is also Free and Open Source
    • Tauri is Security-focusedPhotino is not according to our users
  6. React Native icon

    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
     
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
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  9. NW.js icon

    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
    Cross-platform
     
  10. 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
     
  11. Buntralino icon

    Buntralino

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    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. Webapp Manager icon

    Webapp Manager

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    Are you often struggling to find a particular website among the many browser windows and tabs already opened? Do you wish you could easily just launch your favorite websites and have them run in their own window as if they were desktop applications?

    16 Webapp Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
    • Manjaro Linux
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  13. Ultimate++ icon

    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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  14. wxWidgets icon

    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+.

    31 wxWidgets alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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