Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux Mobile
- Ubuntu Touch



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.



PyGObject is a Python package which provides bindings for GObject based libraries such as GTK, GStreamer, WebKitGTK, GLib, GIO and many more.
Proton Native offers a React environment for building native desktop applications. It's sort of like React Native but for desktop apps.

Nevron Open Vision for .NET is a suite of advanced UI components that helps you develop feature-rich Web (Blazor WebAssenbly) and Desktop (WinForms, WPF, Xamarin.Mac) applications from a single code base.




Ultralight is and HTML UI kit for use with games and desktop apps. It's essentially a stripped and rebuilt version of WebKit designed for speed, performance and efficiency.
Ultralight is the most popular commercial alternative to Photino.
A framework for creating desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux. Based on Qt and Python, it is a lightweight alternative to Electron. Unlike other solutions, fbs makes packaging easy: Create an installer for your app in seconds and start distributing it to your users.



react-desktop is a JavaScript library built on top of Facebook's React library, which aims to bring a native desktop experience to the web, featuring many macOS Sierra and Windows 10 components. react-desktop works perfectly with NW.js and Electron.
