PHP App Server Alternatives

PHP App Server is described as 'Create lightweight, installable applications written in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP for the Windows, Mac, and Linux desktop operating systems' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to PHP App Server for Mac, Windows, Linux and React. The best PHP App Server alternative is Electron, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PHP App Server are NeutralinoJS, Photino, Sciter and pywebview.

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  1. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Electron is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PHP App Server.

    • Electron is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PHP App Server.

    • Electron is Free and Open SourcePHP App Server is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Photino icon

    Photino

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    Photino is a lightweight open-source framework for building native, cross-platform desktop applications with Web UI technology.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Sciter icon

    Sciter

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    Use HTML and CSS to build cross-platform desktop apps. Sciter provides a stack of GPU-accelerated web technologies for desktop UI development.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    pywebview

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    pywebview is a lightweight cross-platform wrapper around a webview component that allows to display HTML content in its own native GUI window. You may think of as Electron for Python (minus huge executable sizes).

    15 pywebview alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Windows
     
  7. Proton Native icon

    Proton Native

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    Proton Native offers a React environment for building native desktop applications. It's sort of like React Native but for desktop apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • React
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  9. Chromely icon

    Chromely

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    Chromely is a lightweight alternative to Electron.NET, Electron for .NET/.NET Core developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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