Proton Native Alternatives

Proton Native is described as 'Offers a React environment for building native desktop applications. It's sort of like React Native but for desktop apps' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Proton Native for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Proton Native alternative is Electron, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Proton Native are Tauri, NW.js, Webapp Manager and WebDGap.

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  1. Electron icon

    Electron

     114 likes

    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 Proton Native.

    • Electron is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Proton Native.

    • Electron is Free and Open SourceProton Native is also Free and Open Source
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    Tauri

     25 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    • Tauri is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Proton Native.

    • Tauri is Free and Open SourceProton Native is also Free and Open Source
    • Tauri is Lightweight and Security-focusedProton Native is not according to our users
  4. NW.js icon

    NW.js

     38 likes

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

    22 NW.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Cross-platform
     
  5. Webapp Manager icon

    Webapp Manager

     9 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
    • Manjaro Linux
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  6. WebDGap icon

    WebDGap

     11 likes

    WebDGap allows you to convert any website or HTML/CSS/JavaScript web application to a native Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome application.

    52 WebDGap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
    WebDGap running on Windows 10
     

    • WebDGap is the most popular Web-based, Android Tablet & Self-Hosted alternative to Proton Native.

    • WebDGap is Free and Open SourceProton Native is also Free and Open Source
  7. Photino icon

    Photino

     3 likes

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

    40 Photino alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Vuido icon

    Vuido

     4 likes

    Vuido leverages the simplicity of Vue.js along with the open-source libui library to let you create lightweight, native desktop application. Applications can run cross-platform using native GUI components (different from Electron-based desktop web apps).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vue.js
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  10. Revery icon

    Revery

     1 like

    Native, high-performance, cross-platform desktop apps - built with ReasonML. Revery is kind of like super-fast, native code Electron - with bundled React-like/Redux-like libraries and a fast build system - all ready to go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. fman build system icon

    fman build system

     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    fman build system screenshot 1
     
  12. Chromely icon

    Chromely

     2 likes

    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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  13. React Desktop icon

    React Desktop

     1 like

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    React Desktop screenshot 1
     
  14. DeskGap icon

    DeskGap

     1 like

    DeskGap is a framework for building cross-platform desktop apps with web technologies (JavaScript, HTML and CSS).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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