pywebview Alternatives

pywebview is described as '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)' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to pywebview for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best pywebview alternative is Qt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like pywebview are Electron, Tauri, GTK and NW.js.

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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.

    52 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 pywebview.

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

    • Qt is Freemium and Open Sourcepywebview 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. 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 pywebview.

    • Tauri is Free and Open Sourcepywebview is also Free and Open Source
    • Tauri is Lightweight and Security-focusedpywebview is not according to our users
  5. 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.

    36 GTK alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    NW.js

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Cross-platform
     
  7. 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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  9. 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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. 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.

    12 Sciter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Revery icon

    Revery

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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Nevron Open Vision for .NET icon

    Nevron Open Vision for .NET

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    • Nevron Open Vision for .NET is the most popular Web-based alternative to pywebview.

    • Nevron Open Vision for .NET is Freemium and Proprietarypywebview is Free and Open Source
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    fman build system

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    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

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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