React Desktop Alternatives

React Desktop is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to React Desktop for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best React Desktop alternative is Electron, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like React Desktop are NW.js, Photino, WebDGap and Electrobun.

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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.

    44 Electron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Create menubar apps
     
  2. 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
     
  4. Photino icon

    Photino

     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Photino screenshot 1
     
  5. 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.

    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
     
  6. Electrobun icon

    Electrobun

     1 like

    Electrobun is an emerging framework designed to build ultra-fast, lightweight, and cross-platform desktop applications using TypeScript. It aims to provide an all-in-one solution that simplifies the entire development lifecycle—from coding to packaging, updating, and...

    16 Electrobun alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Electrobun screenshot 1
     
  7. 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
    Vuido screenshot 1
     
  9. 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
    Revery screenshot 1
     
  10. Proton Native icon

    Proton Native

     3 likes

    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
    Proton Native screenshot 1
     
  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.

    21 Chromely alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Chromely screenshot 1
     
  13. azula icon

    azula

     1 like

    azula is a lightweight alternative to Electron. It is based on Ultralight, which is an embedding friendly Fork of WebKit, with less memory usage and low disk space requirements.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    azula 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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