Svelte NodeGUI
Dev tools
desktop app framework
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
16 positive, 38 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 12 critical, out of 70 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Performance: 8 for, 7 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks good; possibly best Electron alternative posted on HN
From 1 comment
Looks really good! At first glance, this seems like probably the best Electron alternative I've seen posted on HN. Apart from the consistent GUI layer, I think an underrated…
danenania on HN
Low memory footprint compared to Electron
From 1 comment
I've been following react-nodegui since it was announced and I really like it. In terms of memory usage it's the cat's meow; now there's a question of adoption and component / UI…
gigel82 on HN
Objections
Memory use of about 20MB for hello world seems large
From 2 comments
This looks nice ! However... "Low CPU and memory footprint (...) memory usage is under 20 MB for a Hello World program" : I am the only one who still thinks this is huge ? (->…
karteum on HNHow is it "light" weight? > Low CPU and memory footprint. Current CPU stays at 0% on idle and memory usage is under 20mb for a hello world program. 20MB!
baybal2 on HN
Calculator demo inconsistent fonts and spacing across platforms
From 1 comment
Looks very slick, but I am extremely stressed out by the inconsistent font sizes and button spacing across platforms in the example calculator app.
porphyra on HN
Calculator demo fails to run with cmake errors
From 1 comment
Calculator demo doesn't run, makes some cmake errors.
rado on HN
Qt licensing implications unclear
From 1 comment
I've been following react-nodegui since it was announced and I really like it. In terms of memory usage it's the cat's meow; now there's a question of adoption and component / UI…
gigel82 on HN
Requests
Cross-compilation, auto-upgrade and code signing tooling
From 1 comment
Looks really good! At first glance, this seems like probably the best Electron alternative I've seen posted on HN. Apart from the consistent GUI layer, I think an underrated…
danenania on HN
Deno runtime support for sandboxing
From 2 comments
Would it be possible to use Deno for JS runtime? That should add some sandboxing limitations for apps.
butz on HNhow about deno?
chovybizzass on HN
WebView integration alongside native UI
From 1 comment
It would be nice to have the ability to weave in WebViews with the native UI. I see this lib but it's still marked as WIP: https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui-plugin-webview
davej on HN
Questions
Is it Chromium-based or not
From 1 comment
So is it Chromium-based or not? "which makes it CPU- and memory-efficient when compared to other Chromium-based solutions like Electron"
tpmx on HN
How zero-day vulnerabilities are handled
From 1 comment
How do you deal with zero day vulnerabilities? To me the biggest concern using browser-as-a-desktop solution is that there will be quite a lag between when Chrome patches zero…
f430 on HN
Alternatives named
Sciter.JS
From 1 comment
Same demo in VanilaJS and Sciter.JS : https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-js-sdk (see screenshots there). Binary is ~5MB, and that is HTML/CSS + QuickJS + NodeJS runtime. Versus…
c-smile on HN
Flutter Desktop
From 1 comment
I think Flutter Desktop is also a good alternative to Electron
radiKal07 on HN
React NodeGUI
From 1 comment
Very cool, I've been following React-NodeGUI for about a year now and I love Svelte. I especially love the idea of Svelte (compiling to imperative JavaScript code), but since…
jackconsidine on HN
Electron
From 1 comment
I'm always a bit surprised there was the space for Electron to exist in the first place. Since most operating systems have widget toolkits that have browsers effectively embedded…
sonthonax on HN