​​Vuido (★ 3,498) makes it possible to create lightweight, native desktop applications using Vue.js. Applications using Vuido can run on Windows, OS X and Linux, using native GUI components, and don't require Electron.

#js #desktop #vuejs

​​Tusk (★ 1,017 on GitHub) is an unofficial, featureful, open source, community-driven, free Evernote app.

#js #desktop #notes

​​Azul - (★ 1,421 on GitHub) is the crossplatform high-performance desktop GUI framework written in Rust.

Azul is a free, functional, immediate mode GUI framework that is built on the Mozilla WebRender rendering engine for rapid development of desktop applications that are written in Rust and use a CSS / DOM model for layout and styling.

It worths to consider this framework next time you start writing your desktop app.

#crossplatform #rust #desktop

​​Muon - (★ 1.7k) is a lightweight alternative to Electron written in Golang in about ~300 LoC, using Ultralight instead of Chromium.

Ultralight is a cross-platform WebKit rewrite using the GPU to target embedded desktop applications that resulted in a fast, lightweight, and low-memory HTML UI solution that blends the power of Chromium with the small footprint of Native UI.

#crossplatform #ui #desktop #app #go

​​Tauri - (★13.4k on GitHub) is a framework for building tiny, blazing fast binaries for all major desktop platforms. The core is built with Rust and the CLI leverages Node.js making Tauri a genuinely polyglot approach to creating and maintaining great apps.

The biggest difference from Electron is that it doesn't use Chromium under the hood, it uses system webviews. That makes it much faster and more resource efficient.

#desktop #rust #cli