Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system webview

Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system webview

To enable native capabilities while keeping the size down, DeskGap bundles a Node.js runtime and leaves the HTML rendering to the operating system‘s webview. points to the app’s entry file and provides the script that starts your app:

is the entry file that creates a window which will render a HTML page:

is the page to render:

DeskGap is designed to be a more lightweight alternative to Electron. If you want to try DeskGap but dropping Windows 7 (or Linux) support is a no-go for your app, consider packaging the app with Electron for the unsupported platform.

Source: deskgap.com