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Call all Node.js modules directly from DOM/WebWorker and enable a new way of writing applications with all Web technologies.

92 mentions on Hacker News by 82 people: 11 stories, 81 comments · first 2012-05-12 · latest 2022-06-09

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  1. …Atom-Shell), there was Node-Webkit (l.k.a. NW.js), which also was a foundation for plenty of apps: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/List-of-apps-and-companie...
    comment by niutech · 2022-06-09 · in Sunsetting Atom
  2. …(f.k.a. Node-Webkit), which was preceding Electron and was also a foundation for a lot of apps: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/List-of-apps-and-companie...
    comment by niutech · 2022-06-09 · in Sunsetting Atom
  3. …or a negative. https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri NW.js is essentially lighter-weight Electron. https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js Would be neat if it was a straighforward implementation and produced tiny self-containing cross-platform…
    comment by gavinray · 2020-09-26 · in LEd: Open-Source 2D Level Editor
  4. …And they have a robust ecosystem https://hackernoon.com/why-i-prefer-nw-js-over-electron-2018... https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js
    comment by EGreg · 2019-12-19 · in Synchronous Messaging at Mozilla: The Decision
  5. Agreed. I think NW.js is great ( https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js ). Especially the binary blob feature which can be used to compile JavaScript to V8 bytecode, and obfuscate portions of your source for security purposes.
    comment by dynamite-ready · 2019-07-31 · in Electron 6.0
  6. …"node-main" key of a nw.js application manifest without sandboxing, see the manifest format here https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/manifest-format
    comment by jboulhous · 2017-10-27 · in Ask HN: Deploy a sandboxed desktop software?
  7. …package.json allowing the user to just have a single node-webkit install and can run multiple apps. https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/
    comment by s369610 · 2017-05-06 · in Put your Electron app on a diet with Electrino
  8. …headless with Chromium 59. I've been collecting feature requests and sharing the plan. Please see https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/issues/769#issuecomment-259867... and https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/issues/769#issuecomment-294064...
    comment by rogerwang · 2017-04-14 · in PhantomJS: Stepping down as maintainer
  9. …topic, thus posting it here as well. [3] [0]: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/3041 [1]: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/protect-javascript-source... [2]: https://twitter.com/wwr/status/831691865850130432 [3]:…
    comment by kethinov · 2017-02-23 · in V8 is going to switch to a new compiler architecture after 5.8 branch cut
  10. Re: tested in production - NW.js has also a wealthy portfolio of apps: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/List-of-apps-and-companie...
    comment by niutech · 2016-08-29 · in Run Chrome apps in Electron
  11. …v8 snapshots. They are compiled code, run slower and are not cross platform. * Using v8 snapshots - https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/Protect-JavaScript-source... * Electron thread about source code protection -…
    comment by SingAlong · 2015-12-09 · in Building a cross-platform desktop app with NW.js, React and Flux
  12. Just one click through and you arrive at the README: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js (the website is clearly, unfortunately, geared towards people in the know). nwjs (node-webkit formerly) is a Chromium wrapper that lets you deploy web apps…
    comment by xixixao · 2015-07-10 · in Why we maintain desktop apps for OS X, Windows, and a web application
  13. …nw. Then the first time the user runs the file, the user needs to select "open with nw.exe". ref: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/How-to-package-and-distri... You probably want to include an "install" script that: * Download and install…
    comment by z3t4 · 2015-06-26 · in Atom 1.0
  14. Yep, nw.js runs on io.js as of the 0.12 release in January. Here's a giant list of people using it: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/List-of-apps-and-companie... One of the more notable ones is Popcorn Time, the stupid easy to use movie…
    comment by mycelium · 2015-05-14 · in Node.js and io.js are merging under the Node Foundation
  15. Well, nw.js[1] to be precise. It is a pretty small application. [1] https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/
    comment by xasos · 2015-03-22 · in Show HN: Figure out when you closed your MacBook lid
  16. I am kind of disappointed in the naming of this. There's another project named Node-WebKit: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/tree/master It allows you to build a native app using node and webkit. Reading the name of this project got my hopes…
    comment by camhenlin · 2015-02-05 · in Introducing node-firefox
  17. …It's seems that it's the same project. The GitHub page says: "node-webkit is renamed NW.js" https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js
    comment by moondowner · 2015-01-15 · in NW.js
  18. On the GitHub page it says: "node-webkit is renamed NW.js" https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js
    comment by moondowner · 2015-01-15 · in NW.js
  19. …with all Web technologies. So I suppose it's about desktop apps ("native" must mean "desktop"). [0] https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js
    comment by S4M · 2015-01-15 · in NW.js
  20. https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/wiki/List-of-apps-and-companie...
    comment by tommoor · 2015-01-14 · in NW.js
  21. …atom-shell pushing forward on any of these issues, and if so is there any documentation on how? [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/The-solution-o... [2] https://github.com/breach/thrust
    comment by heavenlyhash · 2014-12-24 · in Atom Shell: Cross-platform desktop application shell
  22. …the basis of something like node-webkit[1]? What's its strength / weaknesses compared to that? [1]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by espadrine · 2014-12-10 · in Firefox.html: Rebuilding Firefox UI in HTML
  23. …Brackets Shell (also CEF based) https://github.com/adobe/brackets-shell node-webkit https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit TideSDK http://www.tidesdk.org/
    comment by teleclimber · 2014-12-03 · in MacGap – Build Native OS X Apps with Web Technologies
  24. I think the Mac App Store is not the problem it used to be anymore: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/936
    comment by tambourine_man · 2014-12-03 · in MacGap – Build Native OS X Apps with Web Technologies
  25. One of them is node-webkit ( https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit )
    comment by yla92 · 2014-12-03 · in MacGap – Build Native OS X Apps with Web Technologies
  26. …opposed to say a WinForms/WPF approach, the concern about the future of that notwithstanding). [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit [2] https://github.com/atom/atom-shell
    comment by jimmcslim · 2014-10-16 · in Desktop applications with Node.js
  27. …devtools have become. It's having like a GUI designer and a debugger rolled up into one. [1]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by pierrec · 2014-09-13 · in Gravit – Open-source design tool
  28. Something like https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit ?
    comment by aendruk · 2014-09-08 · in Show HN: CloudTunes
  29. There is also node-webkit [1] [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by pkorzeniewski · 2014-08-25 · in Turn Node Applications into Executables
  30. …would play more AAA games if they could download them in their browser rather than Steam. [0] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by vertex-four · 2014-08-15 · in An Unreal Decision
  31. …and manually opening your first window after the full runtime environment loads. More info here: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/1962#issueco...
    comment by kethinov · 2014-08-01 · in What you should know before starting node-webkit
  32. …applications (especially cross platform ones); on the other hand, plenty of stuff in the list ( https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/List-of-apps-a... ) work just great for me. shrug I don't think you can discount the entire run…
    comment by shadowmint · 2014-08-01 · in What you should know before starting node-webkit
  33. …so it wouldn't (shouldn't) be too hard to integrate websql, sqlite or some other database [2]. [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit [2] https://github.com/uggrock/tagspaces
    comment by jgj · 2014-05-30 · in Laverna: Self-hosted Evernote alternative
  34. And if you want an actively-maintained alternative, check out https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by evv · 2014-05-27 · in App.js: Mobile webapps made easy
  35. …like Atom, Adobe Edge, TileMill, PopCorn Time, Light Table or any of the other things on here : https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/List-of-apps-a...
    comment by AdrianRossouw · 2014-05-17 · in Why HTML5 is superior to native for mobile apps
  36. wonder how this compares to node - specifically https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by jongraehl · 2014-05-14 · in Introducing the WebKit FTL JIT
  37. Check out https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/ I think a lot of the apps you are using this, or something very similar. I've only played around with it very briefly, but like jw989 said it's pretty straightforward.
    comment by speg · 2014-05-05 · in A live HTML5 editor made with Node.js
  38. …bundles a very recent version of Chromium and has a node.js backend with file system access. [1]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by edwinvdgraaf · 2014-05-04 · in A live HTML5 editor made with Node.js
  39. …mail to a demon. Don> Here is one alternative that uses built-in WebKit to do the user interface: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit Don> Here is another alternative, that uses QT instead of WebKit, which is what you should use if…
    comment by DonHopkins · 2014-04-25 · in Mozilla CTO: Andreas Gal
  40. …but now that they're going to be able to be window-ified as well, it's much more stark.) [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by derefr · 2014-04-02 · in WinJS: the Windows Library for JavaScript
  41. You might want to take a look at node-webkit then https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by jrnkntl · 2014-03-25 · in Crosswalk
  42. Intro: https://speakerdeck.com/zcbenz/node-webkit-app-runtime-based... Code: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by mhuusko5 · 2014-03-11 · in Ask HN: How does one build apps like Brackets and Popcorntime?
  43. …the server, plus we use it for our public website. We're currently evaluating using Node WebKit ( https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit ) for building a cross-platform desktop UI for our CLI tools.
    comment by akbar501 · 2014-02-12 · in Ask HN: How is your company using Node.js?
  44. …reason they don't use subpixel rendering, making all text extremely blurry. Maybe it's that issue https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/734 , but I'm not sure. Anyway, I am not aware about any workaround, and just can't use them…
    comment by trycatch · 2014-02-06 · in Brackets, a code editor
  45. For games, instead of ChromiumEmbedded I suggest "node-webkit" developed by Intel: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by frik · 2014-01-16 · in WebKit.js: Pure JavaScript Port of WebKit
  46. I've recently discovered node-webkit ( https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit ) which I've been liking a lot . It's more or less chrome, packaged as a one-off app, that only runs the code you give it. Converting the app (web/browser…
    comment by orthecreedence · 2014-01-10 · in Software in 2014
  47. …yourself[1] but it looks to be time consuming and requires a significant amount of disk space. [1]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/Building-node-...
    comment by msmithstubbs · 2014-01-09 · in Light Table is now open source
  48. …here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/light-table-discussi... He is using node-webkit: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit apparently, it doesn't use CEF anymore: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/1406 Valve's…
    comment by frik · 2014-01-08 · in Light Table is now open source
  49. …see how node.js is used for more and more crossplatform non-web apps. Cites Atwoods law here... [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by anonyfox · 2013-12-26 · in Intel XDK: An HTML5 development IDE
  50. …The way to do a desktop app using web technologies that feels more "real" is with node-webkit: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit We did this project in collaboration with Google, and they were great. We wouldn't have done it at all…
    comment by jessep · 2013-12-19 · in An offline desktop app for WorkFlowy