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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. ▲ 4
    Node-webkit - Build desktop applications with HTML + JS and Node
    story by diggan · 2014-01-21 · 0 comments
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. …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
  5. …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
  6. ▲ 2
    Node-webkit: app runtime based on Chromium and node.js
    story by tilt · 2014-01-03 · 0 comments
  7. …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
  8. …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
  9. …in something like node-webkit[2]. What else then remains? [1] http://eloquentjavascript.net/ [2] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by javajosh · 2013-12-15 · in Why Emacs is a better editor – case study for JavaScript developer
  10. …the excellent node-webkit [1]. I'm still not sure on how much effort I'll put in packaging it. [1]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/
    comment by captn3m0 · 2013-11-29 · in Show HN: Hacker News in your system tray
  11. How about node-webkit? https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit It's basically Chromium on top of nodejs. Then you can mix your C++ code with nodejs via addons. http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html
    comment by malone · 2013-11-22 · in JuicyDrop – Winamp Music Visualization with JavaScript and Canvas
  12. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by busterc · 2013-11-22 · in Google is building a Chrome app-based development environment
  13. how do you run it behind proxy. I am not able to understand much from https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/130
    comment by p6rny · 2013-11-18 · in Sputnik – Simple and practical RSS reader
  14. …access, without the badness of browser crypto. 0. https://parley.co 1. http://phonegap.com/ 2. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit 3. http://appjs.com/ 4. http://www.tidesdk.org/ 5. http://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html 6.…
    comment by napoleond · 2013-10-30 · in Cryptography in the Browser
  15. …before they were added to OSX. Yeah not so fun. Now if I had to make a Mac App I'd look into using https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by lootsauce · 2013-09-24 · in Mac apps are harder than iOS apps
  16. check out node-webkit, this is what lighttable is built on. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by r4vik · 2013-09-11 · in My Quest for a New Browser
  17. I don't see why you couldn't use node-webkit https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/ instead.
    comment by tianshuo · 2013-09-03 · in Nidium – A new browser engine
  18. …framework, that happens to be using javascript as the preferred programming language. A lot like https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by saejox · 2013-09-02 · in Nidium – A new browser engine
  19. …which does everything I need it to do, but I welcome every option in this space. [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by sker · 2013-09-02 · in Nidium – A new browser engine
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    Node-Webkit use node.js in the browser
    story by adkatrit · 2013-07-30 · 0 comments
  21. …be interested to know if this was written in node-webkit (like Light Table), or if not, what? [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by nilliams · 2013-07-24 · in Sneak peek of Macaw – a code-savvy web design tool [video]
  22. node-webkit seems to have a number of options for local storage: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/Save-persisten... Amongst those are a native SQL engine (sqlite) and a native NoSQL engine (levelDB, through the IndexedDB API)…
    comment by itsnotlupus · 2013-06-20 · in NeDB, a pure Javascript database for Node.js and Node Webkit
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    Node-webkit: make desktop apps with HTML5
    story by AshleysBrain · 2013-06-20 · 0 comments
  24. …use clojure-script or something? But then, why don't just use one of JVM's GUI framework? [1]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by bertzzie · 2013-06-15 · in Scala.js - Write in Scala for the browser
  25. …A pretty neat way to get effectively free cross-platform support on Windows, OSX, and Linux. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit I'm not sure how Sublime is getting their cross platform support. I've been interested in it for a while…
    comment by philipbjorge · 2013-05-24 · in Ask HN: What is your prefered language for OS independant developement?
  26. …guy :/ Someone could work on a fix for node-webkit, though and I'd pick it up in a heartbeat [1]: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by ibdknox · 2013-04-30 · in Light Table 0.4 released
  27. I am fairly sure that Light Table is a node-webkit[1] app, so your assumption should be correct. [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by Historiopode · 2013-04-30 · in Light Table 0.4 released
  28. …see http://web3dblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/news-on-bananabrea... ) I started to play around with https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit which is a precompiled chromium that loads a HTML/CSS/JS-Zip file - no compilation at all. If you…
    comment by dirkk0 · 2013-03-22 · in Why I spend my precious spare time with emscripten
  29. …similar to the one EA/Maxis uses for SimCity's UI) has a good example of this concept in action: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/Protect-JavaSc...
    comment by derefr · 2013-03-18 · in EA CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down
  30. node-webkit - http://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by swannodette · 2013-02-28 · in A new Light Table experience
  31. This is remarkably similar to what you described: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by RaphiePS · 2013-02-21 · in Chrome app launcher developer preview
  32. Although not a complete "wrapper" it is very interesting: Node Webkit: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit Features: Apps written in modern HTML5, CSS3, JS and WebGL. Complete support for Node.js APIs and all its third party modules.…
    comment by brutuscat · 2013-02-16 · in Native wrapper for webapps on OSX?
  33. Yes, node-webkit does that too. Check out: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/How-to-package...
    comment by toni · 2013-01-07 · in Create multi-platform desktop apps with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
  34. …In my experience, it's much cleaner and faster to get up and running than titanium/tide [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by toni · 2013-01-07 · in Create multi-platform desktop apps with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
  35. …seen node-webkit[1]? You can easily create a cross-platform app with HTML5/NodeJS capabilities. [1] https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by toni · 2012-12-14 · in Show HN: roots - a toolkit for advanced front-end dev
  36. It uses node-webkit as the host, which combines Chromium and node.js: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by fdb · 2012-11-06 · in Meet the new Light Table
  37. I prefer node-webkit to Chrome's Packaged Apps anyway. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by hugh4life · 2012-10-31 · in NodeJS Runtime for Chrome
  38. …will be pretty great. Personally though, I think I'll be using node-webkit for my desktop apps. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by hugh4life · 2012-10-06 · in Things I learned at JavaOne 2012
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    Node-webkit is a web runtime based on Chromium and node.js
    story by vetler · 2012-09-10 · 0 comments
  40. https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by bottles · 2012-09-10 · in The web is still the place
  41. …AppJS, the number of OSes that support mixed HTML5-native development keeps growing." I must toss https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/ into the mix. I have found it incredibly easy to develop with...and even easier to distribute.
    comment by kodablah · 2012-08-10 · in Why native development sucks and HTML5 rocks: Porting to Windows 8
  42. `node-webkit` looks similar to this: https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit
    comment by jiyinyiyong · 2012-05-12 · in Build Cross-Platform Applications for desktop using HTML, CSS, Javascript