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Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

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Post by Schampu » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 12:30 PM UTC

Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative
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Re: Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

#2

Post by yodon » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 1:46 PM UTC

> ... azula can be used as an alternative to Electron.

I'd retitle the project/post as "Lightweight GPU Accelerated Replacement for Electron". That's much more interesting than a GUI for Node.

Re: Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

#3

Post by Schampu » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 1:54 PM UTC

yodon wrote: post #2

> ... azula can be used as an alternative to Electron. I'd retitle the project/post as "Lightweight GPU Accelerated Replacement for Electron". That's much more interesting than a GUI for Node.

Changed the title:)

Re: Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

#4

Post by sheerun » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 5:07 PM UTC

Apple's App Store policies state: "Apps that browse the web must use the iOS WebKit framework and WebKit Javascript.". I don't think a fork qualifies.

Re: Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

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Post by flyingfences » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 5:32 PM UTC

sheerun wrote: post #4

Apple's App Store policies state: "Apps that browse the web must use the iOS WebKit framework and WebKit Javascript.". I don't think a fork qualifies.

I don't think Electron apps count as "brows[ing] the web" in most cases. I also don't think this is meant for iOS.

Re: Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

#6

Post by antoineMoPa » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 7:18 PM UTC

That Ultralight thing which this is based on looks interesting too. https://ultralig.ht/

Re: Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

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Post by resoluteteeth » Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 11:29 PM UTC

Note that this uses Ultralight which has the following licensing terms:

> Ultralight is free for non-commercial use, educational use, and also free for commercial use by small indie developers making less than US$100,000 a year. You can find full terms in the SDK. Pricing plans for larger commercial projects will be announced later. For more information, email us.

Re: Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

#8

Post by cztomsik » Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 5:27 PM UTC

I'm doing something similar https://github.com/cztomsik/graffiti/

Re: Show HN: Azula – Lightweight GPU Accelerated Electron Alternative

#9

Post by qwerty456127 » Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 7:42 PM UTC

Can I have a browser based on this Ultralight engine?