Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?

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Post by hydraterms » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?

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Post by al_borland » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC

For littler personal projects, I’ve used python’s webview to avoid having to bundle a whole browser when the app (it uses the operating system’s default engine). It also didn’t require a learn a whole framework… I could just hook a web front end to some python functions, and run it as a desktop app.

Re: Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?

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Post by satya71 » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC

I had good luck with Avalonia UI and F#. I don’t understand either, but Claude nailed it.

Re: Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?

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Post by curtisblaine » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC

Not for a company app, where support and maturity count.

Re: Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?

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Post by lostdog » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 7:21 PM UTC

carloslfu wrote: post #7

Tauri is solid, but after 10 years of navigating the space and shipping desktop apps. My best advice is JUST USE ELECTRON. I know! it hurts to ship a bloated shell, but it works like charm

What are the issues you had that pulled you away from tauri?

Re: Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?

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Post by cyanydeez » Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC

lostdog wrote: post #15

carloslfu wrote: post #7

Tauri is solid, but after 10 years of navigating the space and shipping desktop apps. My best advice is JUST USE ELECTRON. I know! it hurts to ship a bloated shell, but it works like charm

What are the issues you had that pulled you away from tauri?

for one, tauri uses the webview of the host operating system, which means you're exposed to probably, 100+ different versions of edge, safari, webkit or whatever linux is doing.