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24 alternatives to Electron
Cross platform desktop application shell
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Electron launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Is Electron "just Chrome in a frame" or is it so much more?
2016 · hanselminutes.com · its alternatives →
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Windows 95 in an app. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows. - felixrieseberg/windows95
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A cross platform, open source app store for Electron.js apps
2021 · its alternatives →
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Windows 95▲405Windows 95 app that runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Electron.NET▲84Build cross platform desktop apps with .NET Core
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! If you've ever tried to build a desktop app, you probably understand our frustrations with how challenging it is to build one and make it available on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Even with Electron, you still have to set up your own build pipelines, updating mechanisms, code-signing, deployments, and deal with cross-platform compatibility issues. We built EXT to make building cross-platform desktop software easier! Dog-fooding our own APIs, we ported 36 initial games and utilities to the EXT store (all free), and we've open-sourced all of them: https://github.com/extpkg If…
2024 · ext.store · its alternatives →
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Redesigned cross-platform version of GitHub desktop and Atom
2017 · githubengineering.com · its alternatives →
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Cellular IoT development board with a simple data plan
2016 · store.particle.io · its alternatives →
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A Lightweight Electron App Container. Contribute to thomastschurtschenthaler/electrico development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ToDesktop 2.0▲378All in one platform for building and releasing desktop apps
2020 · todesktop.com · its alternatives →
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Photon▲12The easiest way to build cross-platform desktop applications
2015 · photonkit.com · its alternatives →
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A web browser for the power user. Forget the browser window full of unsorted, jammed tabs. Alloy is built up on Tasks, of which every has its own Tablist. You only see the relevant Tabs for your current Task.
2016 · alloy.simoncaminada.ch · its alternatives →
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Collection of offline first developer utilities available as non-electron desktop application. all in one place, cross-platform, 10MB app! - fosslife/devtools-x
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Desktop runtime for apps built on web technologies, using the system's own web browser engine - pojala/electrino
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hargun's MacOS▲132A fully interactive, Mac-like experience directly in browser
Nov 2025 · hargunpreet.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Icebergs▲81Linux in the browser (Full, fast, root access via HTML5)
2015 · icebergs.io · its alternatives →
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Electron Desktop GUI for Webpack Dashboard
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Winrt APIs-node.js modules generator. Contribute to NodeRT/NodeRT development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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