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24 alternatives to nodegui

Build cross-platform desktop applications with JavaScript🚀

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. nodegui launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Svelte NodeGUI, a lightweight Electron alternative with native UIâ–²624

    Build performant, native and cross-platform desktop applications with native Svelte + powerful CSS-like styling.🚀 - nodegui/svelte-nodegui

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Electron 1.0â–²647

    Build cross platform desktop apps

    2016 · electronjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal▲1,094

    I made a built-from scratch Wayland Compositor to display any GUI app* in the terminal! I think there is a lot of unexplored potential in custom Wayland compositors, a lot of really cool things you can embed existing applications into! So, I started with embedding apps into the terminal because that is the easiest input/output (output is just utf-8 and I use the great `chafa` library for that, and I just read from stdin for the input). If you have any other ideas for cool Wayland compositors, let me know. I purposedly wrote 80% the app in Typescript to appeal to the most developers and…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Spot – Simple, cross-platform, reactive desktop GUI toolkit for Go▲309

    Hi HN, I’m excited to share Spot, a simple, cross-platform, React-like GUI library for Go. It is just a few days old and has lots of missing features but I'm happy with the results so far, and looking for some design feedback. Spot is designed to be easy to use and provide a consistent API across different platforms (mainly Mac & Linux). It’s inspired by React, but written in Go, aiming to combine the best of both worlds: the easy tooling & performance of Go with a modern, reactive approach to UI development. Key features: - Cross-platform: Leveraging FLTK[1] & Cocoa[2], Spot works on Mac,…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Webflow DevLinkâ–²205

    Use Webflow to build React & Web components visually

    2023 · its alternatives →

  6. 6MW
    Mixing WebGL and HTML, Both Rendered Out in Reactâ–²129

    2019 · subdued-health.surge.sh · its alternatives →

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    Bunâ–²303

    A fast JS runtime Node.js replacement with built‑in tools

    Dec 2025 · bun.com · its alternatives →

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    ReactSymbols UI Kitâ–²288

    UI elements in ready-to-use components for React

    2017 · coolsymbol.now · its alternatives →

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    React Flow – library for creating node based editors and apps▲224

    React Flow | Svelte Flow - Powerful open source libraries for building node-based UIs with React (https://reactflow.dev) or Svelte (https://svelteflow.dev). Ready out-of-the-box and infinitely customizable. - xyflow/xyflow

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    React for Circuitsâ–²197

    Hi HN! I've been working on a new way to build electronics/PCBs with Typescript/React, I'd love to know what you think!! I've wanted to program circuits for a long time- I started experimenting with the concept of creating circuits in React almost 8 years ago and have spent many weekends since to prove the concept. Over the past 2 months, I've decided to start working on tscircuit full-time.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tamaguiâ–²190

    UI that compiles away for React Native & Web

    2022 · tamagui.dev · its alternatives →

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    Saplingâ–²146

    A convenient way to traverse your React app

    2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Keep Reactâ–²256

    React-powered web solutions with open-source UI components

    2023 · bestsellers-ai.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14
    GPT WebApp Generator for React & Node.jsâ–²272

    Let AI create a full-stack web app based on your description

    2023 · usemage.ai · its alternatives →

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    Quarklyâ–²184

    Design tool to create sites & web apps on React

    2020 · quarkly.io · its alternatives →

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    Material Tailwind Dashboard Reactâ–²126

    Free Tailwind CSS & React admin template

    2021 · creative-tim.com · its alternatives →

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    Sencha GRUIâ–²87

    High-performance, feature-rich grid for react applications

    2021 · sencha.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18IM
    I made React with a faster Virtual DOMâ–²109

    Hi! I made a React compatibility library for a Virtual DOM library (https://github.com/aidenybai/million). The idea is to have much faster rendering (a compiler optimizes virtual DOM beforehand) while ensuring the same developer experience React provides. This is very, VERY early stage, so be prepared for weird bugs / plugin incompatibility / etc. If you have any suggestions, I'd be more than happy if you replied in a comment with it! You can spin up the demo here >> https://stackblitz.com/github/aidenybai/million-react-compat

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    PoemKitâ–²82

    React toolkit for fast web design and development

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    React Boilerplate and Structor – React UI Builder▲54

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tamagui – React design systems optimized for native and web▲88

    React Native style library and UI kit with the best web performance

    2021 · tamagui.dev · its alternatives →

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    Bedrock.ioâ–²126

    A solid template for building on Kubernetes, Node and React

    2020 · bedrock.io · its alternatives →

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    React Glassâ–²82

    A simple react js boilerplate for painless react development

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24BR
    Build, run and share React Native apps in your browserâ–²124

    2015 · rnplay.org · its alternatives →

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