Alternatives

Products that do what Shrinkray does

Lightweight alternative to electron for making apps

1. 1CL
   Chromely – Lightweight Alternative to Electron for .NET and .NET Core▲143

   2018 · github.com

2. 2EA
   Eel – a simple Python library for making little HTML GUI applications▲201

   2018 · github.com

3. 31K
   1 KB JavaScript library for building front end apps▲242

   2017 · github.com

4. 4
   Lightwell▲246

   Make mobile apps without writing code

   2017

5. 5YD
   YouTube-DL GUI Powered by Electron▲142

   2019 · github.com

6. 6
   Spool▲94

   A simple & beautiful lighting dock for iOS

   2016

7. 7
   small▲149

   The ultra lightweight code editor for OS X.

   2016

8. 8TB
   Task-Based Electron Web Browser▲148

   2016 · alloy.simoncaminada.ch

9. 9
   Tinycon▲197

   A small library for manipulating the favicon

   2014

10. 10
    Macaw▲90

    A simple code editor for Swift

    2017

11. 11
    Markoff▲94

    A free Markdown previewer for OS X

    2016

12. 12XW
    Xel, widget toolkit for native-like Electron apps▲38

    2017 · xel-toolkit.org

13. 13LB
    Lowdefy – Build internal tools with YAML on an open-source framework▲107

    2021 · lowdefy.com

14. 14H1
    Hyperapp – 1 KB JavaScript library for building front end apps▲69

    2017 · github.com

15. 15EA
    Electrino, a featherweight API-compatible alternative to Electron▲99

    2017 · github.com

16. 16IC
    I created a portable lightweight replacement for Microsoft HTML Help▲77

    2019 · dmitripopov.com

17. 17PA
    Phoenix – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript▲153

    2020 · github.com

18. 18NM
    Nodebook – Minimalist Node REPL with Web UI▲69

    2018 · github.com

19. 19
    Dock: Developer Optimization Content Kit▲135

    AI-powered tool to boost your app's visibility and downloads

    2025

20. 20
    Cactus for Mac▲92

    A better workflow for hand coding websites

    2014

21. 21ME
    MarkRight – Electron-powered GitHub-flavored Markdown editor▲57

    2015 · github.com

22. 22UT
    Ultra Tiny Compiler in less than 90 lines of code▲61

    2016 · github.com

23. 23SA
    Slimhtml – An Emacs org-mode export back-end which outputs minimal HTML▲8

    2018 · github.com

24. 24AE
    An Electron + React + Hooks Boilerplate for Minimalists▲6

    2019 · github.com

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