Electron is a widely hated framework on Linux, but what about the alternatives like Neutralinojs?

In their own words: In Electron and NWjs, you have to install Node.js and hundreds of dependency libraries. Embedded Chromium and Node.js make simple apps bloaty — in most scenarios, framework weights more than your app source. Neutralinojs offers a lightweight and portable SDK which is an alternative for Electron and NW.js. Neutralinojs doesn’t bundle Chromium and uses the existing web browser library in the operating system (Eg: gtk-webkit2 on Linux). Neutralinojs implements a secure WebSocket connection for native operations and embeds a static web server to serve the web content. Also, it offers a built-in JavaScript client library for developers.

Do you experience alternatives like Njs to blend more in the desktop layout, install less junk, use less memory, are more compatible with Wayland,…?

  • Secret300
    4·
    8 months ago

    I hear great things about obsidian but I haven’t used it since it’s not open source

    • why@lemmy.sdf.org
      11·
      8 months ago

      Im willing to give them a pass on that since they don’t vender lock the notes I’m taking.

    • cygnus@lemmy.ca
      6·
      8 months ago

      Sure, but all it does it give you a nice UI for local markdown files. There’s no lock-in.