Gluon
Library for making "desktop apps" from websites easily using Chromium and NodeJS. Uses system installed Chromium and NodeJS. VERY early and probably never finished/production ready. Not an Electron alternative, mostly.
Structure
- Gluon: the Gluon library
- Glugun: Gluon builder
- Glucord: minimal Discord client loading official webapp (demo/example)
"Comparison"
| Part | Electron | Gluon |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend | Self-contained Chromium | System Installed Chromium |
| Backend | Self-contained Node.JS | System Installed Node.JS |
| IPC | Electron's Internal API | Gluon's API via CDP |
| Stat | Electron | Gluon |
|---|---|---|
| Build Size | ~190MB | ~2MB1 |
Release Schedule
Gluon (and it's subprojects) use a major.patch version format, with major releases being released at ~22:00 UTC daily if there are changes present in main, while using X.0-dev in the meantime. Patch releases may happen inbetween to fix bugs (not adding anything new or breaking).
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Does not include system installed components ↩︎