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Nativefier

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Nativefier vs Sciter: What are the differences?

Developers describe Nativefier as "Wrap any web page natively without even thinking, across Windows, OSX and Linux". Nativefier is a command line tool that allows you to easily create a desktop application for any web site with succinct and minimal configuration. Apps are wrapped by Electron in an OS executable (.app, .exe, etc.) for use on Windows, OSX and Linux. On the other hand, Sciter is detailed as "An HTML/CSS/scripting engine designed to render modern desktop application UI". It brings a stack of web technologies to desktop UI development. Web designers, and developers, can reuse their experience and expertise in creating modern looking desktop applications.

Nativefier and Sciter belong to "Cross-Platform Desktop Development" category of the tech stack.

Nativefier is an open source tool with 20.6K GitHub stars and 1.2K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Nativefier's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Nativefier
Pros of Sciter
  • 2
    Has a better Javascript support, and is much faster
  • 4
    Good for commercial projects
  • 4
    Cross platform apps
  • 4
    Faster than ElectronJS
  • 4
    Small bundle size
  • 4
    Use C++ API

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Cons of Nativefier
Cons of Sciter
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    • 2
      Ultralight si lo es,aunque hay módulos comerciales
    • 1
      No es open source
    • 1
      Close source project
    • 1
      Less/bad documentation
    • 1
      Doesn't support Javascript

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    What is Nativefier?

    Nativefier is a command line tool that allows you to easily create a desktop application for any web site with succinct and minimal configuration. Apps are wrapped by Electron in an OS executable (.app, .exe, etc.) for use on Windows, OSX and Linux.

    What is Sciter?

    It brings a stack of web technologies to desktop UI development. Web designers, and developers, can reuse their experience and expertise in creating modern looking desktop applications.

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        What are some alternatives to Nativefier and Sciter?
        Electron
        With Electron, creating a desktop application for your company or idea is easy. Initially developed for GitHub's Atom editor, Electron has since been used to create applications by companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Slack, and Docker. The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on io.js and Chromium and is used in the Atom editor.
        JavaFX
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        Qt5
        It is a full development framework with tools designed to streamline the creation of applications and user interfaces for desktop, embedded, and mobile platforms.
        Element
        Element is a Vue 2.0 based component library for developers, designers and product managers, with a set of design resources.
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