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Proton Native vs React Native Desktop

Overview

React Native Desktop

Stacks15

Followers203

Votes11

Proton Native

Stacks23

Followers182

Votes10

GitHub Stars10.9K

Forks359

Proton Native vs React Native Desktop: What are the differences?

What is Proton Native? A React environment for cross platform native desktop app. Create native desktop applications through a React syntax, on all platforms.

What is React Native Desktop? React Native for OS X. Build OS X desktop apps using React Native.

Proton Native and React Native Desktop belong to "Cross-Platform Desktop Development" category of the tech stack.

Proton Native and React Native Desktop are both open source tools. React Native Desktop with 11.2K GitHub stars and 478 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Proton Native with 8.96K GitHub stars and 269 GitHub forks.

Advice on React Native Desktop, Proton Native

Semih

Software Engineering Manager

Oct 1, 2020

Needs adviceon

JavaScript

HTML5

.NET

Hi,

We are planning to develop a brand new UX for an already existing desktop software. The previous version is developed on C#.NET with Winforms & WPF. Our plan is to use JavaScript/HTML5 based frontend technologies for the new software. For some components, we are highly dependent on .NET/ .NET Core because the JS-based versions are not mature enough.

What would you choose for a desktop-based Engineering Software that supports multi-OS and has rich UI capabilities considering the .NET dependencies?

Thanks in advance,

Semih

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Detailed Comparison

React Native Desktop	Proton Native
Build OS X desktop apps using React Native.	Create native desktop applications through a React syntax, on all platforms.
-	Same syntax as React Native; Works with existing React libraries such as Redux; Cross platform; Native components (no more Electron)
Statistics
GitHub Stars -	GitHub Stars 10.9K
GitHub Forks -	GitHub Forks 359
Stacks 15	Stacks 23
Followers 203	Followers 182
Votes 11	Votes 10
Pros & Cons
Pros 3 Pretty awesome 2 Does not include any browser 2 Memory usage reduced 2 Is native app 1 Open source Cons 0 Memory usage reduced	Pros 3 Very fast 3 Full cross plataform 2 Lightweight 1 Is native 1 React style Cons 1 Low community for the moment
Integrations
React Native	React

What are some alternatives to React Native Desktop, Proton Native?

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.

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.

wxWidgets

It is a C++ library that lets developers create applications for Windows, macOS, Linux and other platforms with a single code base. It has popular language bindings for Python, Perl, Ruby and many other languages, and unlike other cross-platform toolkits, it gives applications a truly native look and feel because it uses the platform's native API rather than emulating the GUI. It's also extensive, free, open-source and mature.

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.

JavaFX

It is a set of graphics and media packages that enables developers to design, create, test, debug, and deploy rich client applications that operate consistently across diverse platforms.

JUCE

It is a C++ framework for low-latency applications, with cross-platform GUI libraries to get your apps running on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android.

NodeGUI

It is an open source library for building cross-platform native desktop applications with JavaScript and CSS like styling. It is based on Qt5 and NOT chromium, hence it is memory and cpu efficient.

pygame

It is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language.

SDL

It is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D.