Topic

Desktop apps built on web technology

Applications whose interface is HTML, CSS and JavaScript rendered in an embedded browser engine and shipped as a native executable, the approach taken by Electron, Tauri and system-webview frameworks.

Current clusters

build1 publisher

Deno desktop's default backend draws your UI with whatever engine the host already ships

Deno 2.9 adds an experimental deno desktop command that compiles a web app into a single binary. The default backend bundles no browser engine, so rendering follows WebView2 or WebKit. Bundling Chromium is a flag away, at tens of megabytes.

Publishers:deno.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption15
Hype gap+12
Incentives80
Confidence55