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From: jman <srht@city17.xyz>
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Subject: Re: electron alternatives: wayland-like widget toolkits/GUI frameworks
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> 1. Has anyone created a realistic alternative to HTML/CSS--maybe a
> binary DOM that has a reasonable API for manipulation? I supposed it'd
> also need some sort of rendering engine

As additional data point I'll mention an effort to make a standalone
executable wrapper around a web application by using Webkit instead of Electron:
https://tauri.studio/

I have tested it on a VueJS web application and it works (ish). It's
still the same HTML+CSS+JS mess you mention but squeezed in a more
compact executable.

IIUC, Electron should be available for Wayland from March, 2021:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/109176#issuecomment-752134096