Electrobun - Build ultra fast, tiny, cross-platform desktop apps (blackboard.sh)

Electrobun v1 - Blackboard Blog

Build ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop apps with TypeScript.

www.lorenstew.art

I Built the Same App 10 Times: Evaluating Frameworks for Mobile Performance | Loren Stewart

I needed to choose a framework for a mobile-first app at work. I started comparing Next.js, SolidStart, and SvelteKit, then expanded to 10 frameworks. The measurements revealed dramatic differences in bundle sizes, performance, and the real cost of framework choices.

felixrieseberg.com

Things people get wrong about Electron

From $25,000 Bloomberg Terminals to SpaceX spaceship controls, web tech is powering systems you'd never expect. Many desktop apps are built with Electron. Why build with web tech — and why bundle parts of Chromium to do so?

mantine.dev

Mantine

A fully featured React components library with 120+ customizable components, hooks, and utilities. Build accessible web applications faster.

github.com

gatsbyjs/gatsby

React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.

github.com

webui-dev/zig-webui

Use any web browser or WebView as GUI, with Zig in the backend and modern web technologies in the frontend, all in a lightweight portable library.

medium.com

Native Apps are Doomed

From now on, I won’t be building any more native apps. All my apps going forward will be progressive web apps. Progressive web apps are web…

gpuix-svelte.stanislav.garden

gpuix-svelte: Build native desktop apps with Svelte

A Svelte renderer for native desktop apps on macOS, Windows and Linux. GPUI, the UI framework behind the Zed editor, draws them, with no DOM or webview.

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gethopp.app

Tauri vs. Electron: performance, bundle size, and the real trade-offs

A breakdown of the choice between Tauri and Electron for cross-platform apps, backed by practical comparisons and benchmark data.

https://gethopp.app/blog/tauri-vs-electron social preview image

tomdale.net

Making the Jump: How Desktop-Era Frameworks Can Thrive on Mobile

How do tools that grew up on the desktop, like Ember, Angular and React, make the jump to the mobile future?

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lightpanda.io

Lightpanda | The headless browser

The AI-native web browser built from scratch for machines. Not a fork. Not a patch. Fast, scalable web automation with a minimal memory footprint. 10x faster, 10x less RAM, and 100x better than Chrome headless.

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svar.dev

SVAR Svelte UI Components Library

Build modern, responsive web apps with open-source SVAR Svelte UI components: Data Grid, Gantt Chart, and more! Lightweight, fast, customizable.

https://svar.dev/svelte/ social preview image

github.com

Elanis/web-to-desktop-framework-comparison

An objective comparison of multiple frameworks that allow us to "transform" our web apps to desktop applications.

originui-svelte.pages.dev

Origin UI - Svelte

An extensive collection of copy-and-paste Svelte components for quickly building app UIs.

x.com

GREG ISENBERG on Twitter / X

Apple JUST quietly announced something that’s a lot BIGGER than it looks: "the Mini Apps Partner Program"Apple is admitting that the future of software is embedded, lightweight, vertical mini-apps distributed inside bigger appFor founders who want to make $$ building apps:… pic.twitter.com/jZz7dU6w07— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) November 14, 2025