Awesome
node-webkit is renamed NW.js
Official site: http://nwjs.io
Announcement
Introduction
NW.js is an app runtime based on Chromium
and node.js
. You can
write native apps in HTML and JavaScript with NW.js. It also lets you
call Node.js modules directly from the DOM and enables a new way of writing
native applications with all Web technologies.
It was created in the Intel Open Source Technology Center.
Introduction to node-webkit (slides)
Creating Desktop Applications With node-webkit
WebApp to DesktopApp with node-webkit (slides)
Essay on the history and internals of the project
Features
- Apps written in modern HTML5, CSS3, JS and WebGL.
- Complete support for Node.js APIs and all its third party modules.
- Good performance: Node and WebKit run in the same thread: Function calls are made straightforward; objects are in the same heap and can just reference each other;
- Easy to package and distribute apps.
- Available on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
Downloads
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v0.12.3: (Jul 31, 2015, based off of IO.js v1.2.0, Chromium 41.0.2272.76): release notes
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v0.13.0-alpha1: (Jun 11, 2015, based off of IO.js v1.5.1, Chromium 43.0.2357.45): release notes
NOTE You might want the SDK build. Please read the release notes -
0.8.6: (Apr 18, 2014, based off of Node v0.10.22, Chrome 30.0.1599.66) If your native Node module works only with Node v0.10, then you should use node-webkit v0.8.x, which is also a maintained branch. More info
release notes -
Windows: win32
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Mac: 32bit, 10.7+
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latest live build: git tip version; build triggered from every git commit: http://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/
###Demos and real apps You may also be interested in our demos repository and the List of apps and companies using nw.js.
Quick Start
Create index.html
:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
We are using node.js <script>document.write(process.version)</script>.
</body>
</html>
Create package.json
:
{
"name": "nw-demo",
"version": "0.0.1",
"main": "index.html"
}
Run:
$ /path/to/nw . (suppose the current directory contains 'package.json')
Note: on Windows, you can drag the folder containing package.json
to nw.exe
to open it.
Note: on OSX, the executable binary is in a hidden directory within the .app file. To run node-webkit on OSX, type:
/path/to/nwjs.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs .
(suppose the current directory contains 'package.json')
Documents
For more information on how to write/package/run apps, see:
And our Wiki for much more.
Community
We use the google group as our mailing list (use English only). Subscribe via nwjs-general+subscribe@googlegroups.com.
NOTE: Links to the old google group (e.g. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/node-webkit/doRWZ07LgWQ/4fheV8FF8zsJ
) that are no more working can be fixed by replacing node-webkit
with nwjs-general
(e.g https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/nwjs-general/doRWZ07LgWQ/4fheV8FF8zsJ
).
Issues are being tracked here on GitHub.
License
node-webkit
's code in this repo uses the MIT license, see our LICENSE
file. To redistribute the binary, see How to package and distribute your apps
Sponsors
The work is being sponsored by: