Gluon is a framework for developing desktop applications, built on the system’s installed browser (not webviews) and Node.js, and can be used as an alternative to Electron.

Unlike common desktop development frameworks, Gluon does not have a built-in browser kernel (such as Chromium) or uses a webview (such as Edge Webview2 on Windows),Instead, use your system’s installed browser, such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc. Gluon is based on Chromium and Firefox The browser is used as the front end, and Node.js is used as the back end.

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• Use the browser installed on your system:Allows users to choose most Chromium and Firefox based browsers without using webviews
• Smaller installation package
• easy to use: Gluon has a simple yet powerful API to create applications that include a Node backend
• Support Deno(experimental)
• Build times are fast:Build small projects in less than 1 second with Gluon
• Cross-platform– Gluon is available for Windows, Linux and macOS (WIP)

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