node-webkit is a web runtime based on Chromium and node.js. It lets you
to call Node.js modules directly from DOM and enables a new way of writing
native applications with all Web technologies.
It's created and developed in Intel Open Source Technology Center.
Introduction to node-webkit (slides)
- Write apps in modern HTML, CSS, JS and WebGL
- Strong network and native APIs from node.js
- Support modules written in JS and C++
- Node and WebKit is in same thread so that the function call is very efficient.
- Easy to package and distribute apps
Prebuilt binaries (v0.2.5):
Demos:
Create index.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",
"main": "index.html"
}Compress index.html and package.json into a zip archive, and rename
it to app.nw:
app.nw
|-- package.json
`-- index.html
Download the prebuilt binary for your platform and use it to open the
app.nw file:
$ ./nw app.nwNote: on Windows, you can drag the app.nw to nw.exe to open it.
For more information on how to write/package/run apps, see:
And also our Wiki.
We use node-webkit | Google Groups as our mailing list, subscribe via [email protected].
node-webkit previously was a node.js module which created a GTK+ WebView
based on a custom WebKit, see tag webkitgtk.
node-webkit's code uses the MIT license, Chromium and CEF's codes use
their BSD-style licenses.