WWaqas Shahid2d ago · 2 min readElectron Explained: Desktop Apps Built With Web TechnologyIntroduction Some of the most-used desktop apps — VS Code (the batch 17 post), Slack, Discord, Figma's desktop app — are not written in native desktop languages at all. They are web apps wrapped in Elpracticaldevblog.hashnode.dev
HHearth TeamOct 20 · 3 min readHow Hearth, a free Discord alternative for Windows, is built (Electron, Postgres RLS, LiveKit)Hearth is a free desktop chat app for Windows: communities with text and voice channels, DMs, one-to-one calls, camera and screen sharing, roles and moderation. Version 1.1.0 went out this week. This hearthapp.hashnode.dev
CCernaloOct 18 · 10 min readShipping Local Speech-to-Text in a Desktop AI Assistant: What We Learned Bundling whisper.cppOriginally published on cernalo.com. The desktop app turns speech into text on your computer with a bundled whisper.cpp runtime. The question is answered only after you send the text. The audio stays cernalo.hashnode.dev
SSifat AhmedOct 16 · 5 min readTwo Windows Bugs That Look Identical in Claude Desktop (and How to Tell Them Apart)If Claude Desktop won't launch on Windows, you've probably already found a GitHub issue or a blog post describing a fix. The problem is there are at least two genuinely different bugs that produce neasifatahmed.hashnode.dev
HHuzaifa KhanOct 7 · 8 min readElectron vs Tauri: how to choose for your next desktop appIf you want to build a desktop app with web technology, you'll end up choosing between Electron and Tauri. Both let you write the interface in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with React, Svelte, Vue, or whitshuzaifa.hashnode.dev
EENES TANEROct 1 · 4 min readBefore replacing a DOCX: a source walkthrough of Simpaper's save pipelineAn office application has to handle two different failure modes: a save can produce a broken file, or it can produce a valid file that has lost document features. Checking for one does not resolve theenestanerr.hashnode.dev
YYaşar Samed ErolSep 30 · 9 min readWhat I Learned Building an Open-Source Chromium BrowserMost developers spend a significant part of their day inside a browser. I do too. But after using mainstream browsers for years, I kept wanting something slightly different: a browser that kept Chromiysamed.hashnode.dev
CChaitanya ChandurkarSep 26 · 6 min readType-Safe IPC Between Angular and ElectronA desktop app starts feeling real when it can do something outside the browser. Save a file. Open a native dialog. Remember what you were working on after you close the window. With Angular and Electrcchandurkar.hashnode.dev
AAlex WeMaideSep 23 · 7 min readWe Built an AI Video Editor That Directs the Cut but Leaves the Footage LocalThe useful promise of AI video editing is not “press a button and receive a mysterious finished video.” It is a faster route from a folder of raw footage to a first cut that a person can inspect, undewemaide.hashnode.dev
SShreyam AdhikariSep 18 · 3 min readMeasuring the Hidden Cost of a Desktop WebViewEvery desktop app has a good reason to use resources. The problem is that I run many of them together. My desktop might have VS Code or Cursor, Discord, WhatsApp, a database client, a music player, anshreyam1008.hashnode.dev
