Is it possible to create desktop applications with node.js?

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itamarb picture itamarb · Jan 9, 2012 · Viewed 68.1k times · Source

I've created an application using node.js, and I'm interested to know if it's possible to pack the client side (js, html ,css) and the server side into a standalone application (that doesn't required browser).

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thejh picture thejh · Jan 9, 2012

https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit is a project with the goal of running an instance of the webkit browser engine in the same process as nodejs. It allows you to directly use nodes API in the browser. It currently only works on linux works on Windows, Mac and Linux now.

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