How to Build a Desktop App with Rails 8 and Electron
From Web to Desktop: Wrapping a Rails Hotwire App in Electron Very often I find myself…
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Have you not been to the last 3 RubyConfs (2022/2023/2024)? Ruby has had desktop library solutions for years now. Your post sounded uninformed. Electron is a lot more complicated than just building a desktop app using a Ruby library like Glimmer DSL for LibUI (or Glimmer DSL for SWT if a more advanced desktop app is needed), unless you need an extremely custom UI (an anti-pattern in most desktop apps except a few exceptions). I am surprised you aren’t aware of the 7 Glimmer desktop gems in Ruby or many other technologies. Glimmer DSL for SWT lets you wrap your app as a Mac or Windows executable. I built a project management app for my sister in Ruby that way: https://github.com/AndyObtiva/are-we-there-yet
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