Introduction

node-webkit is an app runtime based on Chromium and node.js. You can write native apps in HTML and Javascript with node-webkit. It also 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)

Features

  • Apps written in modern HTML5, CSS3, JS and WebGL.
  • Complete support for Node.js APIs and all its third party modules.
  • No extra performance lose in calling Node.js APIs.
  • Easy to package and distribute apps.