vault/nw-js: Call all Node

node-webkit is renamed NW.js

Official site: http://nwjs.io
Announcement

Introduction

NW.js is an app runtime based on Chromium and node.js. You can write native apps in HTML and JavaScript with NW.js. It also lets you call Node.js modules directly from the DOM and enables a new way of writing native applications with all Web technologies.

It was created in the Intel Open Source Technology Center.

Introduction to node-webkit (slides)
Creating Desktop Applications With node-webkit
WebApp to DesktopApp with node-webkit (slides)
Essay on the history and internals of the project

Features

Apps written in modern HTML5, CSS3, JS and WebGL.
Complete support for Node.js APIs and all its third party modules.
Good performance: Node and WebKit run in the same thread: Function calls are made straightforward; objects are in the same heap and can just reference each other;
Easy to package and distribute apps.
Available on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows

Downloads

v0.12.3: (Jul 31, 2015, based off of IO.js v1.2.0, Chromium 41.0.2272.76): release notes
- Linux: 32bit / 64bit
- Windows: 32bit / 64bit
- Mac 10.7+: 32bit / 64bit
v0.13.0-alpha1: (Jun 11, 2015, based off of IO.js v1.5.1, Chromium 43.0.2357.45): release notes
NOTE You might want the SDK build. Please read the release notes
- Linux: 32bit / 64bit
- Windows: 32bit / 64bit
- Mac 10.7+: 32bit / 64bit
0.8.6: (Apr 18, 2014, based off of Node v0.10.22, Chrome 30.0.1599.66) If your native Node module works only with Node v0.10, then you should use node-webkit v0.8.x, which is also a maintained branch. More info
release notes
- Linux: 32bit / 64bit
- Windows: win32
- Mac: 32bit, 10.7+
latest live build: git tip version; build triggered from every git commit: http://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/
Previous versions

###Demos and real apps You may also be interested in our demos repository and the List of apps and companies using nw.js.

Quick Start

Create index.html:

<!DOCTYPE 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",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "main": "index.html"
}

Run:

$ /path/to/nw .  (suppose the current directory contains 'package.json')

Note: on Windows, you can drag the folder containing package.json to nw.exe to open it.

Note: on OSX, the executable binary is in a hidden directory within the .app file. To run node-webkit on OSX, type:
/path/to/nwjs.app/Contents/MacOS/nwjs . (suppose the current directory contains ‘package.json’)

Documents

For more information on how to write/package/run apps, see:

And our Wiki for much more.

Community

We use the google group as our mailing list (use English only). Subscribe via nwjs-general+subscribe@googlegroups.com.

NOTE: Links to the old google group (e.g. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/node-webkit/doRWZ07LgWQ/4fheV8FF8zsJ) that are no more working can be fixed by replacing node-webkit with nwjs-general (e.g https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/nwjs-general/doRWZ07LgWQ/4fheV8FF8zsJ).

Issues are being tracked here on GitHub.

License

node-webkit’s code in this repo uses the MIT license, see our LICENSE file. To redistribute the binary, see How to package and distribute your apps