How to develop Desktop Apps using HTML/CSS/JavaScript? [closed]

Answer 1

NW.js

(Previously known as node-webkit)

I would suggest NW.js if you are familiar with Node or experienced with JavaScript.

NW.js is an app runtime based on Chromium and node.js.

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

You can find the NW.js repo here, and a good introduction to NW.js here. If you fancy learning Node.js I would recommend this SO post with a lot of good links.

Answer 2

NOTE: AppJS is deprecated and not recommended anymore.

Take a look at NW.js instead.

Answer 3

CEF offers lot of flexibility and options for customisation. But if the intent is to develop quickly node-webkit is also a good option. Node-web kit also offers ability to call node modules directly from DOM.

If there aren't any native modules to integrate Node-Webkit can offer better mileage. With native modules C/C++ or even C# it is better with CEF.