Official site: http://nwjs.io
Official documentation: http://docs.nwjs.io/
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.
Building a Cross-platform Desktop App with NW.js
Creating Desktop Applications With node-webkit
WebApp to DesktopApp with node-webkit (slides)
Essay on the history and internals of the project
- 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
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v0.24.2: (Aug 11, 2017, based off of Node.js v8.3.0, Chromium 60.0.3112.90): release notes
NOTE You might want the SDK build. Please read the release notes. -
Mac 10.9+: 64bit
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Use Legacy build for Win XP and early OSX.
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latest nightly build from git tip: https://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/
You may also be interested in our demos repository and the List of apps and companies using nw.js.
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')
For more information on how to write/package/run apps, see:
And our Wiki for much more.
We use the google group as our mailing list (use English only). Subscribe via [email protected].
NOTE: Links to the old google group (e.g. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/node-webkit/doRWZ07LgWQ/4fheV8FF8zsJ) that are no longer 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.
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
The work is being sponsored by: