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#Electrobun
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Electrobun
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Build ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop apps with Typescript
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Electrobun aims to be a complete solution-in-a-box for building, updating, and shipping ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop applications written in Typescript. Under the hood it uses bun to execute the main process and to bundle webview typescript, and has native bindings written in zig.
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Electrobun is a framework for building desktop applications using web technologies, powered by the high-performance Bun runtime.
It aims to deliver desktop apps that are lighter, faster, and more resource-efficient compared to traditional Electron apps.
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🕰️ Background

📌 Electron popularized web-based desktop apps (e.g., VS Code, Slack).
📌 However, Electron bundles Chromium and Node.js, making apps heavy.
📌 Bun introduced a high-speed JavaScript runtime alternative.
📌 Electrobun leverages Bun to modernize the Electron-style architecture.

🚀 Key Features

⚡ Bun-powered runtime – Faster startup and lower memory usage.
🖥️ Web-based UI stack – Build interfaces with HTML, CSS, and modern JS frameworks.
🔌 Native system access – File system, OS integration, and process control.
📦 Smaller bundles – Optimized packaging compared to Electron.
🔄 Developer-friendly workflow – Modern DX with hot reload and fast builds.

🌟 Why Choose Electrobun?

✅ Faster launch times
✅ Reduced resource consumption
✅ Full access to the web ecosystem
✅ Ideal for internal tools, AI apps, productivity software
✅ Modern developer experience powered by Bun
Electrobun represents a new generation of web-powered desktop frameworks focused on performance and efficiency.
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