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pkg vs hammer.js: What are the differences?
Developers describe pkg as "Package your Node.js project into an executable". This command line interface enables you to package your Node.js project into an executable that can be run even on devices without Node.js installed. On the other hand, hammer.js is detailed as "*Open-source library that can recognize gestures *". It is a open-source library that can recognize gestures made by touch, mouse and pointerEvents. It doesn’t have any dependencies.
pkg and hammer.js can be primarily classified as "Javascript Utilities & Libraries" tools.
Some of the features offered by pkg are:
- Make a commercial version of your application without sources
- Make a demo/evaluation/trial version of your app without sources
- Instantly make executables for other platforms (cross-compilation)
On the other hand, hammer.js provides the following key features:
- No dependencies
- Open Source
- Multi-touch gestures
pkg is an open source tool with 14.4K GitHub stars and 548 GitHub forks. Here's a link to pkg's open source repository on GitHub.