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Hazel vs Nativefier: What are the differences?

Hazel: Lighweight update server for Electron apps. This project lets you deploy an update server for Electron apps with ease: You only need to run a single command and fill out two text fields; Nativefier: Wrap any web page natively without even thinking, across Windows, OSX and Linux. Nativefier is a command line tool that allows you to easily create a desktop application for any web site with succinct and minimal configuration. Apps are wrapped by Electron in an OS executable (.app, .exe, etc.) for use on Windows, OSX and Linux.

Hazel and Nativefier can be categorized as "Cross-Platform Desktop Development" tools.

Hazel and Nativefier are both open source tools. It seems that Nativefier with 20.1K GitHub stars and 1.15K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Hazel with 2.16K GitHub stars and 119 GitHub forks.

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      Has a better Javascript support, and is much faster

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    What is Hazel?

    This project lets you deploy an update server for Electron apps with ease: You only need to run a single command and fill out two text fields.

    What is Nativefier?

    Nativefier is a command line tool that allows you to easily create a desktop application for any web site with succinct and minimal configuration. Apps are wrapped by Electron in an OS executable (.app, .exe, etc.) for use on Windows, OSX and Linux.

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      What are some alternatives to Hazel and Nativefier?
      Electron
      With Electron, creating a desktop application for your company or idea is easy. Initially developed for GitHub's Atom editor, Electron has since been used to create applications by companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Slack, and Docker. The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on io.js and Chromium and is used in the Atom editor.
      JavaFX
      It is a set of graphics and media packages that enables developers to design, create, test, debug, and deploy rich client applications that operate consistently across diverse platforms.
      pygame
      It is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language.
      Qt5
      It is a full development framework with tools designed to streamline the creation of applications and user interfaces for desktop, embedded, and mobile platforms.
      Element
      Element is a Vue 2.0 based component library for developers, designers and product managers, with a set of design resources.
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