Native apps written in TypeScript and CSS

arbayi 100 points 34 comments September 22, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (8 comments)

bertili

Not apparent at first, but this is a TypeScript to c++ compiler at the core ( https://github.com/geastack/compiler ), with bindings for various platforms.

sublinear

Ah this is for embedded apps. Pretty neat!

zerr

What do they use for graphics and audio?

tarcon

"The earlier implementation could not be driven to zero of them, because boxing was load-bearing in its emitter" In the docs of the repo of their TS to C++ compiler. https://github.com/geastack/compiler

slopinthebag

the amount of ai used in this makes me think its pure vaporware. has anyone actually confirmed any of this is real or works?

elendilm

Nice. I will keep an eye on this for future use.

realysy

How many memory does it cost for a simple hello world window? VS Qt, Tauri

jeswin

Author of tsonic.org here (which is very similar, but for Rust, C# and Mojo - WIP). One of the biggest complaints I get is about missing documentation on what TypeScript is not supported. For example, the following is obviously impossible: const a = eval("...something...."); or even: a: unknown, or a: any. The rest of it is largely doable. But people want to see what's not supported. Otherwise it's not clear to them what to avoid.

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