Zero-native – Build native desktop apps with web UI

AbuAssar

> No borrow checker. No lifetimes. No fighting the compiler for 20 minutes over a string. I don’t like this attitude, both zig and rust have their strengths.

vijaybritto

Im not sure if people are getting the biggest problem in electron desktop apps. Its RAM usage not the disk!! Why are they all making the same thing in different ways?! I have never worked on an electron app where the executable size was an impediment to the business. Its always the RAM/CPU usage. If we are going to work on the same webviews like electron and others, how will this make any difference?

aiscoming

I love the redefinition of "native desktop app" - a web app which uses the system web-view instead of bundling Chrome.

h4ch1

> Use the system WebView for lightweight apps, or bundle Chromium via CEF so basically a vibe coded Tauri in zig? I don't like calling webview dependent applications "native desktop apps". Native desktop apps means using the OS primitives and directives to draw the UI imo; WinForms, SwiftUI, and their ilk.

norskeld

Given this is from Vercel and most likely vibe coded (hopefully not), I wonder how many zero-day vulnerabilities will be there... :^)

boxed

No screenshot examples even? :/

DeathArrow

Still, using system's native GUI should be more performant and use less memory. I would rather see existing Zig GUI libraries using system's GUI primitives improving. With LLM GUI stuff should be simple enough and we don't need to rely on people web expertise to build desktop apps.

jerleth

Sounds very similar to webui (zig version: https://github.com/webui-dev/zig-webui ) What is the difference?