Is this the electron-alternative we've been waiting for?

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GitHub - DioxusLabs/dioxus: Fullstack GUI library for web, desktop, mobile, and more.
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Fullstack GUI library for web, desktop, mobile, and more. In Rust using a HTML + CSS renderer built on top of Servo.

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It's not a dual-language platform, though. You write the backend and the frontend in Rust. The frontend code is compiled to WASM to serve it to the browser.

Ah, well that’s great for folks who already know or want to learn Rust

The folks who only know JavaScript and refuse to learn more deserve to be blamed for electron's (and similar) continued existence, and therefore for excessive resource usage.