@ctatedev: Introducing zero-native Build native desktop + mobile apps with web UI and Zig → Tiny binaries, low memory usage → Sele…

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zero-native is a new tool for building native desktop and mobile apps using web UI and Zig programming language, featuring tiny binaries, low memory usage, and support for multiple web engines (WKWebView, WebKitGTK, WebView2, Chromium/CEF) and frameworks (Next.js, Vue, Svelte, Vite, React).

Introducing zero-native Build native desktop + mobile apps with web UI and Zig → Tiny binaries, low memory usage → Selectable web engines (WKWebView, WebKitGTK, WebView2, Chromium/CEF) → Next.js, Vue, Svelte, Vite, React → macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android https://t.co/gMBinlXWOU

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Introducing zero-native

Build native desktop + mobile apps with web UI and Zig

→ Tiny binaries, low memory usage → Selectable web engines (WKWebView, WebKitGTK, WebView2, Chromium/CEF) → Next.js, Vue, Svelte, Vite, React → macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android https://t.co/gMBinlXWOU

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