Cappuccino Client

Cappuccino Client: Build Native Desktop Apps with Web Technologies

An open source application for building native desktop experiences using standard web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

What is Cappuccino Client?

Cappuccino Client is an open source application development framework that enables developers to build desktop apps using web technologies. It was created by developers at 280 North in an effort to bring the speed, power, and ease of web development to the desktop.

With Cappuccino Client, developers can use standard web languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create fully native desktop apps that have the look, feel, and performance users expect from desktop software. The framework wraps and extends these web technologies to provide access to native desktop capabilities.

Some key features of Cappuccino Client include:

• Native desktop features like windows, menus, toolbars, drag and drop, and more
• Applets that allow integration with the user's desktop
• Automatic updates powered by Sparkle
• CocoScript as an alternative to JavaScript for better performance
• Built-in Core Data integration for managing data
• A robust API for accessing system resources

Cappuccino Client makes it easy for web developers to leverage their existing skills to build cross-platform desktop apps. It compiles the web code into high performance native binaries. The framework is free, open source, and supported on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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