# NodeGUI

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Build **performant**, **native** and **cross-platform** desktop applications with **Node.js** and **CSS like styling**.🚀

NodeGUI is powered by **Qt5** 💚 which makes it CPU and memory efficient as compared to other chromium based solutions like electron.

If you are looking for **React** based version, check out: **[React NodeGUI](https://github.com/nodegui/react-nodegui)**.

Visit: https://nodegui.github.io/nodegui for docs.

<img alt="logo" src="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/raw/master/extras/logo/nodegui.png" height="200" />

> This project is in active development. It should be okay for smaller projects but anything complex - electron is the way to go for now. 🚧

## How does it look?

<div style="display:inline; margin: 0 auto;">
<img alt="demo_linux" src="https://github.com/nodegui/examples/raw/master/nodegui/calculator/calculator_linux.png" height="280" />
<img alt="demo_win" src="https://github.com/nodegui/examples/raw/master/nodegui/calculator/calculator_win.jpg" height="280" />
<img alt="demo_mac" src="https://github.com/nodegui/examples/raw/master/nodegui/calculator/calculator_mac.png" height="280" />
</div>

<div style="display:inline; margin: 0 auto;"><img alt="kitchen" src="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/raw/master/extras/assets/kitchen.png" height="280" /><img alt="demo_mac" src="https://github.com/nodegui/examples/raw/master/react-nodegui/weather-app-widget/weather_widget_mac.png" height="280" /><img alt="demo_win" src="https://github.com/nodegui/examples/raw/master/react-nodegui/image-view/image_view_win.jpg" height="280" />
</div>

**More screenshots?**

### More Examples:

https://github.com/nodegui/examples

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## Features

- 🧬 Cross platform. Should work on major Linux flavours, Windows and MacOS.
- 📉 Low CPU and memory footprint. Current CPU stays at 0% on idle and memory usage is under 20mb for a hello world program.
- 💅 Styling with CSS (includes actual cascading). Also has full support for Flexbox layout (thanks to Yoga).
- ✅ Complete Nodejs api support (Currently runs on Node v12.x - and is easily upgradable). Hence has access to all nodejs compatible npm modules.
- 🎪 Native widget event listener support. Supports all events available from Qt / NodeJs.
- 💸 Can be used for Commercial applications.
- 🕵️‍♂️ Good Devtools support.
- 📚 Good documentation and website.
- 🧙‍♂️ Good documentation for contributors.
- 🦹🏻‍♀️ Good support for dark mode (Thanks to QT).
- 🏅First class Typescript support. (Works on regular JS projects too 😉).


## Getting Started

- Check out [nodegui-starter](https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui-starter) to get up and running with your own React NodeGUI app!
- Read through the [docs](https://nodegui.github.io/nodegui).
- Checkout the examples: https://github.com/nodegui/examples .

**Community guides**

- https://blog.logrocket.com/electron-alternatives-exploring-nodegui-and-react-nodegui/ - Electron alternatives: Exploring NodeGUI and React NodeGUI by [Siegfried Grimbeek](https://blog.logrocket.com/author/siegfriedgrimbeek/).
- https://hibbard.eu/node-gui/ - Excellent guide from [James Hibbard](https://github.com/jameshibbard).

**Talks/Podcasts**

- [NodeGui and React NodeGui at KarmaJS Nov 2019 meetup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jH5gaEEDv4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jH5gaEEDv4)

- <audio data-theme="night" data-src="https://changelog.com/jsparty/96/embed" src="https://cdn.changelog.com/uploads/jsparty/96/js-party-96.mp3" preload="none" class="changelog-episode" controls></audio><p><a href="https://changelog.com/jsparty/96">JS Party 96: Performant Node desktop apps with NodeGUI</a> – Listen on <a href="https://changelog.com/">Changelog.com</a></p>

## Docs for contributing

 ``` 
 It is easier than you think, try it 
 ```

Looking to contribute? If you wish to implement a new widget/add more features and need help understanding the codebase, you can start here: [Contributing developer docs](https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/tree/master/website/docs/development).

Please read https://github.com/nodegui/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

## Building

`npm run build [--qt_home_dir=/path/to/qt]`

## Funding

NodeGUI is an open source project and requires your support. If you like this project, please consider supporting my work by clicking on the Sponsor button on this Github repository or via Ko-Fi. 
Alternatively, Issues on NodeGui can be funded by anyone via Issuehunt and the amount will be distributed to respective contributors.

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## Special Thanks

- [Logo: Thanks to Vishwas Shetty from the Noun Project.](https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/blob/master/extras/legal/logo/thanks.md) 

## Code of Conduct

https://github.com/nodegui/.github/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

## License

MIT

## Backers 🚀

Thanks goes to these wonderful people.

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    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/johnsusek"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/611996?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt="John Susek"/><br /><sub><b>John Susek</b></sub></a></td>
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## Maintainers ✨

People maintaining this project.

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    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/dimitarnestorov"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/8790386?s=460&v=4" width="100px;" alt="Dimitar"/><br /><sub><b>Dimitar Nestorov</b></sub></a></td>
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## Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):

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    <td align="center"><a href="https://lramage.gitlab.io"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/43783393?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Lucas Ramage"/><br /><sub><b>Lucas Ramage</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=oxr463" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/gamtiq"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/1177323?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Denis Sikuler"/><br /><sub><b>Denis Sikuler</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=gamtiq" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/nahueljo"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1612488?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Nahuel José"/><br /><sub><b>Nahuel José</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#question-Naahuel" title="Answering Questions">💬</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/kakulgupta"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/10727047?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Kakul Gupta"/><br /><sub><b>Kakul Gupta</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=kakulgupta" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://rahulgaba.com"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/7898942?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Rahul Gaba"/><br /><sub><b>Rahul Gaba</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=rgabs" title="Code">💻</a></td>
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    <td align="center"><a href="http://marcus-sa.me"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/8391194?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Marcus S. Abildskov"/><br /><sub><b>Marcus S. Abildskov</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=marcus-sa" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
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    <td align="center"><a href="http://www.mad3linux.org"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/508624?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Átila Camurça Alves"/><br /><sub><b>Átila Camurça Alves</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=atilacamurca" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://hibbard.eu"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1940994?v=4" width="100px;" alt="James Hibbard"/><br /><sub><b>James Hibbard</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=jameshibbard" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/soonoo"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/5436405?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Soonwoo Hong"/><br /><sub><b>Soonwoo Hong</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=soonoo" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/illBeRoy"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/6681893?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Roy Sommer"/><br /><sub><b>Roy Sommer</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=illBeRoy" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/paulocoghi"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/378397?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Paulo Coghi"/><br /><sub><b>Paulo Coghi</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-paulocoghi" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://balthild.com"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2662758?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Balthild Ires"/><br /><sub><b>Balthild Ires</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=balthild" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://dimitarnestorov.com"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/8790386?v=4" width="100px;" alt="Dimitar Nestorov"/><br /><sub><b>Dimitar Nestorov</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/nodegui/nodegui/commits?author=dimitarnestorov" title="Code">💻</a></td>
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