Interesting take on comparability vs performance. I gotta imaging capturing user data and sending to a cloud collector is also a big culprit.
This is why I hate electron apps on Linux and Windows alike. Sadly, most apps are going electron, especially popular commercial apps. 😮💨
100%. An example I noticed was Balena Etcher and Rufus - they about the same functionality. Etcher is 151MB thanks to Electron, Rufus is 1.1MB.
Isn’t flutter running mostly native? Afaik most newly created apps are using flutter which does not use electron in it’s native versions, right?
This is my understanding as well. Always thought that if I were to develop an app that I wanted to release far and wide, I’d choose Flutter.
most newly created apps are using flutter
Do you have some examples? I’ve never heard of any desktop apps using Flutter, and trying to Google for examples only leads me to obscure ones I’ve never heard of.
They have a showcase showcase
From skimming over the list, the ones I spotted showing off their desktop apps were Rive, Superlist and Reflection.app.
Rive is actually a product that I use but I haven’t tried their new desktop app yet so o can’t speak to its startup performance.
Edit: also, I said new ones. I think it will take some time until we get a new super popular app along the lines of discord.
Flutter is “native” if your definition of “native” apps are apps that compiled into native binaries. However, Flutter is not “native” if your definition of “native” apps includes apps that uses the native platform’s UI because afaik Flutter draw their own UI elements instead of using native UI elements, which is a deal breaker for some people.
The reverse can be said about React Native, where it’s not “native” because it uses javascript engine, yet it’s also “native” because it uses the native platform’s UI instead of rendering their own UI elements.
