Neutron

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About Neutron

Neutron is an open-source tool for creating desktop applications based on web applications. Neutron uses Gecko/Firefox under the hood.

Usage

Neutron can either be configured through the configurator.py configuration wizard or the pwa_configurator.py tool. After being configured, config.json is generated in the build folder and build.py can be run to build your application. One example of a Neutron application is Datcord. More information can be found on the wiki.

Currently, Neutron applications can only be built on Linux.

Making an Application (Configuration Wizard Method)

git clone https://github.com/gamingdoom/neutron.git --recurse-submodules -j8
cd neutron
pip install -r requirements.txt
python configurator.py -b

Making an Application (PWA Manifest Method)

git clone https://github.com/gamingdoom/neutron.git --recurse-submodules -j8
cd neutron
pip install -r requirements.txt
python pwa_configurator.py <url of PWA manifest> <output directory>
python configurator.py -c <output directory>/config.json -b

Why?

Neutron is beneficial for the internet as a whole as it challenges the status quo of everything being Chromium based. If more people are able to use browsers other than Chromium, the internet will be freer since there will be no browser monoply.