Questions tagged [node-webkit]

NW.js (formerly node-webkit) is an app runtime based on Chromium and Node.js. You can write native apps in HTML and JavaScript with node-webkit. It also lets you call Node.js modules directly from the DOM and enables a new way of writing native applications with all Web technologies.

NW.js (formerly Node-Webkit) is an app runtime based on and . You can write native apps in HTML and JavaScript with node-webkit. It also lets you call Node.js modules directly from the DOM and enables a new way of writing native applications with all Web technologies. It is developed by Intel at the Intel Open Source Technology Center.

was renamed in January, 2015 because Chromium's switch from Webkit to Blink combined with a switch from Node.js to IO.js meant that the runtime was no longer based on either "Node" or "Webkit".

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node-webkit native module with dll

I'm using node webkit with the node webkit hipster seed I have build a native C++ module, using the Leap Motion SDK, which compile and work fine with node-gyp. Now I'm trying to implement it on node webkit, but I always get "Error: no error" when I…
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node-webkit and WebGL on Linux

Can someone confirm that WebGL works with node-webkit on Linux distros? I can make WebGL run on Google Chrome after enabling the flag Override software rendering list on chrome://flags/, but I'm getting errors regarding Three.js when trying to…
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How to use an included binary with node-webkit

I'd like to use an embedded version of ffmpeg (or any executable really, it shouldn't make a difference) in my node-webkit project, so that the end user doesn't have to install the library in a location available in the $PATH prior to using the…
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Send input to console applications in Node Webkit

is there a way to send input and receive output from console programs using Node Webkit? I tried searching the net but couldn't find what I was looking for.
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NodeWebkit testing using grunt?

Right now i have grunt setup to watch for file changes and feed them to mocha, and mocha runs the tests. The problem is when modules include something like "nw.gui" the test case cannot find them. Is there any way to get around that, some way that i…
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How do I execute a node function using nodewebkit and Angular?

I'm experimenting with node webkit. I wanted to make a simple page where you have a link with a torrent url, you click it and that calls a function to start streaming the torrent with peerflix. I'm using angular so I thought using ng-click to…
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CEF - undesired trembling effect for animations ( font awesome)

I'm fairly new to CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework ), AppJS, node-webkit. I am trying to compile a desktop standalone HTML application.. I noticed that font-awesome animation does not render properly and there's a trembling effect for fonts and…
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Packaging npm modules in node-webkit App

https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/How-to-package-and-distribute-your-apps EXCERPT from the above link: "As a rule of thumb npm install your package.json on each platform you target to ensure everything works as expected." What should…
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Node-webkit secure data storage

I'd like to develop an app using node-webkit which allows to connect to some remote database servers specified by user. For convinience I would like to save the required passwords. What is the best way to securely store data in node-webkit? Is…
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KrakenJS & Node-Webkit - Sample Project

I want to package a krakenjs app for node-webkit but i can achieve that especially for the "main" key manifest. Can someone provide me a basic template based on kraken ? Thanks
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Data doesn't bind on promise fulfill in node-webkit, AngularJS and mysql

I am using node-webkit in conjunction with AngularJS and MySQL. I am fetching customers from MySQL DB using Node.js's mysql driver. Using $q service of angular I want to bind this to the UI which I am unable to. HTML:
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Accessing variable outside of Anonymous Function

I know this is probably a duplicate but I just can't figure out how to do it (trust me i've searched, i've tried to fiddle around with the code). I have the following code which is building a table of files that you drag and dropped in to the…
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LightTable for Windows and NodeJS

I'm trying to use LightTable on windows7 with a node-webkit application i'm building, when i add the nodejs connection and link to my file "main.js" (my app's starting point) i'm getting this: The node process exited. The node process you were…
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node webkit - add custom folder outside of app.nw

Is it possible to add a folder that does not reside inside the app.nw zip file? And if so, how is this done on win/mac/linux? Any link with more info?
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Node-Webkit audio using local file

So i was trying to attach embed tag to the page with the following address: file:///C:/Users/avihay/Downloads/Imagine Dragons - Radioactive.mp3 (even with backslahes as well) but couldn't operate the situation. for some reason the file cant be…
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