Hacker News with Generative AI: Cross-Platform Development

Ask HN: Future of Windows operating system and application (ycombinator.com)
Now that windows is more tightly integrating with linux and supporting wsl etc and applications are increasingly xplatform e.g. vs code in electron on linux, apple etc where do we see this ending. Is there much change in how windows is evolving under the hood or in the way (previously) native applications are being developed?

Operating Systems, Linux, Cross-Platform Development

14 points by thorin 15 days ago | 18 comments

Building an offline-first, cross-platform IMAP client (marcoapp.io)
When we set out to build Marco, we knew we were committing to two very difficult requirements: (1) IMAP-based, not API-based, and (2) cross-platform – web, Mac, Windows, Android, iOS.

Email, Software Development, Cross-Platform Development

17 points by isaachinman 33 days ago | 9 comments

Show HN: Beautiful ePub reader for all platforms (github.com/readest)
Readest is an open-source ebook reader designed for immersive and deep reading experiences. Built as a modern rewrite of Foliate, it leverages Next.js 15 and Tauri v2 to offer a seamless cross-platform experience on macOS, Windows, Linux and Web, with support for mobile platforms coming soon.

Open Source, Ebook Readers, Cross-Platform Development, Web Development, Software

12 points by chrox 49 days ago | 7 comments

Textual 1.0 (github.com/Textualize)
Build cross-platform user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal or a web browser.

Python, Cross-Platform Development, User Interfaces, Terminal Applications, Web Applications

5 points by willm 60 days ago | 0 comments

Introduce support for the Meson build system – git.git 904339e (kernel.org)
Introduce support for the Meson build system, a "modern" meta build system that supports many different platforms, including Linux, macOS, Windows and BSDs. Meson supports different backends, including Ninja, Xcode and Microsoft Visual Studio. Several common IDEs provide an integration with it.

Linux Kernel, Build Systems, Meson, Cross-Platform Development

3 points by todsacerdoti 63 days ago | 0 comments

The GNU C-Compiler with Binutils and other useful tools for Amiga (github.com/bebbo)
The GNU C Compiler with binutils and other useful tools for cross compiling software for the Commodore Amiga.

Software, Compilers, Amiga, Cross-Platform Development

13 points by doener 68 days ago | 4 comments

Native Swift on Android, Part 2: Your First Swift Android App (skip.tools)
Swift is Apple’s recommended language for app development, and with good reason. Its safety, efficiency, and expressiveness have made it easier than ever to build fast, polished, and robust apps for the Apple ecosystem. Recent stories about Swift on Windows and Swift on the Playdate highlight developers’ desire to take advantage of Swift on other platforms too. In this series, we explore writing native Swift apps for Android with Skip.

Mobile Development, Swift, Android, Programming Languages, Cross-Platform Development

38 points by serial_dev 76 days ago | 3 comments

Tk9.0: CGo-free, cross platform GUI toolkit for Go (pkg.go.dev)
This package is not in the latest version of its module.

GUI, Cross-Platform Development

228 points by nateb2022 82 days ago | 82 comments

Electrobun: Cross-platform desktop applications written in TypeScript (electrobun.dev)
Electrobun aims to be a complete solution-in-a-box for building, updating, and shipping ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop applications written in Typescript.

TypeScript, Desktop Applications, Cross-Platform Development, Software Development

323 points by CharlesW 90 days ago | 131 comments

FLTK 1.4 Released (fltk.org)
We are pleased to announce the release of FLTK 1.4.0.

New Releases, Software, Cross-Platform Development

114 points by mappu 91 days ago | 46 comments

Uno Platform Studio: GUI Designer for Cross-Platform .NET Applications (platform.uno)
We are proud to introduce Uno Platform Studio, a suite of productivity tools featuring Hot Design, a next-generation Visual Designer for .NET cross-platform apps!

.NET, Cross-Platform Development, GUI Design

74 points by AbuAssar 94 days ago | 36 comments

Haxe lang – build cross-platform application with fast cross-compiler (haxe.org)
Haxe is an open source high-level strictly-typed programming language with a fast optimizing cross-compiler.

Programming Languages, Open Source, Cross-Platform Development

94 points by Alifatisk 159 days ago | 21 comments

A Swift Toolchain for Android, Part 1: Setup, Compiling, Running, and Testing (skip.tools)
You may already be familiar with Skip as a tool for bringing your Swift iOS apps to Android. Skip takes a novel transpilation approach, where we integrate with the Xcode build system to convert your Swift code into Kotlin. This allows us to create an Android library for every build of your Swift package, or to launch an Android version of your SwiftUI app on every Xcode Run.

Mobile Development, Swift, Android, Cross-Platform Development

16 points by marcprux 160 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Pax – cross-platform GUIs with an integrated design tool (pax.dev)

Cross-Platform Development, Software, Programming, Show HN

19 points by zackbrown 160 days ago | 8 comments

Fenster: The most minimal cross-platform GUI library (github.com/zserge)
Fenster /ˈfɛnstɐ/ -- a German word for "window".

Software, Cross-Platform Development, GUI Libraries

9 points by ingve 164 days ago | 1 comments

QtCS2024: Compile once, Run everywhere (wiki.qt.io)
Compiling and deploying of C++ applications on Windows, Linux, macOS for x86_64 and arm64 can be challenging. By using _[Cosmopolitan Libc](https://justine.lol/cosmopolitan/)_ we could have an alternative.

C++, Cross-Platform Development, Software Development, Linux, Windows

176 points by mmphosis 165 days ago | 63 comments

Show HN: Skip – Build native iOS and Android apps from a single Swift codebase (skip.tools)

Mobile Development, iOS, Android, Cross-Platform Development, Swift

322 points by marcprux 174 days ago | 118 comments

Expo vs. Flutter (thenewstack.io)

Mobile Development, Cross-Platform Development, Frameworks

6 points by galenmarchetti 188 days ago | 3 comments

How to beg/borrow/steal your way to a cross platform Bluetooth LE library (2023) (nonpolynomial.com)

Bluetooth, Cross-Platform Development, Programming, Software Libraries

80 points by nateb2022 207 days ago | 10 comments

How to develop on Windows: comparing native, MinGW, Cygwin, WSL (tmewett.com)