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elixir-desktop / desktop

Building native-like Elixir apps for Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS and Android using Phoenix LiveView!
https://hexdocs.pm/desktop/
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What will distribution of apps built with this look like? #1

Open axelson opened 3 years ago

axelson commented 3 years ago

Hi :wave:!

This is a really exciting project :tada:

Is wxWidgets statically linked into the resulting binary? Does this generate a binary? But I guess the real question is what will it look like if I want to distribute this to an end-user, will they need to custom compile wxWidgets? And will they need to have elixir and erlang installed?

dominicletz commented 3 years ago

We're using elixir-desktop at the moment to power the installer for "Diode Drive" at our company diode.io . You can check out the installation experience there if you want to see a preview diode.io/download -- I'm working on getting those parts generalized and open source as well, would be happy to get input on this as well on how to best approach.

axelson commented 3 years ago

Well, I have to say that the installation experience is about as flawless as can be expected on Linux, so great job on that :raised_hands:

(As a side-note diode is a very interesting product!)

Is elixir-desktop also powering the main Diode Drive desktop app, or is it just the installer?

dominicletz commented 3 years ago

It's powering the main app.