Is it possible to create desktop applications with node.js? [duplicate]

I've created an application using node.js, and I'm interested to know if it's possible to pack the client side (js, html ,css) and the server side into a standalone application (that doesn't required browser).

Solution 1:

https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit is a project with the goal of running an instance of the webkit browser engine in the same process as nodejs. It allows you to directly use nodes API in the browser. It currently only works on linux works on Windows, Mac and Linux now.

Solution 2:

I am also investigating this.

AppJS is looking very promising as an api for building cross platform desktop apps using HTML5, CSS3 and NodeJS. Unfortunately for me it's probably not well enough developed for my next project.

• appjs.com

• github wiki

• draft docs