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There's just no way to develop a GUI application (especially a cross-platform one) without shipping something large

That's not quite true. Check out these Avian examples:

https://readytalk.github.io/avian/

Fully statically linked Java cross-platform GUI app (using SWT) in a 1mb download.



Java implies it needs the JRE, so add that to it as well. Of course, Electron probably relies on OS-specific UI libraries as well (although only a little), which should also be considered I guess.


No. Avian is a standalone JVM and that 1mb includes everything. No dependencies at all.


Avian is a JRE.




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