quasar-proton [WIP]
A fresh take on creating cross-platform apps.
Proton brings a mode to build Quasar Apps that creates tiny, blazing 
fast binaries for all major desktop platforms. In Quasar's
neverending quest
for performance and security, the core team is proud to offer an
alternative to Electron.
Whether you are just starting out making apps for your meetup or regularly crunch terabyte datasets, we are absolutely confident that you will love using Proton as much as we love making and maintaining it.
It leverages Cocoa/WebKit on macOS, gtk-webkit2 on Linux and MSHTML (IE10/11) or Webkit via Edge on Windows. Proton is based on the MIT licensed prior work known as webview. The default binding to the underlying webview library uses Rust, but other languages are possible (and only a PR away).
Current Status
We are in the process of vetting this new mode. It is not yet available to use without jumping through some development hurdles. If you don't care, please reach out to the team at https://chat.quasar.dev and we'll guide you through the process.
Comparison between Proton and Electron
| Proton | Electron | |
|---|---|---|
| Binary Size MacOS | 3.6 MB | 148.7 MB |
| Memory Consumption MacOS | 13 MB | 34.1 MB |
| Benchmark FPS † | TODO | TODO |
| Interface Service Provider | Varies | Chromium |
| Quasar UI | VueJS | VueJS |
| Backend Binding | Rust | Node.js (ECMAScript) |
| Underlying Engine | C++ | V8 (C/C++) |
| FLOSS | Yes | No |
| Multithreading | Yes | No |
| Bytecode Delivery | Yes | No |
| Multiple Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Can Render PDF | Yes | No |
| Updater | Yes | Yes |
| Inter Process Communication (IPC) | Yes | Yes |
| Cross Platform | Yes | Yes |
| Custom App Icon | Yes | Yes |
Relation to Upstream Origins
We have made the decision to fork, enhance and maintain several upstream projects here in this repository, in order to guarantee the security of the code and our ability to enhance it with features that may not be needed for other consumers.
We hope that this code is useful, but make no claims to suitability or guarantees that it will work outside of the Quasar ecosystem.
This has been done with our best attempt at due diligence and in respect of the original authors. Thankyou - this project would never have been possible without your amazing contribution to open-source and we are honoured to carry the torch further. Of special note:
Documentation
Head over to the Quasar Framework official website: https://quasar.dev
Stay in Touch
For latest releases and announcements, follow on Twitter: @quasarframework
Chat Support
Get realtime help at the official community Discord server: https://chat.quasar.dev
Community Forum
Ask complicated questions at the official community forum: https://forum.quasar.dev
Contributing
Please make sure to read the Contributing Guide before making a pull request. If you have a Quasar-related project/component/tool, add it with a pull request to this curated list!
Thank you to all the people who already contributed to Proton!
Semver
Quasar is following Semantic Versioning 2.0.
Licenses
Code: (c) 2019 - Daniel Thompson-Yvetot, Razvan Stoenescu, Lucas Nogueira. MIT and where applicable Apache
Logo: CC-BY-NC-ND Original Proton Logo Design by Daniel Thompson-Yvetot Based on the prior work by Emanuele Bertoldi
Note: This license notice will not be complete until we have performed an upstream audit. If you feel that your name should be listed here, please create a PR to this file and provide references so we can fact-check. Thanks!