1 pointby SubratGupta6 hours ago2 comments
  • xaviervn6 hours ago
    That's great!

    Yesterday I stumbled upon the same concept for Claude Desktop and Linux [0]. I wonder why the companies themselves don't want to ship their Electron apps for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Spotify has a sensible approach: they ship the builds, although unsupported for Linux. Not ideal, but that's something. [1]

    [0]: https://github.com/aaddrick/claude-desktop-debian

    [1]: https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/

  • SubratGupta6 hours ago
    I took the macOS .dmg, extracted the web app inside it, Did some patches for Windows and rebuilt it inside a fresh Electron shell.

    Then compiled it for Windows.

    Most “desktop apps” are just: Electron + web code.

    If you can access the bundle, you can retarget platforms.