created: 20140101164042231
modified: 20140113170100899
tags: Definitions
title: node-webkit
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

node-webkit is an OpenSource application that fuses the functionality of a web browser with that of [[Node.js]]. It makes it possible to use web applications as though they were native apps, with full access to the file system and other native facilities. Learn more from the [[official site|https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit]] or [[this introductory blog post|http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/introduction-to-html5-desktop-apps-with-node-webkit/]].

See [[TiddlyWiki on node-webkit]] for details of how to use TiddlyWiki with node-webkit.