awesome-alternatives-to-electron-apps

Software alternatives

A curated list of alternatives to resource-intensive and Electron-based software applications

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Awesome alternatives to Electron apps / Applications / Development
Sublime Text (C++, Paid) - light and fast text-editor IDE hybrid, which was an inspiration for VS Code
Gedit (Gtk) - suprisingly powerful standard Gnome text editor
Vim (C) - An available for everyone sadomasohist tool for coding
Kitty (Python+C) - Fast and featureful crossplatform terminal. Extendable by plugins
Alacritty 56,489 19 days ago (Rust) - GPU-accelerated terminal emulator with focus on performance
LazyGit 53,100 9 days ago (Go) - Neat terminal UI git client
CopyQ (Qt) - Clipboard manager with searchable and editable history
httpie (Python) - Simple command-line HTTP client
REST Client If you still using VSCode:

Awesome alternatives to Electron apps / Applications / Note taking apps / Typora, Notable, Boostnote:
Zim (GTK) - closer to Desktop wiki, than note taking app. Primary markup isn't markdown
CuteMarkEd (Qt) - Just faster markdown editor without note tree

Awesome alternatives to Electron apps / Applications / Communication / Slack, Discord, Skype, Zoom:
Telegram (Qt+QML) - blazingly fast and light instant messenger
Jitsi 4,155 24 days ago (Java, Web) - Good free alternative for videocalls. Any of public instances, like or self-hosted

Awesome alternatives to Electron apps / Applications / Launchers / Cerebro
Albert 7,272 14 days ago app launcher similar to spotlight with python Plugins

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